Sr. People Operations Partner

Title:  Sr. People Operations Partner  

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Reporting to: Director, People Operations

About Hippo:

Our mission is to deliver intuitive and proactive protection for homeowners, combining the power of technology with a human touch. 

Hippo built the world’s first home protection platform. We believe that insurance should protect your home and the things you treasure with policies designed for modern lives and proactive protection that helps you care for your home. Our aim is to help you avoid issues before they become costly problems because the best claims experience is the one you don’t have. Simply put, Hippo exists to protect the joy of homeownership. 

About You: 

Hippo is seeking a Sr. People Operations Partner to support Hippo’s ability to deliver against our talent strategy and business goals through managing and developing robust, efficient, and accurate operational practices.  This generalist role will support a variety of People Operations functions (benefits, immigration, compensation, and HR analytics) and provide the ability to develop breadth and depth for a candidate looking to grow their HR expertise, influence, and leadership. The candidate who will thrive in this role is a critical thinker with an analytical mindset, and passionate about building and maintaining high impact people programs and processes especially relating to compensation and benefits.  

What You’ll Do: 

Benefits & Compensation 

• Oversee the day-to-day administration of all employee benefits programs, including health insurance, retirement plans, leave administration and wellness initiatives including orientation, enrollment, changes, terminations, and employee education & support
• Analyze benefits utilization data to identify trends and areas for improvement and continuously assess the competitive landscape and industry trends to enhance and adjust the company’s benefit plans and collaborate with senior management to establish long-term benefits goals
• Partner with managers and HRBPs on an ongoing basis to assist with promotions, and other compensation questions, ensuring that overall salary administration practices follow policies and practices that are fair and equitable
• Lead the participation in annual compensation surveys inputs through Radford’s technology and insurance surveys 
• Maintain Hippo’s cash and equity compensation bands, and continuous monitoring of external compensation market data trends  
• Ensure appropriate audit control processes are developed, refined, and followed in accordance with internal guidelines as well as state & federal regulations and SOX controls
• Facilitate regular reviews of our compensation programs to evaluate effectiveness, ensure we remain competitive in the market, and that we are maintaining fair and equitable practices  

HR Operations & Analytics 

• Process all HRIS transactions relating to an employee’s lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, employee changes, benefits administration, and compensation, while ensuring data integrity and compliance
• Develop and create metrics, and other reporting aligned with key organizational performance metrics. Ensures accurate and timely data analysis
• Ensure data accuracy, reliability, security and completeness 

Immigration  

• Ensure timely fillings of all visa and permanent resident processes at all stages and act as the lead contact for outside immigration counsel
• Responsible for day-to-day communications among candidates, employees, managers, internal stakeholders, external counsel, and/or vendors, for the immigration programs 

Process Efficiency 

• Collaborate with the People team to document current practices and procedures supporting the end-to-end employee lifecycle and help establish a roadmap for driving improvements 
• Produce and present key people metrics to support accountability in driving progress towards key goals and initiatives. Leverage data such as employee and candidate engagement surveys to inform goals and strategies
• Recommend enhancements to People technology solutions that e