Senior Manager, People Operations

As the People Operations Manager at Slingshot, you’ll own the operational backbone of the employee experience and ensure our people systems, programs, and practices scale alongside a growing, mission-driven organization. You’ll oversee core HR operations including onboarding and offboarding, HRIS administration, compliance reporting, and people analytics, while serving as a trusted partner to leaders and employees alike.

This role blends hands-on execution with operational rigor: maintaining compliant, auditable people processes; managing required reporting such as ACA, VEVRAA, and OFCCP; producing accurate workforce data and insights; and continuously improving the employee experience across the full lifecycle. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring Slingshot meets its obligations as a federal contractor while building scalable, reliable People Operations that support growth, accountability, and trust.

• Lead the People Operations function across US and international entities.
• Design and maintain people systems and workflows that automate the employee experience, reduce manual errors, and deliver a seamless, high-quality employee UX across the lifecycle.
• Design and manage competitive, cost-effective benefits programs that balance employee experience with financial sustainability.
• Develop and refine internal policies, ensuring sound judgment, consistent application across the company, and balanced risk mitigation.
• Own compensation frameworks and annual cycles in partnership with Finance.
• Lead the implementation of HR programs like performance management, employee engagement initiatives, and manager enablement.
• Own leave of absence (LOA) administration, ensuring compliant, empathetic, and well-coordinated experiences for employees while maintaining accurate tracking and cost management.
• Partner with Legal on employment matters, compliance risk, and change-management communications.
• Partner with Finance to oversee workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and multi-state registrations, ensuring compliant processes, clean handoffs, and effective cross-functional execution.
• Use data to inform decisions: headcount forecasting, turnover analysis, engagement trends, and talent risk.
• Continuously evaluate and improve People Operations processes to drive efficiency, compliance, and a consistently strong employee experience.
• Perform other duties as assigned (less than 10%)

• 7–10+ years of progressive People Operations or HR leadership experience, including ownership of multi-state U.S. compliance and support for international entities.
• Demonstrated experience designing and scaling HR systems, workflows, and automation to improve employee experience, data accuracy, and operational efficiency.
• Strong background in total rewards and benefits strategy, including cost modeling, vendor management, and partnership with Finance to ensure financial sustainability.
• Proven judgment and expertise in policy development, employee relations, leave of absence administration, and risk mitigation in collaboration with Legal.
• Advanced analytical capabilities, with experience using people data to drive workforce planning, compensation cycles, retention strategies, and executive decision-making.

Preferred Skills 

• Experience operating in a federal-contractor environment, including OFCCP, VEVRAA, EEO-1, ACA, and related compliance and reporting obligations.
• Hands-on experience administering multi-state and international People Operations programs, including benefits, leaves, and employment registrations.
• Strong working knowledge of HRIS and people systems (e.g., Rippling, Workday, BambooHR, UKG), including workflow automation and reporting.
• Prior experience partnering cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, IT and external vendors to deliver compliant, scalable People programs.
• Experience supporting change management initiatives and rolling out HR programs across a distributed or growing organization.

These skills are guidelines. You don’t have to meet every qualification listed - if your skills are transferable and you meet the minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. 

Location: Remote

Classification: Full-time Exempt 

Compensation: $160,000 - $200,000