What is Cirkul?
Cirkul is a rapidly growing beverage technology company on a mission to make a healthier world by helping people enjoy drinking more water.
The team at Cirkul developed an innovative beverage delivery system that makes drinking more water delicious, fun, and personalized. The technology reduces the shipping weight of bottled beverages by 96% and uses 84% less plastic. Cirkul offers its customers 100+ unique flavors, all with no sugar, zero calories, no artificial colors, and a range of functional enhancements online, at Walmart, and other retailers across the United States. Hundreds of thousands of consumers are using Cirkul to transition from single-use plastics and sugar-filled beverages to healthier, better-for-you alternatives.
What is this role?
The Total Rewards Manager will lead our benefits, payroll, and leave of absence programs, ensuring that our offerings are competitive, compliant, and aligned with our people-first culture. This role will serve as a strategic and operational partner across the business and will be instrumental in managing and improving employee experience across benefits, FMLA, Workers Compensation, and Leaves of Absence.
What does an average day look like?
Driving Results:
- Lead the administration and ongoing improvement of Cirkul’s benefits programs, including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401(k), and wellness initiatives.
- Ensure accurate and timely payroll processing in collaboration with finance and HR.
- Own leave management processes, including FMLA, ADA, Workers’ Compensation, and personal leaves—ensuring legal compliance and compassionate communication.
Taking Ownership:
- Serve as the subject matter expert on total rewards and compliance programs—proactively identifying risks, gaps, and areas for optimization.
- Maintain and improve internal policies and systems to ensure a seamless employee experience.
Making Decisions:
- Evaluate benefits offerings and vendor partnerships to ensure competitiveness and cost-efficiency.
- Provide guidance and make recommendations to leadership based on benchmarking, data analysis, and trends.
Cultivating Relationships:
- Partner with People, Finance, and Legal teams to ensure seamless delivery of rewards programs.
- Act as a resource and advocate for employees navigating benefits or leave-related needs.
Instilling Trust:
- Safeguard confidentiality and ensure accuracy in all compensation, benefit, and leave processes.
- Deliver timely, accurate communication to employees at all levels.
Customer Focus:
- Be a responsive and empathetic point of contact for employee questions and escalations.
- Create clear, accessible resources and training to help employees understand and maximize their benefits.
What background should you have?
- 5+ years of experience in HR with a focus on total rewards, benefits administration, payroll, and/or leave management
- Deep knowledge of federal and state employment laws related to payroll, benefits, FMLA, ADA, and Workers Compensation
- Highly organized with excellent attention to detail and follow-through
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a customer service mindset
- Passion for continuous improvement and a proactive approach to problem-solving
What do we offer?
- Competitive salary based on experience and market
- Generous benefits, 401k match, and PTO (even insurance for your fur babies!)
- Employee discounts on Cirkul products
- New corporate office space with great amenities
- Opportunity to work with a best in class team, in a hyper growth company, taking over the hydration industry
- A culture that rewards results
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Cirkul, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and are committed to sustaining an equitable and inclusive, people-first environment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents.
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What We Do
At Cirkul, we are transforming the pillars of Modern CPG with a mission to make a healthier world by helping people enjoy drinking more water! And it all begins with a reusable product, end-to-end US-based manufacturing, and a digital-first model.
In 2016 we identified the opportunity to develop an innovative beverage delivery system that would make it easier for the average consumer to drink more water. Our reusable water bottle features cartridge technology that makes drinking more water delicious, fun, and personalized!
Our technology is also disrupting bottled drink distribution. We have saved over 250M plastic bottles since launching in 2018 and our cartridge technology dramatically reduces the shipping weight, volume, and plastics used by traditional bottled beverages.
Here at Cirkul we are reinventing CPG, while building a business that is centered on consumer health, personal choice, and environmental sustainability. If taking care of yourself while taking care of the planet sounds good to you, maybe you should join us! https://drinkcirkul.com/pages/careers
