Indigo improves grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health ­­­­through the use of natural microbiology and digital technologies. Utilizing beneficial plant microbes and agron­­omic insights, Indigo works with growers to sustainably produce high quality harvests. The company then connects growers and buyers directly to bring these harvests to market. Working across the supply chain, Indigo is forwarding its mission of harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. The company 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

Indigo’s People Systems Manager will be a subject matter expert for all People Team systems, including day-to-day operations as well as future-looking improvements. He or she will own and maintain our current People Team systems, as well as utilize technology to continuously improve our systems, resulting in increased efficiency and ease of use.

Job description:

Within first month, have a firm understanding of all People-related systems, including:

• Reviewing all current contracts and tracking contract expirations and cost/budget
• Working with Procurement on contract negotiations as necessary

Within 60 days, assess current and future technology to maximize solutions and identify gaps:

• Meet with key stakeholders across the company to identify current needs and future asks
• Work with business leads to prioritize needs
• Work with IT to come up to speed on HRIS Roadmap

Serve as Subject Matter Expert for Workday on a global level:

• Leads the People Team’s involvement in Workday implementation
• Develop and deliver training material, ad-hoc end-user support materials, and process documentation of business processes
• Own system integrations through Workday
• Ensure Workday data is clean and updated
• Provide advice/best practices for configuration of the system
• Take the lead on change management prior to Workday “go live” to make the companywide rollout smooth and painless, ensuring maximum system adoption

Owns the day-to-day operations of all People-related systems

• Builds reports as needed
• Maintains data integrity
• When things go wrong, performs root cause analysis – resolves risks, defects, and issues with top-notch communication to all stakeholders
• Coordinates and owns system updates, version releases, etc. to ensuring minimal-to-no impact of business functionality
• Constantly seeks out process/automation improvements
• Establish strong, positive relationships with all external vendors

Understands and embodies Indigo’s mission & core values

• Excited by Indigo’s mission; believes that Indigo can fundamentally change the agriculture industry; can clearly articulate passion for our mission and values
• Optimistic and innovative; solution-oriented; shows no signs of cynicism
• Will be widely viewed as someone who personifies our core values, is committed to them, and leans on them when making decisions. Specifically:
  • Demonstrates a track record of high integrity - doing the right thing, owning mistakes, conducting oneself honestly
  • Values, communicates and interacts with others with high levels of transparency and respect
  • Collaborates well across functions; creates an inspiring and collegial work environment

The ideal candidate:

• Has 5+ years of global experience with Workday including experience setting up automated feeds; implementation experience preferred
• Manages multiple, changing priorities, and thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Has a positive, solution-oriented attitude
• Intrinsically loves all things tech-related
• Is a team player with strong cross-function collaboration
• Puts structure around ambiguity
• Possesses strong, proactive communication that both advises and influences
• Rolls up his or her sleeves and get things done
• Is aligned with being part of a modern People Team
• Builds, not just maintains, with a constant eye to new products and emerging needs to increase efficiencies
• Is customer-focused
• Operates in a process-oriented way
• Is detail-oriented and produces work with very minimal errors
• Has experience in a company with at least one of the following characteristics:
  • High growth
  • 1,000+ employees
  • Publicly-traded
• Has knowledge of US and global data laws
• Has in-depth knowledge of HRIS events and cycles (open enrollment, etc.)