Senior Manager of People Operations & Total Rewards, Tecovas
$125-135k
Online cowboy boots retailer
Posted today
Online cowboy boots retailer
501-1000 employees
Posted today
$125-135k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To be the most beloved heritage western brand in the world by creating unparalleled products, experiences, and joy for everyone who crosses our path.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of progressive HR experience, including 3+ years owning benefits and/or compensation programs, with direct experience in equity and executive compensation
- Hands-on renewal experience and the ability to build a benefits or compensation cost model
- Working knowledge of ERISA, ACA, COBRA, FMLA, Section 125, FLSA, and multi-state leave and pay laws
- HRIS administration experience with Paycom, UKG, ADP, Workday, or similar
- Experience in a public company or a late-stage, high-growth private company with mature compensation governance
- Experience with a multi-state retail or hourly workforce, especially variable-hour ACA eligibility
- HRIS implementation or migration experience
- Ability to learn quickly, adapt as priorities shift, and adjust your approach as the needs of the business evolve in a fast-moving company
- Sound judgment and a business-minded approach to decisions, weighing tradeoffs to recommend what’s best for Tecovas and our people, both today and as we grow
What the job involves
- Tecovas is looking for a Senior Manager, People Operations & Total Rewards, to own our benefits programs, build scalable compensation practices and oversee the systems and processes that support our multi-state workforce through our next stage of growth.
- Reporting to the Senior Director, HR & Recruiting, you'll be our go-to expert on benefits and compensation data, translating insights into thoughtful, actionable recommendations.
- This role is part builder, part operator. You'll keep core processes running smoothly while improving and scaling how we support our people, all while preserving the culture that makes Tecovas special
- Own our benefits program end-to-end, including administration, carrier and broker relationships, and eligibility audits
- Lead annual renewals and open enrollment, including cost modeling, contribution strategy, plan design, and system setup; Create clear, helpful communications that make benefits easier for employees to understand and navigate
- Oversee COBRA, nondiscrimination testing, ACA compliance, and required plan filings
- Own leave and disability policies and vendor relationships, and guide complex leave and accommodation cases with care, discretion, and clear communication
- Partner with the Finance team to model merit and promotion budgets and help run annual review cycles
- Conduct regular pay equity reviews to support fair, consistent pay practices and prepare required state pay data reporting
- Maintain clear compensation guidelines, support Talent Acquisition with offer guidance, and help leaders make and communicate informed pay decisions
- Lead executive compensation benchmarking, including building and maintaining a peer group and working with external compensation consultants and survey providers
- Prepare compensation analyses and materials for senior leadership and the Board
- Strengthen documentation, approval workflows, and internal controls across compensation and payroll-related processes to support audit readiness
- Own the employee handbook and policy updates across the states where we operate, in partnership with the field HR Business Partner and legal
- Manage HR documentation across the employee lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and timely completion
- Own hiring, onboarding, and HR compliance for our team in Mexico
- Maintain an HR compliance calendar covering filings, testing, notices, and new state requirements
- Use approved AI tools and automation to simplify routine work, strengthen analysis, and improve employee support
- Serve as system owner for our HRIS, covering configuration, workflows, data integrity, and upgrades, and lead HR technology implementations
- Build and maintain people reporting on headcount, turnover, benefits enrollment, and compensation, and turn it into clear insights for the people team and leadership
- Manage the systems, timelines, and workflows behind our annual performance review cycle alongside our People Strategy & Development team
Our take
Cowboy boots are timeless - an icon of American fashion that has endured through the ages. But Tecovas aims to bring them into the 21st Century with an online retail model that doesn’t skimp on quality.
Its boots are traditionally made at a veteran boot factory in Léon, Mexico, with over 200 steps in the process, but Tecovas’ straight-to-consumer model allows the company to bypass middle-party retailers and knock nearly $100 off the average price points of their boots.
It’s the first company to offer this sort of model for this product, and has upended a billion-dollar industry in doing so. Its initial success has helped it to open 13 physical stores in Texas, the state with the biggest market for cowboy boots. But over 70% of Tecovas’s sales come from other states, allowing the company to essentially create new markets where other brands that only operated in brick-and-mortar stores are unable to compete.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2022
$56m
SERIES C
Feb 2020
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $105.4m
Company benefits
- We offer insurance plans that pay 99% of your health premium coverage and 100% of your dental & vision insurance coverage for your family/dependents
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO policy
- Corporate wellness program
- Generous employee discounts!
Company HQ
Bouldin Creek, Austin, TX
Leadership
Paul Hedrick
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Former Trader Assistant at Belvedere and Business Analyst at McKinsey.
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