Senior Manager, People Operations

Job Description

Job Description

About Sparkfund

Sparkfund is the deployment services company utilities rely on to take DERs from grid edge to grid core.

With over a decade of experience as a utility services company, Sparkfund has pioneered a smarter approach to deploying distributed assets as part of a fast-growing grid. Through its Distributed Capacity Procurement (DCP) model, Sparkfund enables utilities to plan, deploy, and dispatch DERs at the scale and pace necessary to meet load growth demand and unlock the full value of the grid. We support program design, assessment of DER grid value, host engagement, and value chain management to ensure on-time, on-budget deployment of distributed resources with maximum grid value and lowest cost.

With more than 3,500 projects deployed across 43 states and more than 300MW of energized assets constructed, Sparkfund is transforming buildings into a valuable extension of the grid for the benefit of our society.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager of People Operations is responsible for building and executing on an employee-first People Operations function that drives company wide performance management, employee development, employee engagement from onboarding to exit, and own employee relations, across multi-state, hybrid, and remote environments. This role oversees and executes against employee-facing people operations functions, ensuring employees feel supported, emerging leaders and employees have the tools to succeed, and the organization maintains a positive, compliant, and high-performance culture. Reports to Chief of Staff, with the opportunity to oversee direct reports.

Location

Sparkfund is a remote-first company with a digital workplace built around emerging hub-offices; as a result, this role is flexible on location. However, candidates located in or around our Denver, Minneapolis, and Washington, DC hubs will be given preference. Company subsidized relocation is available for certain roles on a case by case basis and will be covered by the Sparkfund if eligible.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Management & Professional Development

• Manage and evolve Sparkfund's performance review systems using Paycor, aligning reviews with role expectations, goals, and our competency framework, this will be in collaboration with the Senior Manager of Human Resources.
• Help teams with goal-setting, feedback cycles, 1-1s process, and review cadence.
• In partnership with both the Talent Acquisition Team, and Senior Manager of HR, build and manage job description frameworks, compensation benchmarking, and pay band structures.
• Design and deliver training and development programs for managers and employees, including leadership pathways and ongoing learning initiatives.
• Create and administer a professional development program

Employee Lifecycle & Engagement

Employee Relations & Compliance

Benefits & Leave Support

Communication & Culture Initiatives

Backup Responsibilities

Required Skills & Qualifications

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

Benefits

We Want You To Know

You can be a great candidate even if you don't fit everything we've described above. You can also have important skills we haven't thought of. If that's you, don't hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself. We are dedicated to environmental stewardship, and recognize we need diverse perspectives to successfully tackle this massive challenge. To change the world, we must first change ourselves, which is why Sparkfund has created a space that sources viewpoints from people who look and think differently.

We are committed to diversity and building an equitable and inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and experiences, and we're taking steps to meet that commitment. Sparkfund is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Sparkfund will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with federal, state, and local legal requirements.