Head of People Operations

The role

You will lead people operations to attract, empower, and retain public interest technologists. This includes managing talent acquisition, HR compliance, and company-wide employee engagement.

What you will do

• Manage the talent life cycle from workforce planning through onboarding
• Provide leadership to the Head of Recruiting
• Build and maintain a strategic talent pipeline
• Ensure awareness of and compliance with relevant labor laws
• Lead employee relations including sensitive and legal matters
• Perform benchmark research on compensation and benefits
• Manage and optimize Rippling HRIS
• Create organizational charts and define position responsibilities
• Own company-wide employee engagement and design engagement programs
• Manage the performance management system

Required qualifications

• Experience as a people operations leader or similar role
• Experience scaling people operations in a fast-growing organization
• Experience building high-performing, mission-driven workplace cultures
• Experience recruiting design and technology professionals
• Experience working with remote teams
• Awareness of relevant labor laws and how to comply with them
• Ability to operate at strategic and tactical levels
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational, and relationship management skills
• Organized, detail-oriented, and quality-minded
• Superior written and oral communication skills
• Strong data and analytical skills
• Comfortable navigating HRIS, ATS, and performance management tools

Nice to have

• Experience with Rippling or a comparable HRIS
• Experience in a government contracting, consulting, or professional services environment

Benefits

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
• 20 vacation days, 11 federal holidays, and flexible sick leave
• Up to 12 weeks paid time off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
• Performance rewards including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
• Business development / sales bonuses
• Referral bonuses
• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases

Before you apply

• All work must be conducted within the U.S.
• You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship
• You may be required to obtain a public trust or security clearance
• You may be required to successfully complete a company background check

About the company

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services.