Jenny Sade

Jenny Sade is a compassionate, collaborative and intentional people-first leader who harnesses her innate ability to see the power and potential in people to scale and optimize today’s most innovative companies and brands. With 20+ years of experience in operational leadership and talent acquisition and development, Jenny is a highly sought after c-suite advisor and coach to forward-thinking, growth-oriented, values-driven businesses and executives.

Jenny has spent her career building People Operations teams and processes for both public and private companies, focusing on how to attract and retain the right talent, and setting them up for optimal success. Her roles have included supporting and coaching executive teams (collectively and individually) to guide business decisions, including moderating and leading vision setting and planning sessions. In her role as Chief People Officer and Chief of Staff at PLBY Group (the holding company that owns Playboy), she oversaw their growth from 130 to 1400 people, including 6 acquisitions, and taking the company public. Prior to PLBY Group, Jenny spent nearly a decade at RED (a successful digital agency acquired by William Morris Endeavor), helping to create a vibrant creative culture, tripling an employee base that worked with some of the most iconic brands in the world – ESPN, Under Armour, Disney, Samsung and many others.

Jenny thrives when working with high-growth organizations, merging companies, and within complex ecosystems to help make business challenges simple and actionable. Specializing in leadership training, talent management, succession planning, rapid hiring and sequencing, M&A integration, organizational design, DEI programming, inclusive benefit creation, talent attraction and retention strategies, employee lifecycle development, policy creation, and learning and development programs, Jenny approaches all talent challenges with grace, partnership and modernity.

Based in Los Angeles, when Jenny isn’t working or spending time with her husband, she can be found on her Peloton bike, binging reality TV, or listening to true crime podcasts.