People Strategy and Analytics, Manager

Indigo is a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. With a vision of creating a world where farming is an economically desirable and accessible profession, Indigo works alongside its growers to apply natural approaches, conserve resources for future generations, and grow healthy food for all. Utilizing beneficial plant microbes to improve crop health and productivity, Indigo’s portfolio is focused on cotton, wheat, barley, corn, soybeans, and rice. The company, founded by Flagship Pioneering, is headquartered in Boston, MA, with additional offices in Memphis, TN, Research Triangle Park, NC, Sydney, Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and São Paulo, Brazil. www.indigoag.com

The People Strategy and Analytics, Manager will be a key member of our Indigo People team, a modern, strategic group focused on finding A players, and ensuring that Indigo is one of the best places to work through fantastic opportunities to grow and develop, and prioritizing a mission-driven, healthy and motivating culture. 

Responsibilities:

Partner with the Head of People to drive key priorities for the People Team

• Develop operational and execution-oriented projects to manage execution on key priorities with little oversight

Proactively scope projects to help the team on meeting goals and track goals through project management

• Quickly become embedded and understand how the team is contributing to Indigo’s mission
• Support Head of People with people strategy and presentation
• Ensure the People strategy is regularly updated and refined so that core projects flow clear from the strategy

Attend, organize the agenda and lead the weekly People team meetings

• Capture workstreams with support of meeting owners
• Take succinct meeting notes that are quickly shared
• Run weekly meetings for which you act as a project manager
• Organize People team cadence, routines, and ongoing governance

Competencies:

• Structured thinker
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to keep sensitive material/information confidential
• Comfortable in an ambiguous work environment
• Detail-oriented
• Strong project management skills
• Sees People team as strategic and modern
• Proactive
• Has a sense of ownership
• Strong PPT and excel skills
• Passion for people and building a great culture and organization
• Senior/executive presence
• Genuinely focused on, and motivated by, making Indigo the best place to work

Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience
• Prior consulting experience
• Interested in People space
• Prior experience with Project Management
• Boston-based