Now is the perfect time to join the journey. Here’s why
It’s working. We’re in multiple states and on our way to operating countrywide. We have thousands of agents selling our product and millions of dollars of annual customer premiums.
We’re well backed & stable. We closed our $75M Series C fundraise. We are supported by some of the top investors globally, including Google’s “Gradient (https://www.gradient.com/)” AI-focused fund, Obvious Ventures (https://obvious.com/) (Beyond Meat, etc.), and Advance Venture Partners (https://www.avp.vc/).
It’s not too late! Despite this traction and stability, we’re still early enough in the journey that there’s time to make a real difference during Openly’s formative period.
If you’d like to understand more about Openly’s mission, consider checking out this video (https://vimeo.com/267654520) from a company pitch we gave several years ago at Techstars.
Job Details
The Vice President, People Operations role is a critical role that will lead the scaling and growth of a highly diverse team of People Operations professionals. The team’s mission is to optimize the employee experience by creating an inclusive and diverse workforce that aligns with Openly’s strategic goals and company culture. This role, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, will develop and execute the People Operations short- and long-term strategic plan. This includes identifying and executing key strategic initiatives aligned with the broader priorities of Openly and optimizing the full employee lifecycle.
This role requires strong critical thinking and business acumen given the diverse groups of teams that this role partners with daily. The role requires a passion for people. This includes all aspects of the employee lifecycle; attracting, developing and engaging employees. And the role requires excitement to build and scale an organization. The People Operations team has grown rapidly in the last year and is scaling its infrastructure. This role will take the foundation and expand on it.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, develop and coach the People Operations team, currently 19 professionals that are experts across their respective stage in the employee lifecycle.
Define, implement and lead the optimal employee experience for Openly. This includes:
Talent Attraction & Branding – Partnering with VP, Marketing to optimize the Openly brand for potential new hires
Talent Recruitment – Develop the long-term strategy for a scalable recruiting process that leads to a great candidate experience while driving efficient funnel metrics.
New Hire Onboarding – Align the organization on a truly differentiated new hire experience that has seamless transitions throughout the first 90 days of an employee’s tenure.
Learning & Development – Identify critical gaps and opportunities in Openly’s current state and develop a long-term roadmap that balances the learning and development needs across Openly’s wide array of functional specialties.
Talent Engagement & Total Rewards – Develop tools and processes centering around a culture of inclusion and engagement. Ensure Openly’s total rewards are competitive with the marketplace and align to our core values
Talent Management & Retention – Partner with the leadership team to define our strategy to retain Openly’s high-caliber team members. Work throughout the business to design succession plans, career pathing, and professional development.
Manage core HR functions and operations including:
Payroll & Benefits Administration
Employee compliance requirements
Corporate policy administration
Be a strategic advisor and business partner to the full Openly leadership team with regard to all employed-related topics.
Be a champion and advocate for Openly’s employees with all levels of the organization.
Continually assess the competitiveness of all programs and practices against relevant comparable companies, industries, and markets.
Champion Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) efforts across the organization and set strategies that will infuse DE&I into the everyday workplace norms.
Create a culture within the People Operations team focused on continuous improvement and closed loop feedback.
Manage the People Operations team budget and other financial measures of the team including vendor costs and contracts.
Requirements
10+ years experience in a variety of organizations with increasing responsibility. We want someone who has either led and grown a People Operations organization/team or has a strong ability and passion for employees with the willingness to learn the details of the HR function.
A first principles thinker. We’re an analytical group and will ask “why?” a lot. The opportunity here is that we’re open to doing things in a non-traditional way. The challenge is that someone needs to really think things through critically and creatively.
Communication. People Operations supports and partners with all of our employees. Someone in this role must excel at communicating cross-functionally and building buy-in at all levels of an organization, not just the senior levels.
Organized. We have a portfolio of needs that no human could accomplish in a short period of time. Therefore, this candidate will need to be comfortable prioritizing, pushing back, and executing on competing priorities.
Experience leading a fully remote team.
Experience in successfully operating in a dynamic, entrepreneurial and evolving scaling, growth environment
Empathy and the ability to coach, working closely with managers, group leaders and C-suite, you will help them lead and help optimize their teams.
The ability to work well with others in a small, close-knit team; collaboration is key.
Effective with data-driven analysis and reporting.
Benefits & Perks
Competitive salary, corporate bonus program, equity position in a start-up company
Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision insurance plans, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, 401k with corporate contribution, and FSA plan
Company-paid 12 weeks parental leave policy
The company fully embraces the “work-from-anywhere in the US” mentality, even before COVID restrictions.
Paid Time Off
Fun, fast-paced, startup environment
U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, and those authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer and currently residing in the US will be considered.
Openly is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Openly is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Openly will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities under applicable law.
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