Brightwheel
Technology
PeopleOperationsManager
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“People Operations Manager at Brightwheel. Skills: People Ops, HR Tech, AI Automation. Own and run People Ops cycles. Manage People Ops HR tech stack”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Managed broad People Ops scope at company 300+ employees, Used AI tools to reimagine HR workflows, Operated in diverse, distributed employee population, Track record running high-visibility company-wide cycles, Leveraged Rippling or comparable HRIS platform, Handled sensitive, high-exposure work, Managed external vendor and account relationships
Nice to Have
Built multiple AI-powered HR tools, Redesigned employee-facing program end-to-end, Evaluate People Ops tech stack, Proactively surface people data insights
What You'll Do.
Own and run People Ops cycles
Manage People Ops HR tech stack
Own account administration
Manage vendor relationships
Evaluate HR tech stack
Serve as operational PM for People initiatives
Coordinate People initiatives
Own People Ops data and reporting
Leverage AI to surface trends
Redesign new hire experience
Rebuild onboarding journey
Evolve HR help desk experience
Evaluate current help desk solution
Implement AI automation for requests
Own benefits program operations
Manage broker relationships
Manage carrier relationships
Manage perks vendor relationships
Surface utilization trends
Drive AI automation of processes
Build automation solutions
Document automation solutions
Own automation iteration
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Across functions; Across teams; With Finance; With HRBPs; With Legal; With IT
Communication Scope
Stakeholder communication
Process & Methodology
Structured coordination
Full Job Description
Our Mission and Opportunity Early education is one of the most important determinants of childhood outcomes, a critical support for working families, and a $175B market that remains underserved by modern technology. Brightwheel is the largest, fastest growing, and most loved platform in early ed, trusted by millions of educators and families every day. We are a three-time Cloud 100 company https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/a, backed by top investors including Addition, Bessemer, Emerson Collective, Lowercase Capital, Notable Capital, and Mark Cuban. Our Team Our team is passionate, talented, and customer-focused. We embody our Leadership Principles https://mybrightwheel.com/about/ in our work and culture. We are a distributed team with remote employees across every US time zone, as well as select offices in the US and internationally. Who You Are You're a seasoned People Ops operator who thinks in systems and runs in programs. You've owned a broad HR scope before including benefits, onboarding, performance cycles, compliance, and leave administration. You know what it takes to uplevel these processes and run them cleanly at scale. As a systems thinker, you understand the architecture of the HR tech stack and can design the machine. You can envision how data flows between systems, where integrations break down, and what a well-designed stack actually enables. You're someone who looks at a manual process and immediately starts designing the automated version. You're energized by the challenge of building a smarter, AI-enabled People Ops function. You take end-to-end ownership seriously. You notice when the data doesn't add up or when the process needs improving, and you go looking for the root cause. You're comfortable navigating high-stakes, sensitive work across Finance, HRBPs, Legal, and IT. And when something is broken or unclear, you fix it - even if no one assigned it to you. What You'll Do - Own and run company-wide People Ops cycles end-to-end for 500+ FTE
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