Senior Director of People Strategy & Execution, Fivetran
$202-252.5k
Office located in Oakland, CA
Automated data movement platform
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Automated data movement platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$202-252.5k
Office located in Oakland, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make access to data s simple and reliable as electricity.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of progressive experience in People, HR, organizational effectiveness, business operations, consulting, or related leadership roles
- Significant experience operating at the executive level and partnering directly with senior leaders
- Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional initiatives in fast-paced, evolving environments
- Strong understanding of People and HR functions, including organizational design, talent management, workforce planning, employee experience, and operational effectiveness
- Proven ability to establish operating systems, drive execution, and deliver measurable outcomes
- Builder mentality with a track record of creating structure where little exists
- Exceptional operational rigor and project leadership capabilities
- Data-driven and highly analytical, with strong executive communication skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Director People leader to serve as a strategic operator and execution partner for our People organization. This role is designed for a highly autonomous builder who can translate People priorities into measurable business outcomes, drive operational excellence across the function, and ensure accountability against key organizational objectives
- Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this individual will act as a trusted thought partner and execution lead while helping shape, manage, and accelerate the People team's operating plan. They will work across the entire organization, influencing outcomes through strong partnership, operational leadership, and business acumen
- This role is intended for an accomplished operator who combines deep People expertise with strong business acumen and execution discipline. The individual will bring structure to complex environments, build scalable operating rhythms, drive cross-functional accountability, and ensure People initiatives deliver meaningful business results
- Design and implement scalable operating rhythms, governance processes, and management systems
- Identify opportunities to simplify, streamline, and continuously improve People processes and programs
- Create visibility into organizational performance through meaningful dashboards, reporting, and business reviews
- Develop mechanisms that increase organizational effectiveness while automating or simplifying existing processes
- Own and manage the People organization's annual and quarterly operating plans
- Establish and maintain clear objectives, key results (OKRs), metrics, and reporting mechanisms across the People function
- Monitor progress against strategic priorities and proactively identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities
- Ensure alignment between People initiatives and broader company objectives
- Translate People priorities into measurable business impact
- Use data, insights, and business context to guide decisions and prioritize initiatives
- Partner with business leaders to understand organizational needs and ensure People initiatives support company growth and performance objectives
- Bring a pragmatic, outcome-oriented perspective to People strategy discussions
Our take
Fivetran is a data integration company focused on one simple idea: making data easy to move and use. It provides a fully managed platform that automatically moves data from hundreds of sources into cloud destinations, helping team centralize information without building or maintaining complex pipelines. So, by handling the heavy lifting behind the scenes, Fivetran allows organizations to spend less time managing infrastructure and more time working on their data.
This approach has a real and growing impact, with more than 700 fully managed connectors, Fivetran supports hybrid and multi-cloud environments and keeps data accurate and secure as it flows into analytics and AI systems. Trusted by over 7,600 customers worldwide, the platform helps businesses standardize how data is collected and shared across teams, breaking down silos and making insights more accessible. And the result is a stronger data foundation that supports faster decision-making and innovation.
In 2025, the company's momentum was also recognized with a Microsoft Marketplace Partner of the Year Award and a finalist spot for Microsoft's Americas Emerging Partner of the Year. These milestones reflect its role in helping enterprises modernize data infrastructure on Microsoft Azure and prepare for AI-driven workloads. By continuing to deepen its partnerships and focus on reliable, automated data movement, Fivetran is well positioned to carry this success forward as organizations increasingly rely on data s the backbone of future intelligence.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$565m
SERIES D
Jun 2020
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $727.7m
Company HQ
Downtown, Oakland, CA
Leadership
George Fraser
(CEO)George graduated with a PhD in Neurobiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Taylor Brown
(COO)Taylor studied Business Administration (focusing on design strategy) at California College of the Arts to Masters level.
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