The Centre for Effective Altruism seeks a Head of People Operations to oversee our HR and Recruiting teams. This is a senior management role responsible for building the people operations systems and strategy to support our organizational growth and achieve our mission.
What You'll Do
- Develop and execute CEA's people strategy in partnership with leadership.
- Build scalable people systems and processes that support organizational growth.
- Create a talent strategy and serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on organizational design, talent strategy, and culture.
- Manage the HR Manager and Recruiting Manager, providing coaching and strategic direction.
- Set team priorities, define success metrics, and ensure execution against quarterly OKRs.
- Make strategic decisions about team structure and capacity allocation.
- Foster collaboration across the recruiting and HR functions.
- Design and oversee the performance review process, including biannual reviews and probation reviews for new employees.
- Partner with managers to address performance issues and support employee development.
- Lead compensation planning, including annual compensation review.
- Ensure a positive employee experience from recruitment through offboarding.
- Work with the HR Manager to monitor employee engagement, implementing interventions as needed.
- Partner with leadership to navigate organizational change and transitions.
- Ensure compliance with employment laws across all jurisdictions where CEA operates.
- Lead investigations and resolution of sensitive employee relations issues.
- Oversee risk assessment for international expansion and new jurisdiction considerations.
What We're Looking For
- Significant HR/People Operations experience, including in a leadership role.
- Deep expertise in core HR functions including talent acquisition, performance management, compensation, employee relations, and compliance.
- A proven track record building and scaling people operations in growing organizations.
- Excellent judgment on sensitive and complex people matters.
- Strong coaching and people development skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience navigating multi-jurisdiction employment law (US and UK experience strongly preferred).
Team & Environment
You will support approximately 70 people worldwide and be a manager of managers with two direct reports: HR Manager and Recruiting Manager.
Benefits & Compensation
- Private health insurance.
- Flexible work hours.
- $6,000 / £5,000 annual professional development allowance.
- $6,000 / £5,000 mental health support allowance.
- Extended parental leave.
- Ergonomic equipment.
- 25 days of paid vacation.
- Compensation: US: $143,123 base salary. UK: £86,101 base salary.
Work Mode
This is a remote position.
The Centre for Effective Altruism is an equal opportunity employer.
