Director of Human Resources or People Operations

FusionAuth is a fast-growing startup CIAM company headquartered in Denver Colorado. With a great team and strong investors, we are expanding our team to help accelerate our growth and take FusionAuth to the next level. Our mission is to make authentication and authorization simple and secure for every developer. This means building the best CIAM (Customer Identity and Access Management) solution in the world. FusionAuth is scaling up its organization across all departments and is hiring in all departments, including Marketing. We are recruiting a Director of HR to oversee the people operations function and support the growth of the company. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, fast worker and excited about growing a company from the ground up. We are open to full time US based candidates to work as a dedicated full-time employee. Most of our staff reside in the Mountain or Pacific time zone but we are open to any US location. If you are passionate about technology that solves real-world customer problems, and want to join a company that is moving the industry forward, FusionAuth is a perfect fit for you.
Description
General Overview:
As the Director, HR, this role will be deeply involved with the company's long-term personnel planning and strategy. This is an instrumental role in maintaining an organized and highly efficient HR department and the keystone of the HR function at the Company. This position will hold the responsibility to ensure that all human resources operations are carried out smoothly and effectively. This position requires a profound, in-depth knowledge of human resources practices.
At FusionAuth, people come first, and therefore this role will be tasked with creating and managing various projects and processes in support of recruiting, developing, and retaining our people. These processes include: recruiting, onboarding, training, performance reviews, compensation administration, compliance, and employee data changes. This role will be equal parts creator, builder, manager, administrator, and leader. So be prepared to roll up your sleeves and dive into a fast-paced and thriving team culture.
This newly created role will eventually hire its team as the company scales. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with all facets of the organization and external parties
What You Have Done:
We are looking for someone that has done several aspects of this before for this critical newly created role.
Top 3 things you have done successfully:

1. All aspects of HR operations including recruiting, selecting talent, onboarding and developing employees.
2. Implemented processes and latest back office HR operations systems
3. Implemented processes and policies scaling the growth tech companies

Plus, other great strengths may include

• Great customer service minded
• been in growth recurring revenue tech startup companies;
• able to roll up your sleeves and getting things done in early days while also seeing the bigger picture;
• knowledge of tech companies;
• a vision of what the organization needs 18-24 months out and can execute the plan to get there.

What You Will Do:

• Lead a team through significant scale change and organizational development
• Manage and oversee the day-to-day HR activities of the company, including recruitment, benefits, employee development and compliance.
• Develop, establish, and implement pragmatic policies and procedures for a quickly growing company, and continue to monitor and improve procedures as needed
• Develop and implement recruitment strategies to locate, screen, and onboard motivated and qualified candidates for a rapidly expanding workforce
• Monitor adherence to internal policies and legal standards and anticipate and resolve litigation risks
• Development of a learning-centric company culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, and high performance.
• Establish policies that promote company culture and vision, and lead employees to encourage maximum performance and motivation
• Drive processes for transactional services through the HRIS as lifecycle events occur, e.g., new hires, transfers, terminations, promotions, leaves of absence, etc. and proactively collaborates with other teams to ensure proper processing of information
• Performing market analysis on compensation packages and recommend adjustments as deemed necessary
• Oversight and delivery of the annual open enrollment process
• Other duties as needed

What You'll Need:

• Minimum of 8 years of progressive Human Resource experience overseeing or touching all aspects of HR
• Experience with HRIS software required; experience with implementing software a plus
• Proven experience in a leadership position, preferred at start-up or rapid growth companies
• Must have experience growing and/or scaling a business unit or organization and have strong business acumen and leadership skills at the most senior levels
• Experience developing high performing, diverse, and sustainable internal and external talent pipeline as well as assessing, hiring, developing, and coaching talent is required
• Excellent knowledge of employment legislation and regulations
• Diligent and firm with high ethical standards
• Thorough knowledge of human resource management principles and best practices
• Degree in related discipline or equivalent HR Certification (PHR/SHRM) encouraged
• Knowledge of state and federal employment law including HR technical knowledge of EEO, AA, FMLA, ADA, unemployment, and workers compensation, investigation processes, compensation practices, and benefit programs

Compensation & Benefits:

• Wonderful teammates, a fun company, and great career path opportunities as the company rapidly grows
• Comprehensive medical, dental & vision plans
• 401k with employer match
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Equity
• Paid Holidays & Flexible Time Off
• $140k-$165k expected base salary range*

* Pursuant to various state laws, we must display the pay range for this job. Since we are willing to hire within a broad spectrum of qualifications, we also reflect a broad pay range. The expected base salary range that we are targeting for this position can be adjusted up or down based on individual qualifications. Individual salary is determined by qualifications, role, level and location.
FusionAuth provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Please note: FusionAuth does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event of a recruiter or agency submitting a resume or candidate without a signed agreement being in place, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire such candidates without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of FusionAuth.