Director leading global People Operations and compliance at GitLab, the intelligent DevSecOps orchestration platform. Driving scalable, AI-enabled workflows, mobility, and employment compliance.
Responsibilities
Define and deliver a multi-year People Operations and Compliance roadmap tied to business priorities, using AI and emerging technologies
Standardize, simplify, and automate manual workflows across the team member lifecycle, including onboarding, data management, and offboarding
Establish operating models, SLAs, and metrics to improve quality and efficiency
Partner with Compensation, Legal, Procurement, People Technology, Talent Management & Development, Talent Acquisition, People Business Partners, Payroll, IT, and Internal Audit
Lead the People Operations team in managing the case management platform from intake to resolution
Lead and develop a high-performing global team through process design, data fluency, automation, and AI-enabled ways of working
Oversee global mobility processes and serve as the escalation point for complex relocation matters
Own global employment compliance and risk exposure, audit outcomes, and the Senior Compliance Analyst’s execution
Own administration for PEO partners and lead people operations setup for new entities and global expansion
Requirements
10+ years of HR/People Operations experience, including 5+ years experience leading global teams
Proven track record building and scaling people operations functions in complex, multi-regional global organizations
Working knowledge of global employment compliance, including direct experience with works councils or employee representative bodies
Ability to move between vision and a keen focus for detail, from presenting a roadmap to executives to debugging a broken process with the team
Strong judgment, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with comfort making decisions in ambiguity
Experience leveraging AI and automation to improve and streamline operations
Strong attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy
Experience in a high-growth global technology or SaaS company
Experience working in public company preferred
Experience transforming People Operations at scale across company stages
Workday: experience optimizing Workday as the core employee process platform, including data governance, self-service, consolidation, standardization, and workflow optimization
GreenHouse: experience with ATS infrastructure, including equity data and familiarity with integrations between ATS and HRIS
Case management: experience implementing HR case management tools including workflow automation, knowledge management, Workday integration, and service catalog management
Benefits
Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
Flexible Paid Time Off
Team Member Resource Groups
Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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