Senior Manager, People Operations

About Cambly: Our mission is to bring high quality English education to every English learner in the world through matching students and tutors at the touch of a button. By accomplishing our mission, we strive to become the world’s largest English language learning marketplace.

The Senior Manager, People Operations role reports to the Chief People Officer, and provides the right person a career-changing opportunity to build and grow the People Operations function at Cambly. You are likely the right candidate profile if you…

• Have worked at an earlier stage (Seed-Series B) software company

• Led the efforts on building people ops from the ground up, or you’ve been on a team where someone else has led it (seen the movie)

• Have been part of a global organization with varied people operations needs

• Get energized by the idea creating processes, programs and building

 Come join us in building the best place to learn and teach English!  

During your first year your role will be broad and include:

• Compensation: develop compensation philosophy, select compensation databases and data sets to use, identify external compensation partners, conduct equity planning and research.

• Career Frameworks & Job Leveling: partnering with the business to create career frameworks and competencies that align with Cambly’s current org and growth.

• Analytics: deciding where and how we collect data, how often we report it and to whom, and what types of analyses are most important.

• Benefits: identify appropriate benefits partnerships and broader strategic benefits programs for domestic employees within the US. 

• Compliance: understand the current landscape of employment laws and labor regulations within various geographies that Cambly employs people. 

• Policy Planning: create internal employee handbook and define policies for internal organization

• People Management: determine the right team structure for People Operations, including developing and managing a small team.

• Systems: evaluate and optimize the HR tech stack to deliver optimum value to for Cambly

Skills:

• Analysis: you are able to balance quantitative and qualitative data to inform decisions in both a reflective and predictive manner. Experience with Excel required. 

• Business Acumen: you drive initiatives from a strategic level through business goals and objectives. You create awareness in digging into the business details and by partnering closely with the organization.

• Collaboration: you naturally embed yourself into the teams you work with and seek to become part of their organization.

• Vulnerability: you create trust through vulnerability and honesty to form genuine relationships with employees built on transparency and advocacy. 

• Innovation: you go beyond  “best practices” and discover new ways to solve challenges by diagnosing issues and gathering information. 

• Communication: you value over-communication vs. under-communication. You make sure people are kept up to date on information, ensure everyone has a seat at the table and is heard. 

• Project Management & Organization; must have structured and organized workflow, and ability to project manage lengthy projects with multiple deadlines and stakeholder needs.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated success in high-growth technology organizations

• Experience administering HR tech stack

• Experience managing benefits, compensation, equity programs and planning 

• People management skills - must have experience managing people and programs previously

• Demonstrated experience partnering with leaders from Manager to Executive level on company initiatives to impact change across organizations.

• Experience managing vendors and vendor costs

Life @ Cambly includes...

• 60M VC backed and have most of the money in the bank - check out why Bessemer invested in us

• Hybrid First Company (M, T, Th)

• Catered Lunches

• 100% of Medical, Dental, and Vision paid along with matching 401k

• Maternity and Paternity Paid Leave

• 20 days of true, unbothered PTO

• End-of-year shutdown

• Family-friendly environment with amazing work/life balance and culture

• Charity donation match

• Helping others around the world unlock economic opportunities by learning English

This role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the expected base salary range for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.

Compensation Package $170,000 - $200,000 USD Base Salary + Pre-IPO Stock Options

Also: We are proud to be a highly inclusive company and an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We believe in order to thrive, businesses need a diverse team and leadership. We welcome every background, identity, abilities, and mindset to join us on our mission to make high-quality English education for all. Everyone is welcome here. To request reasonable accommodation, contact peopleteam@cambly.com.

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