Jen Hawes is senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Allegion. 

As senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO), Jen is responsible for human capital management at Allegion. In that role, she creates the environment for our company to deliver results and for employees to thrive and is responsible for strategies to build the key talent capabilities needed for the future. She also has a passion for understanding the long-term business strategy and developing innovative talent solutions to help the organization deliver results.

After spending 20 years in the field of HR, Jen has experience in talent attraction and retention, global and executive compensation, leadership development, mergers and acquisitions and strategic HR business partnerships. Most recently, she served as vice president of HR leading the Total Rewards and Global Talent organization and providing strategic leadership for human capital development, retention and attraction.

In 2011, Jen joined the company as HR director supporting the commercial sales organization. Following the spin-off from the former Ingersoll Rand, she led the HR integration of the residential business and in 2016 became the VP of HR for the Allegion Americas business.

Jen holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a minor in Business Administration from the University of Dayton, as well as her MBA in International Business from Northeastern University.

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