Company

G&A - Human Resources

Director,GlobalPeopleOperations&TotalRewards

United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Director, Global People Operations & Total Rewards. Skills: People Operations, Total Rewards, HR Technology, Compensation. Lead global People Operations strategy and scale. Drive simplification and standardization of HR processes”

What You'll Achieve.

improve scalability, consistency, operational leverage, and employee experience; Reduce manual operational dependency; supporting continued company growth, global expansion, and evolving business complexity; improve decision velocity, operational clarity, accountability, and execution consistency; reduce organizational friction while increasing speed, consistency, and operational effectiveness globally; improve organizational scalability and operating leverage; scale efficiently while improving responsiveness, consistency, and user experience; ensuring scalable architecture, governance, and reliable operational infrastructure; reducing fragmented workflows, duplicate processes, manual reporting dependencies, and operational inefficiencies; enable data-driven decision-making; improve workforce insights, operational reporting, forecasting, and organizational planning capabilities; support organizational growth without proportional increases in manual support requirements; aligned with evolving business and talent strategies; Ensure operational excellence, compliance, accuracy, and scalability; Continuously improve service delivery models, operational efficiency, employee experience, and cycle time reduction; improve consistency, reduce rework, and strengthen execution quality globally; Build operational discipline, accountability, prioritization, and execution consistency; align People infrastructure with broader business and transformation priorities; helping improve operational clarity, scalable governance, decision support, and sustainable ways of working

Industry & Context.

G&A Human Resources
Problems you'll solve

problem-solving capabilities; analytical; systems-thinking

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience leading global People Operations, Total Rewards, HR systems, and operational infrastructure in a complex, global environment, Demonstrated experience modernizing, scaling, or rebuilding HR operational architecture, systems, workflows, and service delivery models, Deep compensation expertise required, including experience leading compensation strategy, job architecture, leveling, salary structures, market benchmarking, and annual compensation planning processes, Must be capable of operating as the senior compensation subject matter expert for the organization, including providing strategic guidance, analytical modeling, governance, and operational leadership without a dedicated internal compensation team, experience leading HR technology strategy, HRIS optimization, systems implementation, workflow automation, operational process redesign, and data governance initiatives, operational leadership experience across payroll, benefits, compliance, employee lifecycle operations, and global service delivery, Demonstrated ability to simplify complexity, reduce operational friction, and build scalable operational models in growing organizations, analytical, systems-thinking, and problem-solving capabilities, cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills across executive, technical, and operational teams, program management, prioritization, and execution leadership skills, Ability to balance strategic transformation work with operational execution and day-to-day delivery accountability

Nice to Have

Experience driving automation, AI enablement, self-service strategies, or digital transformation initiatives within HR or enterprise operations strongly preferred, Experience operating in high-growth, transformation-oriented, or rapidly scaling environments preferred

What You'll Do.

Lead global People Operations strategy and scale

Drive simplification and standardization of HR processes

Reduce manual operational dependency through automation

Build operational infrastructure for company growth

Partner cross-functionally for People processes

Lead operational readiness for transformations

Support scalable operating practices

Lead AI enablement and automation strategy

Identify automation opportunities

Drive scalable manager and employee self-service

Lead roadmap for AI-enabled HR support

Evaluate emerging HR technologies

Establish modern operational practices

Lead global People Systems

HR technology strategy

Drive modernization of HR operational architecture

Establish scalable reporting and analytics capabilities

Partner with Finance and business leaders

Ensure operational data integrity

Develop scalable systems and operational workflows

Serve as company's primary compensation subject matter expert

Design and scale global compensation frameworks

Lead annual compensation planning

Provide analytical modeling and executive guidance

Partner closely with Finance and executive leadership

Ensure compensation programs are scalable

Oversee global benefits strategy and administration

Oversee global payroll

benefits administration

employee lifecycle operations

Ensure operational excellence

Lead vendor strategy and governance

Continuously improve service delivery models

Build operational resilience

Drive operational governance

scale global People Operations organization

Build operational discipline

Partner closely with Finance

Act as strategic advisor on organizational scalability

Support enterprise-wide transformation priorities

Influence organizational simplification efforts

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner cross-functionally to improve decision velocity; Partner with IT, Security, Legal, and enterprise AI leaders; Partner with Finance and business leaders; Partner closely with Finance and executive leadership; Partner closely with Finance, Legal, IT, Security, and executive leadership

Process & Methodology

program management, prioritization, execution leadership skills, Support enterprise-wide transformation priorities through program management

Full Job Description

## Key Responsibilities Global People Operations Strategy & Scale Lead the evolution of the global People Operations operating model to improve scalability, consistency, operational leverage, and employee experience. Drive simplification and standardization of global HR processes, policies, workflows, and service delivery models. Reduce manual operational dependency through automation, process redesign, self-service enablement, and scalable governance models. Build operational infrastructure capable of supporting continued company growth, global expansion, and evolving business complexity. Partner cross-functionally to improve decision velocity, operational clarity, accountability, and execution consistency across People processes. Lead operational readiness and scalability planning associated with organizational transformation initiatives, global growth, and evolving workforce models. Support the development of scalable operating practices that reduce organizational friction while increasing speed, consistency, and operational effectiveness globally. AI, Automation & HR Technology Leadership Lead the People function’s AI enablement and automation strategy across HR operations and employee support services. Identify, prioritize, and implement opportunities to automate, agentify, or streamline repeatable operational work across the employee lifecycle. Drive implementation of scalable manager and employee self-service capabilities. Lead roadmap development for AI-enabled HR support capabilities, workflow automation, reporting automation, and operational efficiency improvements. Partner with IT, Security, Legal, and enterprise AI leaders to ensure responsible, compliant, and scalable use of AI technologies within HR operations. Continuously evaluate emerging HR technologies, AI tools, workflow platforms, and service delivery models to improve organizational scalability and operating leverage. Help establish modern operational practices that enable HR to scale efficient

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