Full-Time

Leave Administrator

Sparrow

Sparrow

201-500 employees

Leave management platform for distributed workforces

Compensation Overview

$17.97 - $22.21/hr

Remote in USA

Remote

Remote-first role; compensation based on your legal state of residence.

Category
Administrative & Executive Assistance (2)
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Requirements
  • 1-3 years of relevant administrative work experience.
  • Comfortable working with and learning new technology systems.
  • Comfortable working and communicating in a remote-first environment.
  • Strong organization skills and attention to detail; ability to track various tasks from different projects and ensure nothing is overlooked.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate clearly and empathetically through email, chat, and phone calls.
  • People oriented with a high degree of empathy, interpersonal intuition, and strong active listening skills.
  • Openness to learning; you are highly self-directed, adaptable, and open to feedback and implementation in a fast paced, ever-changing environment.
  • Ability to anticipate needs.
  • Handling confidential information with appropriate care.
Responsibilities
  • Foster collaboration with external administrative counterparts through diverse communication approaches, such as phone calls and emails.
  • Manage the flow of necessary leave paperwork, handling multiple concurrent leaves with finesse.
  • Document and convey all claim escalations to designated team members.
  • Thrive in a fast-paced environment by adeptly handling multiple tasks in quick succession.
  • Maintain and optimize internal systems and processes for maximum efficiency.
  • Stay informed about new state programs and processes.

Sparrow offers a cloud-based leave administration platform for companies with distributed workforces in the U.S. and Canada. It automates leave processes, handles required paperwork, coordinates with medical providers, and integrates with payroll and HR tools to keep HR and payroll teams informed. The service targets a wide range of customers, from small businesses to large enterprises, with a focus on compliance breadth and seamless workflow integration. Its goal is to simplify leave management, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve efficiency for HR and payroll teams.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$55M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • 150% caregiver leave increase since 2020 drives demand for Sparrow's expertise.
  • $35M Series B from Silver Lake Waterman fuels product scaling amid 14 state programs.
  • Webflow partnership validates appeal for distributed workforce compliance.

What critics are saying

  • Justworks bundles free leave module to 150,000 SMBs, undercutting subscriptions in 6-12 months.
  • Rippling's AI leave filing erodes specialist edge for 15,000 enterprises in 3-9 months.
  • Gusto's $120M LeaveLogic acquisition gains 500 clients with superior APIs in 12-18 months.

What makes Sparrow unique

  • Sparrow Guided offers step-by-step claim guidance reserving specialists for complex cases.
  • High-touch concierge handles filings, appeals, and medical outreach unlike pure automation.
  • Automates niche issues like California's 13-character name limit for paper filing.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Paid Vacation

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

-1%
Red Hot Singapore
Jul 29th, 2025
Sparrow secures $35M to streamline leave management

Sparrow, an employee leave management tech company, raised $35M in Series B funding led by Silver Lake Waterman, totaling $64M in investments. This funding addresses the growing complexity of workplace leave compliance due to varied state and local regulations. CEO Deborah Hanus highlighted the challenges of managing leave across multiple jurisdictions, exacerbated by remote work. The company aims to automate this process to ease the compliance burden on businesses.

Business Wire
Oct 19th, 2022
Campusdoor And Sparrow Drive Digital Transformation In Private Student Lending

YORK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CampusDoor, one of the nation’s largest third-party, private student loan origination platforms, today announced an exclusive joint venture with Sparrow to expand banks’ and credit unions’ competitive advantage in capturing and retaining Generation Z borrowers. Founded by Gen Zers to address the frustrations they experienced when taking out loans, Sparrow is a digital search engine that makes it easy for students to find educational financing. Now Sparrow and CampusDoor are jointly offering a proprietary solution to help lenders bring the same ease and transparency to their prospects. The customized solution, focused only on each lender’s own products, is available as an optional front end to CampusDoor’s platform

Business Wire
Sep 20th, 2022
Sparrow Facilitates Over $200 Million In Searched Loan Volume As Students Head Back To School

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sparrow, a two-year-old financial search engine that simplifies the student lending process, today announced the raise of a $5.83M Seed investment led by Sozo Ventures with participation from Good Friends VC, SHAKTI, Dash Fund, Ripple Executive Chairman Chris Larsen, and Stash CFO Adriel Lares. With $6.7 million of capital raised to date, Sparrow is using the funding to grow its platform, facilitate new partnerships and reach additional students and universities. Sozo Ventures Managing Director Spencer Foust also joined Sparrow’s Board of Directors. More than 43 million Americans are carrying $1.6 trillion worth of federal student loan debt. While President Biden’s relief plan provides progress to reduce crushing student loan debt in the United States, on average, it takes borrowers 20 years to fully pay off their student loans, burdening them with significant debt for the first quarter of their adult life. Sparrow is committed to accelerating the transition from an antiquated system that doesn’t have students’ best interests in mind to a sustainable financial product that provides a fast, seamless and secure lending experience

Cision
May 18th, 2022
Sparrow received award 2022 HR Tech Award on May 18th 22'.

Sparrow, a pioneer in Employee Care Management (ECM), announced today that the company was bestowed with a 2022 HR Tech Award in the category of “employee experience.”

Try Sparrow
Mar 24th, 2022
Webflow, Inc. partners with Sparrow

To better support their team members and save time, Webflow partnered with Sparrow for more straightforward leave management.