HR Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the entire HR and people function at Cove, which encompasses operations, recruitment, compliance, culture, and strategic initiatives.

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for all departments, collaborating with hiring managers to devise hiring strategies and talent sourcing.

• Maintain the relationship with the PEO, including payroll, benefits, and compliance for a distributed workforce across multiple states.

• Ensure compliance across all operational states, managing registrations, filings, and adherence to employment laws.

• Create and implement effective onboarding and offboarding processes.

• Supervise performance management and compensation cycles, which include planning, calibration, and providing guidance to managers.

• Mentor department heads and people managers on performance management, promotions, challenging exits, and sensitive personnel decisions.

• Scale HR operations and design programs for recruitment, manager empowerment, and employee experience enhancement.

• Manage HR systems and tools, developing a scalable people infrastructure.

• Spearhead employee engagement and culture initiatives, including all-hands meetings, retreats, and recognition programs.

• Provide strategic advice to the CEO and leadership team regarding people strategy, culture, and organizational decisions.

• Address sensitive HR issues and proactively identify people-related risks along with potential solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of progressive HR experience, with direct responsibility for daily HR operations and strategic HR decision-making.

• Experience in startups is essential; ideally, experience in scaling an early-stage company from 50 to over 100 employees.

• Practical expertise in benefits administration, multi-state compliance, HR systems (such as Justworks or comparable PEO/HRIS platforms), and full-cycle recruitment.

• Strategic acumen to pinpoint compliance, cultural, and hiring risks, and propose solutions to leadership.

• An operator mindset with a readiness to personally engage in recruitment and process development.

• Demonstrated ability to create and sustain scalable HR processes.

• Excellent communication skills to interact effectively with executives and individual contributors.

• Capacity to manage confidential matters with the utmost discretion.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance packages.

• Fully remote position with an annual retreat and quarterly in-person meetups.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous training.

• Unlimited PTO policy.