What C-level HR Jobs Ask For
Across 1,149 open C-level HR postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are employee-relations, performance-management, succession-planning.
Updated November 3, 2026
1,323 open C-level HR postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,149 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| employee-relations | 65% |
| performance-management | 56% |
| succession-planning | 36% |
| analytics | 32% |
| hris | 31% |
| talent-management | 29% |
| ai | 22% |
| automation | 15% |
| stakeholder-management | 14% |
| corrective-action | 12% |
| people-analytics | 9% |
| employer-branding | 7% |
| regulatory-compliance | 7% |
| process-improvement | 6% |
| candidate-experience | 6% |
| strategic-planning | 4% |
| saas | 3% |
| osha | 3% |
| agile | 3% |
| data-analytics | 3% |
| oracle | 3% |
| agentic-ai | 2% |
| cloud | 2% |
| data-quality | 2% |
| vendor-management | 2% |
| accessibility | 2% |
| fintech | 2% |
| adp | 2% |
| successfactors | 2% |
| ecommerce | 2% |
| sap | 2% |
| risk-assessment | 2% |
| full-cycle-recruiting | 2% |
| networking | 2% |
| data-governance | 2% |
| ai-enablement | 1% |
| machine-learning | 1% |
| erp | 1% |
| backbone | 1% |
| gdpr | 1% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,323 open C-level HR jobs →
Across all HR levels
Most HR postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- employee-relations 16,095
- performance-management 12,114
- hris 7,441
- talent-management 5,163
- succession-planning 4,990
- analytics 4,417
- ai 3,028
- corrective-action 2,815
- stakeholder-management 2,295
- process-improvement 2,081
- automation 1,602
- osha 1,236