Director, Global People Operations & Total Rewards
SonatypeAbout the role
Sonatype is the software supply chain security company. We provide the world’s best end-to-end software supply chain security solution, combining the only proactive protection against malicious open source, the only enterprise grade SBOM management and the leading open source dependency management platform. This empowers enterprises to create and maintain secure, quality, and innovative software at scale.
As founders of Nexus Repository and stewards of Maven Central, the world’s largest repository of Java open-source software, we are software pioneers and our open source expertise is unmatched. We empower innovation with an unparalleled commitment to build faster, safer software and harness AI and data intelligence to mitigate risk, maximize efficiencies, and drive powerful software development.
More than 2,000 organizations, including 70% of the Fortune 100 and 15 million software developers, rely on Sonatype to optimize their software supply chains.
The Director of Global People Operations & Total Rewards exists to design, build, and govern the modern operational backbone of Sonatype’s human capital infrastructure. This role is a strategic intersection of corporate data systems engineering, international compensation architecture, and scalable service delivery. As an M5 leader, you are responsible for transforming the People Operations function from a transactional support mechanism into an automated, high-fidelity business utility that drives organization-wide talent density and unit efficiency.
In this role, you will have absolute ownership over the global tech stack configuration, international total rewards structures, data integrity, and compliance guardrails across our distributed workforce. Operating as the organization's preeminent compensation and systems authority, you will eliminate structural process noise and equip managers with the self-service tooling required to lead high-performance teams. Your success is measured by the scalability of our corporate operating model, the market competitiveness of our compensation architecture, and the removal of operational friction across the global employee lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead the evolution of the global People Operations operating model to improve scalability, consistency, operational leverage, and employee experience.
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Drive simplification and standardization of global HR processes, policies, workflows, and service delivery models.
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Reduce manual operational dependency through automation, process redesign, self-service enablement, and scalable governance models.
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Build operational infrastructure capable of supporting continued company growth, global expansion, and evolving business complexity.
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Partner cross-functionally to improve decision velocity, operational clarity, accountability, and execution consistency across People processes.
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Lead operational readiness and scalability planning associated with organizational transformation initiatives, global growth, and evolving workforce models.
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Support the development of scalable operating practices that reduce organizational friction while increasing speed, consistency, and operational effectiveness globally.
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Lead the People function’s AI enablement and automation strategy across HR operations and employee support services.
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Identify, prioritize, and implement opportunities to automate, agentify, or streamline repeatable operational work across the employee lifecycle.
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Drive implementation of scalable manager and employee self-service capabilities.
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Lead roadmap development for AI-enabled HR support capabilities, workflow automation, reporting automation, and operational efficiency improvements.
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Partner with IT, Security, Legal, and enterprise AI leaders to ensure responsible, compliant, and scalable use of AI technologies within HR operations.
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Continuously evaluate emerging HR technologies, AI tools, workflow platforms, and service delivery models to improve organizational scalability and operating leverage.
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Help establish modern operational practices that enable HR to scale efficiently while improving responsiveness, consistency, and user experience.
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Lead global People Systems, Analytics, and HR technology strategy, ensuring scalable architecture, strong governance, and reliable operational infrastructure.
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Own HRIS strategy, systems optimization, integrations, workflow design, data governance, and repo
Global People Operations Strategy & Scale
AI, Automation & HR Technology Leadership
People Systems, Architecture & Analytics
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