Head of Enterprise Performance & Governance (930940)

We are a purpose-driven organization where support teams directly impact our ability to change the lives of the people and communities we serve. Throughout our US network and global family, our services span workforce and employment, education and training, and community support.

Equus Workforce Solutions is a member of the APM Group, a global network focused on enhancing a person’s health and wellbeing, independence, and employability.

The Head of Enterprise Performance supports the organization by providing enterprise‑level performance leadership that defines non‑negotiable standards, enables early identification of operational and financial risk, and enforces timely corrective action to protect delivery, margin, and enterprise outcomes as the business scales and integrates.

Enterprise Performance Standards

• Define, implement, and enforce enterprise‑wide, non‑negotiable performance standards across financial, operational, quality, and workforce dimensions.
• Establish consistent definitions, thresholds, and expectations to ensure uniform performance discipline across all business units and contracts.

Early‑Warning & Performance Risk Visibility

• Design and operate an enterprise early‑warning framework to identify emerging performance, operational, and financial risk.
• Provide clear, timely enterprise‑level visibility into business unit and contract performance, enabling earlier leadership intervention.

Corrective Action & Accountability

• Require root‑cause analysis and corrective action plans when performance deviates from defined standards.
• Ensure corrective actions are executed, tracked, and sustained, verifying that interventions result in measurable performance improvement.

Enterprise Performance Governance

• Lead the enterprise performance governance rhythm, ensuring discussions are exception‑based, outcome‑focused, and action‑oriented.
• Partner with executive leaders to prioritize attention on material risks and performance gaps requiring intervention.

Integration & Transformation Support

• Lead the establishment of performance standards, reporting, and governance for acquisitions and major integrations.
• Embed a repeatable enterprise performance management framework post‑integration to prevent performance drift and ensure durable outcomes.

Executive Partnership & Influence

• Operate as a trusted enterprise partner to the CFO and executive leadership team, providing independent challenge and insight on performance health.
• Influence senior leaders to take timely and decisive action when enterprise performance is at risk.

Required

• Demonstrated experience providing enterprise‑level performance leadership in complex, scaled organizations, with accountability for enforcing performance discipline across multiple business units, contracts, or portfolios.
• Proven track record of defining and enforcing non‑negotiable performance standards, frameworks, or governance models at scale.
• Experience designing or operating early‑warning mechanisms that surface performance, operational, or financial risk before outcomes are compromised.
• Demonstrated success driving corrective action and accountability when performance deviates, including requiring root‑cause analysis and ensuring interventions result in sustained improvement.
• Executive‑level credibility with the confidence and judgment to challenge senior leaders, influence decision‑making, and operate effectively with CFO and executive sponsorship.
• Experience supporting transformation, integration, or acquisition activity, including establishing performance governance and embedding disciplined performance management post‑integration.

Leadership & Capability Profile

• Strong enterprise mindset with the ability to operate independently across organizational boundaries.
• Decisive, outcomes‑focused leader comfortable driving difficult conversations and enforcing standards in high‑stakes environments.
• Highly credible communicator with the presence to influence executive stakeholders and enable action‑oriented performance discussions.
• Strong judgment and commercial acumen, with a clear focus on protecting enterprise outcomes, delivery, and margin.

Preferred

• Experience in contract‑heavy, operationally complex, or multi‑business environments.
• Background working closely with CFOs, transformation leaders, or enterprise risk functions.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry’s best practices to work by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions.

When you join Equus, you can expect extensive learning opportunities and networking programs. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others.

At Equus we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. Equus Workforce Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religion, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or reprisal or any other characteristic protected under state, federal, or local law.