Senior Director of People Operations, LaunchDarkly
$182-295k
Salary dependent on location. All Zones Inclusive of 20% Bonus Target and RSUs
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Feature management for software teams
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Feature management for software teams
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$182-295k
Salary dependent on location. All Zones Inclusive of 20% Bonus Target and RSUs
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower all teams to deliver and control their software.
Role
Who you are
- 15 years of experience in People Operations/HR Operations/TA or HR, including 7 years in senior operations leadership (Senior Manager/Director or above), ideally in high-growth tech environments
- Proven HRIS expertise with successful end-to-end implementations, optimizations, and integrations (e.g., Workday, Rippling, UKG, BambooHR, ADP, etc.). Must have experience across the whole stack of HR systems and technology including traditional HRIS functions and Talent Acquisition systems
- Strong program/project management skills with a track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution on a global basis for rapidly-growing technology companies
- Demonstrated strength in analytics and reporting—building dashboards, defining metrics, and translating data into decisions and recommendations
- Working knowledge of Talent Acquisition Operations and recruiting systems/processes (e.g., Greenhouse, Lever), including recruiting analytics
- Experience scaling onboarding and employee lifecycle operations, including documentation, enablement, and stakeholder management
- Knowledge of Benefits and Compensation operations and associated cycles, controls, and vendor coordination
- Excellent cross-functional partnership and communication skills, with the ability to influence across People, Finance, Legal, IT/Security, and business leadership
- Proven people management experience, both direct line and matrixed, and the demonstrated ability to coach high-performing teams of subject matter experts
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- Experience supporting a globally distributed technology workforce and partnering across multiple regions and time zones
- Hands-on experience improving People service delivery models (ticketing/knowledge base/SLAs) and building scalable self-service
What the job involves
- LaunchDarkly is seeking a strategic, highly operational Senior Director, People Operations to lead and scale the systems, tools, analytics, and programs that enable our global People organization to meet the business critical needs of the Company
- This leader partners closely with Company leaders, the People Leadership team and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business priorities into scalable People Operations solutions
- In this role you will lead a high-performing team responsible for HRIS and people technology, analytics and reporting, onboarding and lifecycle operations, and programs and processes that deliver exceptional outcomes throughout the employee journey
- Own the People Operations strategy and operating model across systems, programs, analytics, and service delivery for a fast-growing distributed, global workforce. Familiarity with current AI service offerings in the HR/TA space and ability to lead assessment, implementation and optimization of AI tooling across People organization solutions
- Lead and develop a high-performing People Operations team with clear rhythms, prioritization, governance, and scalable support practices
- Own the People technology ecosystem, including HRIS and integrated tools (e.g., payroll, benefits administration, onboarding, performance, and TA systems integrations)
- Lead HRIS implementations and optimizations (migrations, module rollouts, integrations, vendor selection) from strategy through execution, change management, and adoption
- Drive People program and cross-functional initiatives with strong program/project management discipline, building roadmaps and execution plans that balance near-term needs with long-term scalability
- Build and deliver People analytics and reporting (dashboards, metrics, executive-ready insights) across the employee lifecycle; establish data definitions and governance for accuracy and consistency
- Own and continuously improve onboarding operations and core employee lifecycle processes (changes, transfers, offboarding, compliance workflows) in partnership with TA, IT, Legal, Finance and business leaders
- Partner with Talent Acquisition Operations on ATS/tooling, workflow optimization, compliance, and seamless handoffs from recruiting through onboarding
- Partner with Total Rewards to help operationalize and scale benefits and compensation practices, including organization readiness for annual compensation reviews and benefits cycles
- Manage key People Operations vendors (contracts, renewals, performance, roadmap alignment) and ensure compliance, controls, and audit readiness in partnership with Legal, Finance, and IT/Security
Our take
Feature flags are a powerful software development tool, allowing teams to modify system behavior without changing code, therefore minimizing risk. If a business has a new feature they want to test, they can then roll it out to a small set of users before letting it go live. These companies can, for example, get quick feedback on the new feature and fix any bugs, or roll back any changes.
LaunchDarkly allows companies to run tests like this by activating the new code for only a small set of users prior to launch. Typically running these tests requires lots of developer time - a daunting and expensive prospect for most rapidly growing businesses - and can risk disruption to the user experience if testing takes place on the live product.
Demonstrating its value to businesses, the platform is used by the likes of IBM, Intuit and Atlassian. Recently it has seemed to focus on further scaling its growth as it develops towards being a leading business in the feature management space.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$200m
SERIES D
Jan 2020
$54m
LATE VC
Total funding: $330.3m
Company benefits
- Full Vision
- Full Dental
- Full Medical
- Flexible Schedule
- Healthy Lunches & Snacks
- Conference & Meetup Access
- Education Stipend
- Personalized Work Station
- Close to Public Transportation
- Bike Parking
- Team Activities
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Lakeside, Oakland, CA
Leadership
Edith Harbaugh
(Co-founder, Executive Chair & CEO)Worked as a Product Manager at Vignette, Monster Worldwide, and PlantSense. Previously Product Director at TripIt.
John Kodumal
(Co-founder & CTO)Prior to co-founding LaunchDarkly was Software Development Manager at Atlassian and Bytecode Anaylsis Architect for Coverity.
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