Global Head of People Operations
phDataAbout the role
Join phData, a dynamic and innovative leader in the modern data stack. We partner with major cloud data platforms like Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP, Fivetran, Pinecone, Glean, and dbt to deliver cutting-edge services and solutions. We're committed to helping global enterprises overcome their toughest data challenges.
phData is a remote-first global company with employees based in the United States, Latin America, and India. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity, ownership, and trust. Even though we're growing extremely fast, we maintain a casual, exciting work environment. We hire top performers and allow you the autonomy to deliver results.
- 6x Snowflake Partner of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- Fivetran, dbt, Atlation, and AWS Partner of the Year
- #1 Partner in Snowflake Advanced Certifications
- 600+ Expert Cloud Certifications (Sigma, AWS, Azure, Dataiku, etc)
Recognized as an award-winning workplace in the US, India, and LATAM
Role Overview
Leading our global People Operations function with teams across the Americas and India, the Global Head of People Operations is responsible for designing and delivering an efficient and scalable AI-First infrastructure that elevates the experience of phData employees around the world while also enabling and amplifying the impact of the broader People Team.
The role reports to the Chief People Officer; is a member of the People Leadership Team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and build the People Operations function: Lead and mentor the global team of HR Generalists, ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality HR support, employee relations, and HR policy implementation across all regions. This includes assessing current capabilities and building a high-performing, globally distributed team passionate about leveraging technology
- Regional People Operations: Partner with regional leadership and People teams to ensure the effective and consistent delivery of people operations services, balancing global standards with local legal and cultural requirements
- People Systems: Architect and manage the global HR technology roadmap, including the end-to-end selection, implementation, and optimization of all people systems. This encompasses leading major HRIS implementation projects, re-engineering processes, and driving a change management strategy to create a modern, integrated, and data-driven function that enhances efficiency, data integrity, and the overall employee experience.
- Ethical Framework & Policy: Define the Human-Centered AI policy for the People function, establishing fairness, transparency, and accountability (FTA) standards for all AI deployment within the People Team.
- Compensation and Benefits: Oversee the strategic development and management of total rewards programs, including compensation and benefits. Ensure ohData's offerings are competitive externally, equitable internally, and aligned with our global talent strategy.
- Shared Services: Build and scale a world-class HR shared services model to centralize and standardize administrative and transactional HR activities, thereby improving service delivery, reducing costs, and freeing up People Partners to focus on strategic initiatives.
About You
You are a visionary, human-centric People Operations leader who combines deep HR operations and technology expertise with a passion for operational excellence and emerging AI capabilities. You are a solutions-oriented, highly collaborative partner who thrives in global, matrixed, and distributed environments, and you are energized by the opportunity to build and scale modern People Operations that meaningfully improve the
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