Senior Director, People Operations
DonorsChoose
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $135,000 - $148,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the organization’s people operations function across payroll, benefits, compensation, HR policies, compliance, and people data and systems
- Design and implement scalable, equitable, and legally sound practices for a distributed workforce
- Strengthen compensation framework, benefits strategy, and HR technology ecosystem
- Drive the development of reliable data systems and dashboards for organizational insight
- Oversee payroll and benefits strategy ensuring compliance, equity, scalability, and team efficiency
- Own HR policy and compliance strategy, ensuring organizational capability across all jurisdictions
- Own and evolve DonorsChoose’s compensation philosophy and framework
- Design and evolve a People Data Dashboard and underlying data strategy
- Build and sustain a high-performing, inclusive team culture that reflects values
Requirements
- At least 10 years of relevant work experience in progressive people operations
- 3+ years of experience leading and supervising others, including managing remotely
- Expertise in payroll, benefits, compensation, employee leaves, multi-state HR laws and compliance, people data and HRIS systems (Rippling experience a plus)
- Commitment to equity and centering the perspectives of those most impacted in decision-making
- Strategic thinking ability to assess situations and make recommendations
- Strong project management skills with a track record of successfully driving complex projects
- Ability to use data and empathy to make decisions and create scalable solutions
Benefits
- 25 paid vacation days per year
- 11 paid holidays
- Employer-paid individual and family health plan
- 401(k) plan matching (up to 5% of base salary)
- Annual professional development stipend
- Casual and flexible work environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
payrollbenefitscompensationHR policiescompliancepeople dataHRIS systemsdata systemsdata strategyproject management
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingempathyteam leadershipinclusive culturedecision-makingcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingorganizational capabilityremote management