People Operations Manager

Job Description

Job Description

The Organization :

Taylor University’s mission is to cultivate servant-leaders with a passion for sharing Christ’s redemptive love, grace, and truth with a world in need. As a community, faculty, staff, and students are dedicated to living out Christ’s love and truth in every aspect of life, worshiping together, serving one another, and growing in faith—whether in the classroom, on the field, in chapel, or anywhere we engage in Life Together. This commitment fosters a culture defined by servant leadership, purpose, joy, hospitality, and excellence.

The Position :

The People Operations team at Taylor University fulfills three core roles :

• Serve People by providing an attentive and helpful spirit, timely responses, and meaningful solutions to employees throughout the employee lifecycle : Selection, Welcoming, Developing, and Transitioning.
• Execute Effective People Processes by ensuring smooth, consistent, and compliant operations across the employee lifecycle, including compensation, benefits, and payroll.
• Develop People & Strengthen Culture by building operating rhythms that foster a thriving, mission-driven organization. These rhythms include strengthening the leadership team, implementing a talent cycle, establishing a management standard, measuring organizational health, and creating learning journeys. Together, these efforts help develop a strong pipeline of leaders, managers, contributors, and teams equipped to fulfill Taylor’s mission now and into the future.

The People Operations Manager plays a senior role in advancing all three core areas of People Operations. This position leads the employee lifecycle processes of Selection, Welcoming, Developing, and Transitioning by establishing consistent systems, coaching managers, and stewarding Taylor’s organizational practices. The Manager serves as a subject matter expert on employee relations, compliance, and people practices, ensuring alignment with institutional values, legal requirements, and emerging best practices. This role requires strong leadership, discretion, cross-functional collaboration, and a strategic mindset to support both people and process development across the university.

Responsibilities :

Employee Lifecycle Leadership

Employee Relations

Legal Compliance and Policy Leadership

People Operations Initiatives and Team Collaboration

Qualifications : Required

Preferred

Salary & Benefits :

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