Director, Total Rewards
LawPay
Salary
💰 $160,000 - $175,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Osano is hiring a Head of People Ops to design, lead, and evolve the next chapter of our People function. We’re looking for a hands-on, systems-minded leader who sees people as a strategic growth lever, someone who’s excited to build scalable programs, strengthen manager effectiveness, and create an environment where employees can do their best work.\n
- This role blends strategy and action. You’ll partner closely with executives to align People priorities to business goals, while also rolling up your sleeves to refine processes, implement performance systems, and foster a high-trust, high-performance culture. The ideal candidate is an experienced People Operations leader who thrives in operational clarity, embraces technology (including AI) to streamline work, and is energized by scaling a remote-first team.\n
- Sound like you? Keep reading!\n
- Osano is an Austin area, venture-backed startup focused on creating transparency in data. Osano is a B-corp (public benefit corp), which means that, although we are a for-profit company, we are mission-oriented, and we wake up every morning with the goal of doing well by doing good.\n
- The Role: Talent Growth and Acquisition — Design and implement scalable systems for performance management, learning, and manager development; Develop career pathing frameworks; Partner with hiring managers to ensure a strong, diverse pipeline.\n
- Strategic Workforce Planning — Lead headcount planning and hiring operations in close collaboration with Finance and functional leaders, ensuring accurate forecasting; Build scalable systems that surface actionable insights.\n
- People Infrastructure and Compliance — Refine and manage People systems—including compensation, benefits, and HR platforms—with a focus on scalability, automation, and ownership; Ensure compliance across jurisdictions; Build analytics dashboards for real-time visibility.\n
- Culture and Employee Experience — Foster an inclusive, high-trust culture; Oversee the full employee lifecycle with equity, clarity, and engagement; Build continuous feedback loops.\n
- About You — Must-have Experience and Qualities as listed in the job posting.\n
- Compensation — Base between $160k-$175k with stock options; Benefits as described.\n
- Why Osano — Remote-first, data privacy platform; Equal Opportunity Employer.\n
Requirements
- 8+ years of HR experience (such as: talent acquisition, people operations, compensation), as well as 2+ years owning a People Ops function in a high-growth environment.\n
- Deep knowledge of modern HR practices across compliance, culture, performance management, and compensation design.\n
- Proven ability to scale People systems during growth, reorganization, or evolving business needs.\n
- Strong strategic mindset with the ability to operationalize ideas into scalable, repeatable processes.\n
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with experience partnering across all levels of an organization.\n
- Practical understanding of where AI and automation add value in People Ops, with real examples of driving efficiency and insight.\n
- Familiarity with tools like Justworks, CultureAmp, Greenhouse, and Slack.\n
- Track record of leading with trust, empathy, and a culture-first mindset in a remote or distributed environment.\n
- Systems Thinker — you see how processes connect and design solutions that scale without unnecessary complexity.\n
- Strategic + Hands-On — you’re equally comfortable shaping long-term People strategy and getting into the operational details.\n
- Collaborative — you work effectively with executives, managers, and teams across the business to align and deliver on shared goals.\n
- Data-Informed — you leverage analytics to guide decision-making and measure impact.\n
- Culture Advocate — you believe People Ops drives not only engagement but also performance and business success.
