Join us on this new episode of HR Like a Boss, where John sits down with Jocelyn King, CEO and founder of Virgil HR, to discuss her unique journey from HR generalist to tech entrepreneur. Jocelyn shares how her deep HR experience shaped the creation of a cutting-edge compliance platform and what it takes to scale both teams and technology in today’s fast-paced business world. The conversation dives into the evolving strategic role of HR, the power of mentorship, and how tech can be a game-changer for compliance and growth. Whether you're navigating a startup or building partnerships at the executive level, this episode offers a roadmap for making a bigger impact through innovation and relationships.
ABOUT JOCELYN
Jocelyn King, SHRM-SCP is the CEO and Founder of VirgilHR, a SaaS solution that empowers HR professionals to make smart, compliant employment and labor law decisions in real-time. HR has been the passion and focus of Jocelyn’s entire career as she’s supported high-growth technology start-ups and public companies throughout her tenure. She defines herself as a true HR generalist and has touched on all aspects of HR in her more senior roles. Jocelyn has strong expertise in creating and executing HR strategy, managing employee relations for multi-state and global organizations, developing a diverse and high-performing work culture, owning organization development and change management, and crafting the total reward, talent development, and talent acquisition strategies. In addition to HR, what has also remained consistent in her career has been technology. Jocelyn has worked for technology companies most of her career and, as an HR executive, has had the privilege of supporting executives and departments in all functions across the organizations. In her role as CEO for VirgilHR, she’s displayed proven success in building a venture-backed technology company from the ground up. She has held previous roles as the Vice President of People, North America for Ocado Group, as well as Vice President of People for Cybrary, a Series-C start up. She’s spent a majority of her career working with a range of tech companies from Pre-Seed to Post-IPO. Jocelyn earned her bachelor's degree in Liberal Studies from Georgetown University.