What you’ll be responsible for:

As the Senior Director, Global HR Operations & Technology, you will join a greater team focused on attracting, hiring and growing the careers of our world-class talent globally. You will partner with the Chief People Officer, along with your peers on the Talent leadership team, to lead, manage, and scale our remote-first talent operations team and strategy. You will be a trusted partner to other leaders, managers and employees and will strive for a five-star Circler experience. You will be responsible to help formulate and evolve the talent operations team’s organizational design, helping set its ambitious goals, driving its productivity, and meeting its deliverables - all with the mindset of delighting our multistakeholders. As such, the company will rely on you to lead accomplishing our critical short and long-term talent operational goals.

What you’ll work on:

• Own and execute a vision to iterate on our already robust investments in talent systems to create a seamless and elegant data backbone for the global Talent Team to leverage for critical insights and interactivity for leaders, partner organizations and all Circlers. 
• Iterate and build to scale infrastructure to support global HRIS administration, payroll, benefits, on-boarding, off-boarding, visa and immigration, and other important moments along the employee lifecycle.
• Own global, statutory compliance and SOX/public-ready/GDPR internal controls and processes for all people related matters. 
• In partnership with the CPO, manage the Talent Team budget and accrual processes.
• Ensure talent operations’ vision for success is tightly aligned with internal stakeholders such as Finance, IT, and Legal as well as Talent Acquisition, Talent Analytics and Rewards, and Talent Management teams.
• Hire and lead exceptional talent on your own team with a strong passion to nurture, mentor and grow their careers.
• Lead cross functional projects that transcend reporting lines, geographies and departments.
• Provide insights and recommendations to continually improve our talent operations strategy by leveraging data to inform us where things are working and where there are areas of improvement. 
• Use your global experience to lead and/or support the massive global expansion and footprint of Circle in APAC, EMEA and LATAM. 

You will aspire to our four core values:

• Multistakeholder - you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
• Mindful - you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.  
• Driven by Excellence - you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals. 
• High Integrity - you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards.  You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

What you’ll bring to Circle:

• 13+ years of demonstrated success in rapidly scaling environments that require significant influencing skills and deep and trusted partnerships across the business to accomplish operational goals.
• 7+ years of management experience instilling trust and credibility with your team while guiding, developing, coaching, and managing individual and team performance.
• A fundamental belief in our mission and core values.
• A growth mindset, expertly balancing necessary controls and processes with speed and simplicity.
• A strong work ethic that models a sense of urgency, curiosity, and desire to get things done.
• You have partnered with executives, managers, and employees regarding change management and structured process on a global level.
• Experience implementing a wide range of creative and thoughtful talent operations and HR systems strategies and programs in a fast-paced, high-growth technology company.
• Excellent communication skills with an innate ability to motivate and inspire teammates. 
• You find joy and excitement when payroll is error free, when you connect disparate systems, and when you apply creative and innovative solutions to complex problems.  
• Building and/or supporting global talent teams in APAC, EMEA and Central and South America strongly preferred.
• Familiarity in managing a range of global workforce operations, including international PEO/EOR vendors, visa/immigration, tax and accounting issues, employment law, etc..
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Workday and MacOS highly preferred.

Additional Information:

• This position is eligible for day-one PERM sponsorship for qualified candidates.

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

The compensation range below is specific to Austin, TX. Actual starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Base Pay Range: $215,000 - $305,000

Annual Bonus Target: 25%

Also Included: Equity & Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Circle has a discretionary vacation policy. We also provide 10 days of paid sick leave per year and 11 paid holidays per year in the U.S.