Overview
We are looking for an exceptional Sr. Manager/ Manager of People Strategy and Programs to join our growing People team. This role will partner with our Senior Director of People Strategy and Operations to develop and implement people-focused strategies, programs, and initiatives in support of Verkada’s organization strategies and incredible growth. You will play a critical role in shaping the employee experience, enabling leadership success, and ensuring executional excellence across our talent initiatives.
This is a unique opportunity to lead end-to-end initiatives—from ideation to launch - while helping to build a strong foundation for our People function.
Responsibilities
As a key member of the People Strategy & Operations team, you will:
- Have an integral role in driving the insights, operations, and strategy.
- Lead the end-to-end design and execution of key people programs, including stakeholder alignment, launch planning, communications, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with senior leaders and People Partners to ensure programs align with business priorities and effectively support the employee lifecycle.
- Drive change management efforts—including written communications and live presentations—to support adoption across leadership and the broader organization.
- Identify and implement improvements in current workflows and processes that can help improve efficiency and visibility - this might be in the current people systems or the future ones that we plan to implement.
- Research and benchmark best practices across the industry to inform the design of innovative and scalable people programs.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional experience, ideally in consulting, corporate strategy, or a startup, with experience in talent management, strategic workplace planning, people analytics, and/or organizational design.
- Since we’re still in scrappy startup mode, you must be a high-impact self-starter. You take initiative to move projects forward and can operate well with little guidance.
- Raw Smarts: You’ve fine-tuned your first principle and conceptual problem-solving skills. You can look at complex problems and solve them from start to finish.
- Strong analytical skills: You nerd out about data, can quickly structure analyses to answer key business questions to drive decision-making. Advanced Excel skills are a must.
- Flexibility and hustle: You manage change and ambiguity well, and have no problems juggling multiple priorities while executing in a fast-paced environment. You’re comfortable pivoting quickly and often.
- Process and operational thinking: You can tackle a problem independently and quickly iterate to a solution, then document it in a way that's easy to understand for all audiences.
- Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional programs from design through delivery
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to senior leadership and crafting high-quality communications for broad audiences
- Strong change management instincts; able to guide stakeholders through ambiguity and drive alignment across levels.
- BA/BS degree. MBA or Master's degree is a plus.
US Employee Benefits
Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
- Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
- Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
- Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
- Expanded mental health support
- Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
- Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
- Professional development stipend
- Fertility Stipend
- Wellness/fitness benefits
- Healthy lunches provided daily
- Commuter benefits
Additional Information:
- You must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time.
Annual Pay Range
At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)
Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).
As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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What We Do
Verkada is the world’s largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform, offering a seamless blend of tech and safety. With six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace systems, and intercoms — all integrated on one cloud platform, Verkada is designed for simplicity and scalability. Our real-time insights help organizations keep their spaces safe and comfortable while taking swift action to minimize security risks, workplace hassles, and costly inefficiencies. Founded in 2016 and backed by over $460M in funding, we’ve grown fast, with 16 offices spread across four continents, 2,000+ employees, and 26,000+ customers in 85+ countries — including 82 of the Fortune 500. Created by Stanford computer scientists and security experts, alongside Cisco Meraki’s co-founder and COO Hans Robertson, Verkada calls San Mateo, CA home. We also have offices in Salt Lake City, Tampa, Phoenix, Austin, London, Sydney, Taiwan, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Mexico City, Seattle, Tokyo, and Korea.
Why Work With Us
Verkada’s products start with safety – video security cameras, door-based access control and alarms, and extend to operations, environmental sensors, visitor and mailroom management. All of our products can be accessed within one cloud ecosystem, bringing the intuitive and easy-to-use nature of consumer security products to the levels of scale
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