Manager, People Operations

Figma; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a dynamic Manager of People Operations to enhance global processes and support team growth. In this full-time role, you'll manage a diverse team, streamline onboarding, and ensure compliance with employment laws. With a focus on automation and process improvement, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the employee experience. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a collaborative environment where creativity and efficiency thrive. If you are passionate about building effective people processes and excited to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Mental Health Benefits

Generous PTO

Learning & Development Stipend

Work from Home Stipend

Cell Phone Reimbursement

Qualifications

• 5+ years in people operations with management experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. and global employment law.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team responsible for core people processes.
• Lead complex cross-functional people projects.

Skills

People Operations

Process Improvement

Project Management

U.S. Employment Law

Global Employment Law

HR Processes Management

Workday

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Workday

Job description

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design, and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

We’re looking for a hands-on Manager, People Operations with a passion for building and developing global people processes to support scale. You’ll also grow and develop a team focused on building and executing global processes. If you’re excited about building for scale and working alongside an amazing people team during a time of growing maturity, this role could be for you! We’ve spent the past few years building foundational processes - now comes the fun part of building, automating, and standardizing global processes across the employee lifecycle.

This is a full-time role based in our SF Hub.

What you'll do at Figma:

• Manage, develop, and centralize a team of U.S., EMEA, and JAPAC POps professionals responsible for answering Figmate inquiries and building and executing core people processes including onboarding, global time tracking, benefits administration, regional expansions, departures, and more.
• Partner with COEs to assess and update existing people programs, processes, workflows, and practices.
• Partner with benefits and payroll to build global LOA processes; be a point of escalation for your team.
• Lead complex cross-functional people projects - everything from onboarding to offboarding.
• Identify opportunities for automation and drive innovative solutions to enhance the Figmate experience.
• Oversee the People Ops ticketing system; analyze ticket data to assess program effectiveness and assess process changes.
• Build a roadmap and prioritization process for continued development of our processes and programs across geographies.
• Build consistent operating norms and templates across the team.
• Enable team to support in-person onboarding program.
• Ensure compliance with global legal requirements and internal policies.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 5+ years in a people operations/process improvement role; 2+ years of management experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. employment law and familiarity with global employment law and compliance.
• Experience managing HR processes including onboarding, data changes, compliance trainings, regional expansion, time tracking, and off-boarding.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging Workday and other systems to automate and streamline processes.
• Strong project management skills to lead cross-functional projects from start to finish.
• Familiarity with global benefits.

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Experience managing a global People Ops team.
• Experience building a team roadmap.

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):

$149,000 - $260,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product, and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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