HR Manager, Cove
$110-140k
All-in-one commercial property management software
Posted today
All-in-one commercial property management software
21-100 employees
Posted today
$110-140k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create a great solution for real estate and property management, and to be great contributors to our community.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including direct ownership of day-to-day HR operations and strategic HR decisions
- Startup experience required; experience scaling an early-stage company from 50-100+ people is ideal
- Hands-on expertise in benefits administration, multi-state compliance, HR systems (e.g., Justworks or similar PEO/HRIS platforms), and full-cycle recruiting
- Strategic judgment: You can spot risks (compliance, culture, hiring) before they blow up, and you bring solutions to leadership
- Operator mentality: You're comfortable with "we don't have a recruiter, so I'll source" or "we need a performance management process, so I'll build it"
- Proven ability to build and maintain HR processes that scale with a growing organization
- Strong communication skills with executives and individual contributors; ability to handle confidential matters with discretion
What the job involves
- As Cove's HR Manager, you'll own our entire people function—from recruiting and compliance to culture and strategy. You'll partner directly with our CEO and leadership team to build the infrastructure that supports our growth from 65 to 80+ people over the next two years
- This is both an operational and strategic role. You'll manage day-to-day HR operations with rigor and compliance, while also thinking strategically about how to build sustainable processes and anticipate scaling challenges. You won't have an HR team to delegate to—you'll own the work and the strategy
- You'll also be a trusted business partner to our department heads, helping with performance management—coaching them to make strong decisions and develop those around them
- Lead full-cycle recruiting for all departments, partnering with hiring managers to build hiring strategies, source talent, and scale recruiting as we grow
- Manage our relationship with our PEO, ensuring payroll, benefits, and compliance are handled correctly across our multi-state remote workforce
- Own compliance across all states we operate in—ensuring registrations, filings, and employment law adherence stay on track; proactively flag risks before they become problems
- Design and implement onboarding and offboarding processes that set team members up for success
- Manage performance management and compensation cycles, including planning, calibration, and manager guidance
- Serve as a trusted business partner to department heads and people managers—coaching them through performance management, promotions, and difficult exits, and equipping them to handle sensitive people decisions with confidence
- Think strategically about how to scale HR operations as we grow—what processes need to be built now, what can wait, what will break without attention
- Develop and implement programs that improve hiring, manager enablement, and employee experience
- Own HR systems and tooling; ensure our people infrastructure is set up to scale
- Drive employee engagement and culture initiatives (all-hands, retreats, recognition programs)
- Advise the leadership team and CEO on people strategy, culture moments, and organizational decisions
- Provide thought leadership on hiring strategy, performance challenges, and compensation
- Handle sensitive HR matters with discretion and judgment
- Spot people-related risks early and bring solutions, not just problems
Our take
Despite digital innovation in most sectors, the way we interact with real estate and office spaces has been left relatively untouched. Whilst the concept of smart homes and offices does present an exception, this mostly concerns interacting with innovative hardware as opposed to the physical spaces that already exist within a property.
Cove builds technology and user experiences for real estate owners and business offices, aiming to augment them with cutting-edge technology. This includes space reservation software, guest check-ins, communication displays and room-viewing booking systems. The company also provides services such as catering, internet and workspace design.
Remote working has had a dramatic effect on the way people see their workplaces and living spaces, leading to many startups addressing convenience and technology in spaces. However, Cove has taken a unique approach to the matter, providing all-in-one innovation management and service packages to optimise the value it provides.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2024
$6m
EARLY VC
Jun 2022
$10m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $24.4m
Company benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Flexible Work Environment
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k Match
- Health, Dental and Disability/Life Insurance
- Career Growth and Development
Company HQ
Kalorama, Washington, DC
Leadership
Adam Segal
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Cove in 2013, Adam graduated from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management with an MBA in 2009 and then from Harvard Kennedy School in 2012 with an MPA.
Jeremy Scott
(Co-Founder & CTO)Alongside serving as Cove's CTO, Jeremy is a Research Assistant at MIT. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a PhD in Computer Science & Multimodal Interaction.
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