People Operations Associate
Panorama, also known as Panorama Group, is a platform for social change
dedicated to solving the world’s most intractable problems. Our goal is to
maximize social impact by partnering with visionary leaders, social
entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector to codevelop
solutions with audacious thinking, radical collaboration, and bold action.
Panorama’s value proposition is to help partners to operate in smarter,
more impactful, and more efficient ways. Panorama is a community of
organizations that include Panorama Global, a social impact nonprofit that
empowers changemakers through radical collaboration, Panorama Strategy, a
social purpose consultancy that accelerates progress for clients through
audacious thinking, and Panorama Action, which mobilizes voices and resources
through bold action. The role is positioned at Panorama Global. To learn
more about Panorama Global and its work, visit https://www.panoramaglobal.org.
Position Summary
Panorama Global is seeking a People Operations Associate to work across our
systems, processes, and data to optimize for efficiency, integrity, and
clarity. This role will connect employee insights to business outcomes to
drive a high-performance culture and workforce and provide technical and
administrative expertise to the HR team by being responsible for
administering the HR systems, processes, and relevant projects. This role
will act as a valuable resource for team members across the organization,
providing subject matter guidance and support to set up employees for
success.
This exempt position reports to the Vice President, People & Culture, and is
available on a fully remote basis within the United States.
What you’ll do:
• Responsible for execution and ongoing administration and maintenance of
all People Systems and ensuring associated data integrity
• Process payroll in collaboration with the Director, Finance
• Partner with businesses and vendors as support to identify
process/operational improvements to unlock efficiencies, solving for the root
cause of issues and driving for continuous improvement
• Recognize opportunities to automate and decrease manual processes
• Partner cross-functionally with critical areas of the business including
Finance, Payroll, and GCC to lead the continued growth and optimization of
our People systems and processes
• Take a hands-on approach to troubleshooting complex processes and
functional issues and manage these through to resolution
• Define HR systems training and knowledge needs, and collaborate to
produce reference materials and workflows as needed
• Assist with the documentation of internal HR processes, policies, and
guidelines as needed, identifying accountability and decision making and
understanding how our systems support the processes
• Maintain data across all people systems, develop HR analytics dashboards,
and make recommendations for system or process changes based on available
data
• Execute operational tasks such as employee onboarding, off-boarding,
verification requests, data audits, employee data changes, and other tasks
• Ensure people data integrity and confidentiality and identify
opportunities for added or necessary controls
• Review benefits invoices against enrollment details and liaise with
benefits brokers to make updates
• Complete employer state registrations, manage state employer notices, and
update withholding tax information in our payroll platform
• Independently manage HR projects to completion by clarifying project
objectives; setting timetables and schedules; conducting research; developing
and organizing information; collaborating with stakeholders; and fulfilling
transactions
• Comply with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying
existing and new legislation; anticipating legislation; enforcing adherence
to requirements; advising management on needed actions
Why we are excited about you:
• Minimum of 3-5 years of HR/Systems experience, with an emphasis in HR
Administration and HR Operations
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Human Resources or related field or
equivalent relevant work experience
• Experience in developing and setting up reports, dashboards, and data
visualization
• Knowledge of and the ability to evaluate and support the implementation
of new and emerging HRIS technologies to improve work productivity and
accuracy
• Documented history of detail-oriented project management experience,
including responsibilities of managing a project or program from conception
to implementation
• Anticipate problems (and escalate when appropriate) and solution-oriented
• Demonstrates strong prioritization and organizational skills
• High level of accuracy and obsessive attention to detail
• Value collaborative problem-solving and contributing to a positive
employee culture and environment where everyone can be their best
• Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of working on own initiatives with
limited supervision
• Knows how to appropriately handle and protect highly confidential data
• Maintains a positive, glass half-full attitude while working on high
volume of requests independently and within team
• Strong written skills and confidence in your ability to communicate
clearly with different stakeholders and audiences
• Experience in a fast-growing organization and comfortable balancing
ambiguity with action
• Discretion, sensitivity, and confidentiality is your bread and butter.
You have demonstrated ability to listen, analyze, and inform appropriately
while maintaining the required sensibilities in handling confidential
information.
Why you’re excited about us:
• Impact: You’ll be a key player in building how we operate, communicate,
and treat each other
• Growth: You’ll have the opportunity to expand your leadership,
influence, and responsibility as Panorama continues to scale
• Team: We have a passionate, talented team that elevates each other and is
truly the most fun to work with
• Mission: We’re doing work that matters – inspiring people around the
world and empowering them to pursue audacious problem solving
• Flexibility: We believe that doing your best work means living a full
life. That means different things for everyone, so we optimize for open
communication, allow flexibility of schedules when needed, and encourage
work-life balance.
• Remote Culture: A healthy, productive working environment means different
things for different people. We optimize for trust and invest in supporting
remote teams, offer home office setup for those that work best in their own
space (or the ability to work from our Seattle headquarters), and focus on
transparent communication to ensure an inclusive, equitable work environment
for everyone.
This job description is subject to change at any time.
Compensation & Benefits
The starting salary for this position is $68,000 alongside a comprehensive
benefits package including:
• 90-100% employer-paid monthly premiums for employee-only medical coverage
depending on individual plan selection and 15% employer-paid contribution
toward dependent coverage premiums
• 99% employer-paid monthly premiums for employee-only dental and vision
coverage (family members can be added at employee cost),
• Flexible spending account options for health, dependent care, and transit
• 100% employer-paid monthly premiums for life insurance, short-term
disability, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• 401(k) safe harbor plan with non-elective 3% employer contribution
• Employer subsidized wellness membership with ClassPass
• Employer-paid employee assistance program which includes employee +
dependent access to counseling services of up to 6 sessions per issue
• Up to $500/year per employee in matching contributions to eligible
501(c)(3) charitable organizations.
• Flexible paid time off
• Employer-sponsored supplemental paid family medical leave benefit of up
to 16 weeks after 90 consecutive days of employment
• Flexibility to work from home anywhere in the U.S. (we provide the
technology)
• Commitment to professional development and growth