Sr. Manager, HR Compliance and Operations

Wrike is the most powerful work management platform. Built for teams and organizations looking to collaborate, create, and exceed every day, Wrike brings everyone and all work into a single place to remove complexity, increase productivity, and free people up to focus on their most purposeful work.   Our vision:  A world where everyone is free to focus on their most purposeful work, together.   

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The Sr. Manager, HR Compliance & Operations’ main mission is to lead Wrike to embody a culture of compliance and internal development. This position ensures that the company adheres to legal standards and in-house policies; and will design/manage strategic partnerships with internal business units toward a common goal of enterprise-wide compliance excellence. This role will have a diverse range of responsibilities associated with interpretation of people related regulations (including but not limited to state, federal, SOX), and drive a proactive collaboration between HR & cross-functional stakeholders. The Sr. Manager, HR Compliance & Operations will lead compliance policy development and management, compliance training and program management and creation of communications related to program updates. 

Meet your hiring manager: Amy Zebrowski

How You’ll Make an Impact 

Compliance and Human Resources Management

• In partnership with HR, legal and business leaders, builds and executes a comprehensive strategic plan to remain compliant as a global organization
• Ensure adherence to policy with all employment compliance matters
• Able to proactively identify and quickly resolve new and emerging potential risks through regular risk assessment
• Partner with Finance, Legal, and other teams as required to support annual audits
• Manage pre-hire onboarding compliance requirements, including employment agreements, background checks, employment authorization eligibility, etc.
• Build & maintain compliance processes from onboarding to off-boarding for extended workforce members, including PEO workers and independent contractors
• Keep Wrike’s employment agreements and documents up to date, including our Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and others as required
• Handle various HR processes where compliance is required (such as the creation of personnel files, development of training, other)
• Track and follow-up with employees on required compliance trainings, tasks and processes
• Provide reporting (e.g. EEOC) and conduct audits when necessary
• Partner with the Legal team and other required stakeholders to ensure appropriate compliance and governance of our people processes
• Partner with General Counsel and HRBPs on employee relations issues, including workplace investigations and terminations, to ensure compliance with required and advisable legal protocols
• Partner with HR staff to manage Wrike’s US leave of absence program to ensure compliance with company policy as well as state and federal regulations (FMLA, PDL, CFRA, etc.)
• Partner with HR leadership in support of employee communications and execution of company strategy
• Owns global HR compliance training program in KnowBe4; may also be required to prepare and deliver training content as needed
  
  

HR Operations

• Manages day-to-day implementation of HR processes, policies and programs
• May supervise one or more global HR Operations team members over time
• Develops and scales HR processes covering all areas of the employee lifecycle
• Plans, writes, and/or edits standard operating procedures and other necessary documentation
• Maintains an HR support service center and management of “ticketing” and requests through to resolution or escalation/handoff
• Ensures resources (internal and external) are in place to deliver services to a growing base of employees, managers, and leaders
• Identifies vendors and outsourcing opportunities as appropriate to serve our operational needs, and manages the performance of vendors
• Performs other functions and duties as required
  
  

You’ll achieve your best if you have: 

• 5+ years’ experience in global (US, EMEA, APJ) compliance/legal/human resources generalist field.
• 2 years in a US-based leadership role in a fast-paced technology or startup environment. 
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Law, Human Resource Management, or related field preferred, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.
• Strong leadership skills; influencing other HR and cross-functional professionals. 
• Compliance leader with a passion for innovation and process im