People Operations Associate

About This Role

Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in more than 185 countries, Strava is where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, we help you find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. Start your journey with Strava today.

Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.

We are looking for a passionate and detail-oriented People Operations Associate to join our People Team. This is an exciting opportunity to directly impact employee experience, operational excellence, and company culture at Strava. You’ll play a key role in supporting our employees through every stage of their journey, helping drive operational excellence and a positive employee experience that makes Strava an amazing place to work.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that generally translates to half your time on-site in the San Francisco office— three days per week.

What You’ll Do:

• Support the employee lifecycle including onboarding, offboarding, and key transitions.
• Maintain and update employee records, ensuring data accuracy across systems.
• Coordinate People administration tasks such as preparing contracts, letters, and benefits enrollments.
• Help ensure compliance with labor laws and internal policies.
• Provide day-to-day employee support for People-related questions and needs.
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline and improve People Ops processes.
• Partner with the People Programs team to support initiatives that foster an engaging workplace.
• Collaborate with payroll and benefits teams to ensure seamless operations.
• Support employee engagement initiatives and company-wide events.
• Have the opportunity to participate in various other special projects across the People Team.

You Will Be Successful Here By:

• Providing thoughtful, empathetic support to employees while maintaining strict confidentiality.
• Managing multiple priorities with exceptional attention to detail and organization.
• Proactively identifying opportunities to improve People Ops processes and workflows.
• Communicating clearly and professionally across all levels of the organization.
• Acting as a culture ambassador, helping to create a positive and inclusive workplace environment.
• Being highly responsive, working quickly yet meticulously, and being collaborative with your teammates.
• Bringing an ownership mentality to various projects you are involved in.

What You'll Bring to the Team:

• You have 2+ years of experience in People Operations/ HR Operations in a high-growth environment, and you’re excited about building thoughtful people practices.
• You’ve supported onboarding, off-boarding, benefits administration, and employee lifecycle events, and are familiar with HR compliance basics.
• You’re highly organized and detailed oriented, with a track record of creating or improving HR workflows that increase efficiency.
• You’ve taken ownership of at least one cross-functional People Ops project—whether building a new process, implementing a tool, or improving a system—and can speak to the impact it had on the employee or team experience.
• You have proficient-to-advanced experience using HR tools such as Workday (or similar HRIS), Greenhouse (ATS), and can navigate spreadsheets or dashboards with ease.
• You bring a high degree of empathy, integrity, and calm—especially when handling sensitive situations or confidential information.
• You’re energized by rapidly evolving environments and take initiative to anticipate team needs, solve problems, and improve the employee experience.
• You are a clear, thoughtful communicator—both written and verbal—and genuinely get excited about supporting people-first culture initiatives, events, and processes.

Compensation Overview:

At Strava, we know our employees are the most important ingredient to our success, and our compensation and total rewards programs reflect that. We take a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on the department and your location. Salary ranges are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. We will determine the candidate’s starting pay based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. We may modify these ranges in the future. For more information, please contact your talent partner.

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