Sr People Partner - Ops & Talent

Position Title:  Senior People Partner, Operations and Talent
Reports to:  Head of People Team - US
Office Location:  Louisville, CO
Work Arrangement:  Hybrid (Tues, Wed, Thurs in-office)

About Duda
Duda is a leading white-label web building platform that helps digital agencies, SaaS providers, and web professionals deliver web design services to SMBs, enabling them to quickly create beautiful, customizable websites. We’re headquartered in Louisville, Colorado (Denver metro), with teams in California; the UK; Israel; Canada; and Brazil. Our platform powers over a million websites for tens of thousands of clients and their end customers.

From its industry-leading AI Assistant to advanced API-driven automation workflows, Duda offers web professionals a comprehensive suite of tools to build pixel-perfect, feature-rich websites efficiently and at scale–all on a flexible platform that can be fully customized to match their go-to-market strategy and ideal customer experience. As the top platform for Core Web Vitals, a critical metric for SEO performance, Duda makes it easy for web professionals to deliver a superior digital presence and outstanding performance to their customers under their own brand. More than 20,000 organizations have trusted Duda to build 1 million active websites and counting.

At our core, we embrace a collaborative and innovative culture that empowers teamwork, creativity, and ongoing learning. In Colorado, we provide a flexible hybrid work environment and are proud to have received multiple “Best Places to Work” awards.

Position Overview

The Senior People Partner, Operations and Talent is a crucial member of the People team and the primary owner of day-to-day People Operations and Recruiting. This role plays a key role in People team operations for roughly two hundred (200) Duders worldwide. It leads execution across the employee lifecycle, manages core People programs, and strengthens the workplace experience. The work requires a high level of autonomy, clear judgment, and the ability to identify and implement better ways of working. This role operates as a power user of our fully configured People systems, Rippling HRIS. We operate as a lean People team, which gives this role meaningful ownership, broad visibility, and the opportunity to shape how work gets done.

The person in this role thrives with ownership, applies a breadth of solid HR experience to a variety of situations, enjoys optimizing systems, stays open to iterating as needs shift, and uses data to improve outcomes and decision quality. The scope of this role may evolve as we learn more about the individual’s strengths and as the work becomes clearer over time.

What you'll do

People Operations and Process Leadership

• Own end-to-end execution of core People processes across the employee lifecycle.
• Serve as a power user of our configured People systems (Rippling HRIS), keeping workflows current while partnering with Duda’s HRIS consultant as needed for technical updates.
• Maintain accurate data, documentation, compliance records, and employment verifications.
• Run performance review cycles with reliable timelines, communication, and system readiness.
• Use HR analytics to identify trends and provide insights that strengthen engagement, retention, and operational effectiveness.
• Lead engagement survey coordination and deliver analysis that supports meaningful action.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, People Experience leadership, and Regional People Partners on audits, policy updates, and process improvements.
• Strengthen operational cohesion across regions.

Talent Attraction

• Lead full cycle Recruiting via Greenhouse ATS for assigned roles as a trusted partner to hiring managers.
• Guide managers on capability-based hiring.
• Manage the candidate experience with efficiency, transparency, and a strong focus on equity.
• Identify and implement improvements that enhance sourcing quality, hiring speed, and selection consistency.

Workplace Experience

• Lead planning and coordination of internal Duder events, with our Workplace Experience Coordinator supporting execution.

Benefits and Program Administration

• Partner with the Head of People US on benefits renewals, broker relationships, and program enhancements.
• Run US open enrollment activities and collaborate on 401(k) administration.
• Support global mobility needs with outside counsel including immigration coordination, work authorization steps, and smooth cross region transitions.
• Support end-to-end contract management for contractors.
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