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We have an incredible team at Klaviyo - collaborative, capable, diverse, fun - and we won't settle for less. We're looking for a passionate People Technology Lead to join our team in our Boston, Denver, or San Francisco office. This position is a phenomenal opportunity to collaborate with a group of innovative and passionate people technology experts and business partners across G&A teams. This role will play a key role in partnering with People Tech team members and key stakeholders to enhance our current technology stack while helping to implement new technology platforms, Workday modules, processes and integrate new systems with the Workday platform. Your focus will be on significant strategic projects and providing architectural guidance across technology programs.
How You Will Make a Difference:
- Lead complex strategic technology initiatives through end to end SDLC including leading design sessions, creating technical requirements documents, architecting end to end solutions, and configuring within Workday, Greenhouse, and other technology systems.
- Understand stakeholder needs to proactively identify solutions while providing thoughtful advice that balances business needs with the development of innovative and scalable technology solutions. You dig deeper to understand the desired outcome instead of simply taking requests at face value.
- Identify and resolve process gaps and dependencies to transform the technology landscape, with a focus on user experience, data connections, and data integrity.
- Manage the intake, scope, and execution of technology improvements and modifications
- Demonstrate excellent time management and project management skills by effectively managing technical requirements gathering, documentation, testing strategies, and technology transition plans, while guiding stakeholders through established standards.
- Continually seek opportunities to stay informed on emerging technology trends, particularly in AI, and broader industry changes to offer recommendations & insightful guidance.
Who You Are:
- 8+ years experience in the people technology/ HR system space with expertise in multiple Workday functional modules (including but not limited to: HCM, Compensation, International Expansion, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence, Payroll, Security, or Reporting)
- Experience creating scalable, innovative, global, hypergrowth technology solutions for a publicly traded company.
- Motivated and interested in quickly learning and adapting to new processes and technologies
- Self-Starter. Willing to take on the tough projects and challenges to grow and develop.
- Intellectually curious. You have strong analytical skills, proven experience understanding and effectively working across multiple stakeholders.
- Ambitious, creative, radical collaborator, and active listener. You enjoy building things and continually strive to do things better than the status quo.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail
- Able to work out of our Boston, Denver, or San Francisco office
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Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant's job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.
In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company's annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility. Please visit Klaviyo Rewards to find out more about our Total Rewards package.
Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Base Pay Range For US Locations:
$128,000 - $192,000 USD
Get to Know Klaviyo
We're Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we're developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators-ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you're ready to do the best work of your career, where you'll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you'll join us.
Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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