Senior Manager, People Systems

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone.

The Team

Across our work in Science, Education, and within our communities, we pair technology with grantmaking, impact investing, and collaboration to help accelerate the pace of progress toward our mission. Our Central Operations & Partners team provides the support needed to push this work forward. 

Central Operations & Partners consists of our Brand & Communications, Facilities, Finance, Infrastructure/IT Operations/Business Systems, Initiative Operations, People, Real Estate/Workplace/Facilities/Security, Research & Learning, and Ventures teams. These teams provide the essential operations, services, and strategies needed to support CZI’s progress toward achieving its mission to build a better future for everyone.

The Opportunity

As a company we are focused on leveraging technology to help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges.  In order to support our organization’s focus on the mission, we have a similar mission within our People and Finance Systems team to leverage technology to automate manual processes, constantly innovate to optimize processes, provide first-class support as well as build solutions to enable scale and execution of the strategies and initiatives of our business partners.

Reporting to the Director of People & Finance Systems, this role will play a key role in further developing a high functioning team to streamline, secure, and enhance our HR systems, including Workday, Greenhouse, and VNDLY. You will work closely with the People team to create employee experiences leveraging process, technology, and enablement to deliver impact. 

What You'll Do

• Develop and champion a vision for People Systems: Communicate the vision, strategy, and roadmap to stakeholders
• Refine business requirements: Working closely with the People team to understand their business needs, pain points, and desired outcomes, define clear and actionable problem statements to help team deliver results in alignment with agile delivery
• Mentor and coach: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team
• Manage demand and projects: Prioritize demand, monitor & communicate progress throughout the project lifecycles. 
• Collaborate:  Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Explain technical and application capabilities to the business teams.
• Stay up to date with technology trends: Continuously learn new features and trends within the Workday ecosystem, recommending potential enhancements to the system.

What You'll Bring

• 12+ years of demonstrated experience in Workday configuration, business process customization, report writing, and integrations using Workday tools, including 7+ years of Human Resources applications design and implementation experience in a rapidly scaling organization in a manager capacity. 
• 5+ years of consulting experience focused on HR Transformation
• Best practice knowledge of the Hire to Retire process, including applicant tracking system configuration experience
• Ability to distill and simplify complex business requests into clear and actionable projects, with a proven ability to navigate ambiguity and to persevere through project road bumps
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish strong partnerships with business stakeholders and technology teams. 
• Organized, methodical, and detail-oriented, with a passion for data analysis and problem-solving, leveraging organizational awareness to empower others to accomplish project objectives.
• Comfortable taking on additional job responsibilities as needed, demonstrated willingness to get involved in the details to achieve the team's end goals
• Experience in Agile methodologies.
• Experience with Greenhouse ATS
• Security and compliance awareness for enterprise data management
• Workday certification(s) are preferred.

Compensation

The Redwood City, CA base pay range for this role is $178,000-$267,000. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process. 

As we grow, we’re excited to strengthen in-person connections and cultivate a collaborative, team-oriented environment. This role is a hybrid position requiring you to be onsite for at least 60% of the working month, approximately 3 days a week, with specific in-office days determined by the team’s manager. The exact schedule will be at the hiring manager's discretion and communicated during the interview process.

Benefits for the Whole You 

We’re thankful to have an incredible team behind our work. To honor their commitment, we offer a wide range of benefits to support the people who make all we do possible. 

• CZI provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
• Annual benefit for employees that can be used most meaningfully for them and their families, such as housing, student loan repayment, childcare, commuter costs, or other life needs.
• CZI Life of Service Gifts are awarded to employees to “live the mission” and support the causes closest to them.
• Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice. 
• Funding for select family-forming benefits. 
• Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving to the Bay Area
• And more!

If you’re interested in a role but your previous experience doesn’t perfectly align with each qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.

Explore our work modes, benefits, and interview process at www.chanzuckerberg.com/careers.

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