About Kojo

It's time to build. Whether it's creating more housing, upgrading our infrastructure, or adapting to climate change, one thing is clear: the construction industry is at the center of solving our biggest problems. We’re making buildings cheaper and easier to build by transforming the way commercial construction companies buy their materials. Join us.

Founded in 2018, Kojo is now one of the fastest-growing construction technology companies in the world. Construction accounts for $10 trillion in global spend annually and we can’t live without its output - our roads, schools, hospitals, and offices. Despite this, there’s been very little innovation over the past 70 years in how materials - which constitute up to 40% of project costs - are bought and sold. This is our opportunity.

We’re looking for an amazing Director, People Operations. This role will support and strengthen the employee experience through a high level of empathy and action, ensuring a consistent and optimal remote work experience for our team as well as operational excellence for People Operations. 

About the Role

This role reports directly to the COO and will be responsible for creating, implementing, and managing people programs, policies, and processes related to: onboarding, offboarding, systems, company data, payroll, total rewards, benefits and leave administration, and compliance. This role will also partner closely with our Director, Talent to support people programs related to engagement and performance as well as support organizational design and effectiveness work across the team.

This role will include:

• Overseeing processes related to global onboarding, offboarding, benefit administration, and compliance for both employees and contractors

• Managing Kojo’s benefits program, including negotiating annual renewals, handling annual reporting, running open enrollment, and supporting employees

• Collaborating with Controller on payroll to ensure accurate processing of all internal changes

• Efficiently managing all leave of absence requests, ensuring compliance with company policies and regulations while maintaining clear communication with employees and relevant stakeholders

• Managing the administration and tracking of the People Operation policies and programs, updating them as needed

• Owning annual reporting for the company, including ACA, EEO-C, 5500s as well as other annual reporting and compliance tasks

• Building trust with employees and provide a high quality employee experience by resolving issues promptly and responding to employee questions and concerns related to payroll, benefits, compensation, leaves, and other established or new processes

• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with external vendors, such as insurance carriers, benefit providers, and third-party administrators

• Consulting with Department Heads on organizational design and restructuring as well as workforce planning

• Developing strong, trusted partnerships and candid coaching relationships with leaders across the organization, partnering to continually improve and innovate our people processes and programs

About You

What you’ve accomplished:

• 7+ years of progressive HR/ People Operations experience that includes developing and implementing people programs in a high-growth environment in the US and internationally

• Experience as an HR Generalist preferred

• Strong knowledge of global employment laws, regulations, benefits, and compliance requirements

• Operational expertise, proven track record of process improvement, documentation and systems integrations

• Strong analytical, organizational and facilitation skills

• Capable of managing, negotiating, and building effective relationships with vendors

• Successful track record of establishing credibility and trust amongst a remote workforce

• Practical knowledge of local and government policies related to leaves, ADA, wage & hour and other payroll policies

• Has experience working with benefits broker and negotiating benefits renewals

What you care about:

• Intentional Communication: You communicate directly and with compassion

• Passion: You care about the well-being and success of your teammates

• Impact: You prioritize rigorously and accomplish amazing amounts of important work

• Accountability: You are motivated by having the space to make your best judgments about what should be done and how to do it 

The base salary is between $165,000-$180,000 (base salary commensurate with experience). The role is remote with less than 5% travel required. See details about compensation ranges below.

Working at Kojo

Salary: Your salary will be dependent upon many factors, including your experience level, skillset, market dynamics and balancing internal equity relative to other Kojo employees. The compensation and benefits information that we provide is based on Kojo’s good-faith estimate as of the date of the job posting and may be modified in the future.

Benefits: This position is also eligible for a new hire equity grant and all US-based full time employees are eligible for our full suite of perks and benefits. For more information about our perks and benefits, check out https://www.usekojo.com/careers.

Location: Kojo’s team members work from home 100% of the time across North and South America. If applicable, we’ll identify the travel and/or location-specific requirements of a position in the text above. Otherwise, team members can expect to work business hours congruent with their local time zone and remotely.

Inclusive Workplace: Kojo values diverse perspectives and is committed to building an inclusive workplace. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.



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