founder-led, family-owned, and mid-sized businesses

Executive HR leadership. Fractional commitment. Full accountability.

Northmark Talent Group gives growing companies access to a proven Chief Human Resources Officer who has scaled organizations from 700 to 5,000+ employees without the seven-figure executive hire.

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Operator grade advisory

24 years leading HR through growth, complexity, and board-level accountability.

11 M&A integrations led

700 → 5,000+ employee scale-up

CEO, board, and PE sponsor partnership

24 Years of HR Leadership

11 M&A Integrations Led

700 → 5,000+ Employee Scale-Up

LA Times CHRO of the Year Finalist

Who We Serve

Built for companies where people decisions now

carry enterprise risk.

Founder & Owner Led Companies

You have outgrown reactive HR, but a full-time CHRO hire is premature. Northmark gives you seasoned judgment, prioritization, and operating cadence without adding unnecessary executive overhead.

Private Equity Backed Platforms

You need people diligence, integration leadership, compensation discipline, and board ready communication from someone who has operated inside the sponsor environment.

Services

Three ways to bring executive HR leadership into the business.

01 Fractional CHRO

Ongoing executive HR leadership, roadmap ownership, leadership team partnership, and quarterly people-plan reviews.

02 Project-Based Advisory

Defined-scope support for M&A integration, payroll infrastructure, compensation, total rewards, and employment-risk audits.

03 Assessments & Org Design

Predictive Index talent optimization and Talent to Value organization design for leadership teams preparing for growth or exit.

When to Call Northmark

The right time is usually before the people problem becomes a business problem.

You just raised capital or were acquired.

You’re crossing 100, 500, or 1,000 employees.

You’re buying or selling a company.

Payroll, compliance, or leave administration is creating risk.

Your PE sponsor is asking about the people plan.

You have HR staff but no HR strategy.

Founder-Led Advisory

Built by a CHRO who has operated inside hypergrowth.

Robert Jackson has led human capital through scale, acquisition, compliance complexity, and board level expectations. Northmark exists to bring that operator’s judgment to companies at the exact moment they need it.