People Operations Manager | REMOTE

Oakland, CA

Operations /Full-time /Remote

Powering Trade For The Emerging Cannabis Industry

Distru is the#1 ERP in the Cannabis Industry! We are a fully remote and global team building a software platform to streamline the supply chain for the cannabis industry. Most of the top cannabis brands and distributors across the United States use our software to manage their entire operation and stay compliant.

We are stable, profitable, and heavily investing in growing new product lines to expand our reach in 2024/2025. Our investors include Felicis Ventures,Global Founders Capital,Poseidon Asset Management, and Village Global who have funded companies such as Shopify, Cruise, HelloFresh, Facebook, Slack, and Opendoor.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced People Operations Manager to join our team. This position plays a critical role in making sure we attract and retain the very best people to work at Distru. You will help improve and build out core people processes to ensure great experiences across the entire employee life cycle.

The team's activities are varied, and you will need to be prepared to roll up your sleeves and get involved in everything from a people operations generalist perspective. The main focuses of the role will be payroll and benefits administration, hiring, onboarding and offboarding processes, performance management & development, and maintaining compliance. Other projects may be prioritized based on team needs and strategic initiatives. 

***The role is 100% remote, you can be anywhere in the world. Location shows Oakland, CA as a location was required for this listing to appear in LinkedIn.***

Our Team Culture

Rather than us defining our culture, check out what the team has to say!

What you’ll do:

• Employee Onboarding and continued development: Refine and facilitate the Employee Orientation Program, identify and assess the training and development needs of employees across the organization, work with department heads and managers to ensure training programs meet the specific needs of their teams, monitor and evaluate the progress of employees in development programs and provide feedback and support as needed.
• Performance Management: Assist managers in developing workplace and job expectations and in addressing performance issues of employees, assist with preparing and reviewing formal corrective actions documents; including performance improvement plans, design and implement programs for performance management, succession planning, learning and development, and career pathing.
• Management Development: Assess management training needs and create customized programs to address skill gaps and support career growth, evaluate the effectiveness of management programs through feedback, assessments, and performance metrics, and make necessary improvements.
• Talent Acquisition: Review applications and interview candidates, maintain contacts with external parties; like part-time recruiters, staffing agencies and job sites, actively seek ways to improve processes and tool utilization.
• General HR Responsibilities: Ensure HR policies and procedures are maintained at all times, calculate and add to payroll commissions and bonuses monthly, executing key processes throughout the employee lifecycle (e.g., terminations, PEO updates, I-9 verification), lead the charge in developing and implementing scalable, efficient people operations processes that will support the team in our current stage and beyond.

What you’ll need:

• 3-5 years of experience in leading people operations or similar positions. Experience in a startup and building structures from scratch is a plus! 
• Expertise in at least one of the areas of responsibility outlined above.
• HR compliance background not required but a plus.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• You’re comfortable managing your own workload and deadlines without constant supervision.
• You are flexible with the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

• Fully remote work environment. We have teammates in 4 continents!
• Varied and competitive medical, dental and vision plan options for the employee and their dependents 
• 18 days Paid Time Off (We want you to use these!) + 11 Holidays. Sick days do not count toward these
• Competitive compensation structure

$75,000 - $140,000 a year

Placement within this compensation range will be determined by the candidate's knowledge, experience and skills.

If this role excites you, we would love to hear from you! We don't need you to match all requirements of this role or have experience in all areas of responsibility.

Distru was formed by an environment of mutual respect and trust made up by people working together without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our team members is critical to our success and we proactively strive to recruit, develop and retain the best and brightest people from the most diverse candidate pools we can find all over the world.

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