The NOVA Group of Companies, which includes Nova Poshta, announced the creation of a new position of Chief People Officer (CPO)—a role responsible for building the management team and developing a unified HR system across the entire international group, according to a post on LinkedIn.
The CPO’s main responsibilities include recruiting top-tier talent for the senior management team, ensuring their onboarding, evaluation, development, and retention; implementing approaches to recruitment, evaluation, development, and retention of employees; and launching an end-to-end system for goal-setting and performance evaluation.
Other responsibilities of the CPO include transforming the HR function into a strategic business partner and establishing a succession planning system for key roles.
It is noted that the company expects the candidate to have more than 10 years of experience in HR in leadership positions at international companies, experience in building N-1 and N-2 management teams with A-class talent, as well as experience implementing HR strategies during periods of growth and change and experience in building a unified management culture across different countries.
In addition, the Nova Post group of companies offers conditions where the CPO will be part of the group’s top management team, reporting to the co-CEOs and the supervisory board, along with a high salary, to be discussed individually based on the results of the interview.
Other benefits include health insurance and other perks provided for the position, with the employment type being a contract and a hybrid work format (Kyiv).
Last week, Nova Poshta co-owner Vyacheslav Klimov announced the group’s five-year plan to rise from 30th place among global express delivery and postal services to the top 20, increasing shipment volume from 0.5 billion to 2 billion, follow the U.S. in entering the Canadian and Chinese markets this year, and double the number of countries where Nova Post Europe operates to 32 by 2028.
The core business of Nova Poshta, the main asset of the NOVA Group, is the express delivery of documents, parcels, and palletized oversized cargo. Its ultimate beneficial owners are Volodymyr Poperechnyuk and Vyacheslav Klimov.
