People Operations Lead

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Hybrid roles require role responsibilities to be performed in the office at least 3 days a week, Monday, Wednesday & Thursday.

What You’ll Need 

  • 4+ years experience in a customer-facing HR operations or HR Shared Services role, supporting U.S. employees (bonus points for experience supporting U.S. and India employees)
  • 2+ years of experience with data analysis, communicating results and driving insights
  • Experience with service recovery (escalations)
  • Process Optimization or Continuous Improvement experience
  • Experience in client-facing roles, presenting to audiences, using data to influence people strategies and best practices
  • Experience building and nurturing effective relationships with key stakeholders across a range of levels, styles, and cultures (U.S. and India employee base)
  • Thoroughness with an ability to multi-task and stay organized in an array of tasks of varying degrees of difficulty and complexity. The ability to be flexible and can easily move between projects.
  • Experience maintaining critical and highly confidential information with the highest level of integrity
  • Exemplary written and oral communication skills (customer and cross-functional stakeholders) 
  • Experience in a fast-paced technology company

About the Role 

As a People Operations Lead, you will be instrumental in ensuring the smooth operation of our HR Shared Services (People Operations) team. You will provide advanced support and guidance, oversee process and knowledge management, lead process improvement initiatives, and collaborate on cross-functional projects, focusing on people, process/knowledge, and technology.

What You’ll Do 

  • Provide advanced support and guidance to People Operations team members on daily activities including complex and nuanced HR processes
  • Act as an escalation point for highly complex issues or customer-dissatisfied scenarios , ensuring adherence to processes, data, and legal requirements
  • Manage day-to-day administrative tasks including auditing data entry and employee transactions (hires, terminations, job changes, etc.) and on an as-needed basis, enter and process transactions timely and accurately
  • Oversee knowledge content and standard procedure maintenance to ensure a solid foundation for People Operations
  • Support internal and cross-functional process improvement and automation initiatives by identifying process inefficiencies and system defects. Lead team training to enhance service efficiency, quality, and employee experience
  • Contribute to mid-size, cross-functional People projects from planning through execution and change management phases
  • Champion and support change initiatives within People Operations, driving innovative decision-making, and guiding team through process changes and system implementations.
  • Serve as super user to multiple tools within our HR Tech Stack (e.g., Workday HRIS, payroll systems, case management/knowledge management systems, etc.). Troubleshoot and support the resolution of workflow issues in systems
  • Contribute to creating data analyses and visualizations to monitor SLAs, KPIs, and trends in the People Operations space
  • Partner with Centers of Excellence (Benefits, Compensation, Payroll, etc.) to ensure efficient and accurate processing of employee life cycle events and transactions
  • Collaborate with HR Technology team to document detailed requirements for Workday system or business process changes. May participate in the review, testing and implementation of systems releases and communicate the benefit of these features to the People Ops team
  • Optimize People Operations processes by evaluating current processes and workflows, identifying and implementing improvements using systems, tools, and automation.
  • Continually elevate deep understanding of employee data sets, system workflows, and interactivity

Bonus points if you have 

  • Strong project management skills
  • Change Management experience
  • Process Mapping tool (Visio, LucidCharts, etc.) experience
  • Experience in a software development company
  • Combination of high-growth private and public company backgrounds desired

#LI-Hybrid #LI-RC2

About Opendoor

Founded in 2014, Opendoor’s mission is to power life’s progress one move at a time. We believe the traditional real estate process is broken and our goal is simple: build a digital, end-to-end customer experience that makes buying and selling a home simple and certain. 

  • To learn how we are reinventing the Real Estate industry check out our website
  • Hear about our culture directly from team members by visiting The Muse
  • Discover what we are building for our customers by reading our blog.

Opendoor Values Openness

We believe that being open about who we are and what we do allows us to be better. Individuals seeking employment at Opendoor are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other protected status under all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. We collect, use, and disclose applicant personal information as described in our personnel privacy policies. To learn more, you can find the policy details for California residents here and for Canada residents here.

We’re committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Opendoor is dedicated to creating an inclusive and collaborative culture. We value the diverse strengths, perspectives, and backgrounds of all our employees, and believe in empowering our teams to do their best work through teamwork and building a sense of belonging and trust. Our four employee-led Opendoor Employee Resource Groups amplify diverse voices and promote collaboration and inclusion. Our focus is on attracting and retaining exceptional talent, and we believe in empowering our employees to continuously innovate and strive for 1% improvement every day. You can find more information on our Career Page.

We are committed to assisting members of the military community in utilizing their skills at Opendoor. U.S. candidates are able to review your military job classification at MyNextMove.org and apply for positions that align with your expertise.

At Opendoor, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, religious beliefs, or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at TAops-accomodations@opendoor.com.

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