Senior Manager, People

Senior Manager, People

The People Partner Excellence (PPE) team delivers scalable, consistent, and future-ready people experiences across Global Tech and Corporate Functions (GTCF). We enable People Partners and business leaders by removing friction, improving processes, and helping shape the future of work with insight and empathy. As a Senior Manager, People you will act as a future-focused strategist and process transformation leader. This role sits at the intersection of enablement, design, and innovationnot managing a team but leading the work to identify systemic issues, streamline delivery, and scale improvements across the People ecosystem. If you're passionate about developing talent and delivering results, this is your chance to make a difference.

What You'll Do

Work as a matrixed and cross-functional team member alongside the People Partner Lead and broader People Partner teamensuring seamless collaboration, shared goals, and aligned execution across the function.

Own day-to-day delivery of people operations including talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, associate relations, and workforce planning.

Act as the primary point of contact for frontline managers, coaching them on effective people management and development conversations.

Lead execution and change management of people initiatives, ensuring smooth rollout and adoption across the organization.

Drive continuous improvement by surfacing feedback to Centers of Excellence (COEs) and contributing to the development of self-service tools and GenAI-enabled solutions.

Champion engagement strategies by listening deeply to organizational sentiment and identifying manager capability gaps.

Who You Are

A collaborative HR professional with a passion for operational excellence and enabling leaders.

Comfortable navigating change and ambiguity, with a mindset focused on continuous improvement.

Skilled in coaching, execution, and stakeholder engagement.

A systems thinker who understands how people, process, and technology interact.

Skilled at identifying root causes and building strategic yet practical solutions.

A strong collaborator who can align across diverse stakeholdersCOEs, People Partners, tech teams.

Passionate about improving the associate experience and unlocking capacity for people teams.

Excited to be part of a transformation that redefines how we partner with the business and deliver people strategies.

Minimum Qualifications

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

PHR or SPHR Human Resources Professional certification, Project Management Certification, Project management experience, Supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

PHR or SPHR Human Resources Professional certification, Project Management Certification, Project management experience, Supervisory experience.

Primary Location

806 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

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