Chief People Officer

AccuWeather is seeking its first dedicated Chief People Officer to serve as a senior executive partner to CEO and the broader leadership team. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role created to elevate AccuWeather’s HR function from capable execution to genuine strategic leadership. The CPO will inherit a small but functional HR team and will be expected to build the infrastructure, programs, and culture strategy that will define AccuWeather’s workforce for its next chapter. Given the pace of organizational change anticipated over the next 12–18 months — including AI-driven restructuring, evolving skill requirements, and significant workforce transitions — the CPO will play a pivotal role in shaping how AccuWeather communicates, grows, and evolves as an employer.

The position is located on-site at AccuWeather's Headquarters in State College, PA 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO and executive leadership team on all aspects of human capital strategy, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and workforce planning.
• Develop and execute an enterprise-wide people strategy that aligns with AccuWeather's business objectives, technology investments, and long-term growth plans.
• Lead organizational design, change management, and workforce transformation initiatives that position the company to successfully navigate evolving business priorities and emerging technologies.
• Design and implement scalable people programs and organizational frameworks across talent acquisition, total rewards, employee relations, learning and development, organizational design, and performance management.
• Champion and strengthen AccuWeather's culture of innovation, accountability, transparency, and continuous learning while fostering employee engagement and organizational effectiveness. Partner with executive and functional leaders to anticipate future talent needs, assess organizational capabilities, and develop workforce strategies that support business objectives.
• Build, mentor, and develop the HR organization, strengthening its capabilities and positioning the function as a trusted strategic partner across the enterprise
• Serve as a visible, approachable leader across the organization, building trust and credibility with employees, managers, and senior leadership while representing the people function with confidence before the executive team and Board of Directors.

QUALIFICATIONS

Ideal Candidate Profile is a senior HR executive who combines strategic vision with hands-on execution capability. The right candidate will be energized — not deterred — by an environment that is rapidly evolving, technically demanding, and operationally intense.

• 10+ years of progressive HR leadership, with at least 3–5 years in a CHRO, CPO, or equivalent executive role
• Proven track record building HR functions within technology, science, data, or engineering-led organizations
• Deep expertise in organizational design, change management, and workforce transformation
• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills — able to engage confidently at the board level, in all-hands settings, and one-on-one with employees
• Technically curious and AI-literate; ability to model the mindset AccuWeather expects of all its leaders
• A genuine business partner orientation — someone who understands the business deeply, not just HR process
• Comfort and experience in 24/7 or operationally complex environments
• Strong stakeholder management skills; ability to build trust and alignment across diverse leadership styles
• Self-starter with high initiative — someone who sees the gap and builds toward it without being directed

ABOUT ACCUWEATHER

AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making. Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ across our consumer digital platforms. AccuWeather.com is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to tens of millions of smartphones. AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW® reach an audience of over 225 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV, Charter Communications - Spectrum, Verizon, Samsung, Vizio, Philo, Frndly TV, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream, Roku, Xumo, Rockbot, LG, and Amazon Freevee. AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally. 

ABOUT DR. MYERS

Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and Executive Chairman, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Myers is a visionary entrepreneur and has been called “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times. He has been recognized in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs as one of the greatest entrepreneurs in American history. Myers received the American Meteorological Society’s 2018 Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Applied Meteorology and the National Weather Association’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, in addition to numerous other accolades. Most recently, on September 29, 2026, Dr. Myers was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. 

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION 

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
 
AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to human.resources@accuweather.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.