Kittyhawk Hiring for Total Rewards & HR Systems Manager Job at Palo Alto, CA Full Time

Here at Kittyhawk in Palo Alto, we are developing ground breaking all-electric Vertical Take off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. They are designed to be fast, small, and exceedingly quiet, taking advantage of new possibilities to free people from traffic.

Kittyhawk’s People Team seeks to put experience at the heart of its efforts to deliver a differentiated work employee journey to attract, develop, engage, and retain top talent. We define a People Operations delivery model that proactively addresses Kittyhawk’s growth strategy to drive business impact, with a mission to create first-class employee experiences that fuel employee success with constant change and uncertainty.

As the leader of our Total Rewards and HR Systems team, you will play a meaningful role in evolving what Total Rewards by: optimizing and standardizing operations; designing scalable, seamless, and intelligent processes; building People team skills and capabilities; and enhancing employee success and engagement.

In your first three months, you will:

• Partner with the finance team, drive and support compensation and benefit programs
• Design & deliver communication strategies that inform employees, including tools to improve understanding and build a strong employee value proposition and understanding of the programs
• Build relationships & understanding with key partners to facilitate successful change and collaboration

Within six months, you will:

• Oversee and drive collaboration to enabled HR systems and business processes
• Develop and lead rigorous review of HR tools & processes to identify and mitigate risk, solve problems, and manage crises, acting as information conduit for People team

Within twelve months, you will:

• Lead the annual compensation benchmarking work to ensure competitive and equitable compensation structure and practices within local markets
• Enhance our Total Rewards strategy and HRIS systems model, including Compensation Benefits, Health and Wellness, Recognition, and technology-enabled processes targeted at retaining a competitive position, maximizing engagement, and creating great employee experiences

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have Total Rewards & HR Systems experience driving and improving processes related to compensation, benefits, and HR systems strategy
• Have experience partnering with Business Leaders across an organization
• Partner with leaders, act as an influential expert, and demonstrate strong data-backed communication skills
• Demonstrate operational excellence, technology & tools, and innovation in all areas of responsibility
• Find no task too big or small for you
• Love working with a rapidly changing organization and thrives at evolving the Total Rewards strategy to the needs of our employees
• Have an innovative bent that inspires unique programs that delight our diverse and highly talented employees

Additional Information

We welcome you to apply even if you don’t match every requirement posted for this role. No single candidate will be a 100% perfect fit for our description, so if you are passionate about working on the next evolution in aviation and have experience similar to what we are looking for, we encourage you to apply. Diverse backgrounds and experiences promote innovation and our goal is to build a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Our headquarters is in Palo Alto, CA and we support a hybrid work environment. In practice this means that for most roles there is a regular expectation of working on site with a fair amount of flexibility for teams that. Do note that as of August 15, 2021, all persons working on Kittyhawk company premises must provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination. Applicants may seek an exception through the reasonable accommodation process.

Solving for what was previously “unthinkable” alongside a top-tier team is our best benefit. A comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, a flexible PTO policy in addition to 10 company holidays, a 401(k) plan with 40% company matching (no vesting period), flight lesson subsidy, education assistance, and company-sponsored social events are also great, though. For those working onsite, Kittyhawk also offers commuter assistance, regular catered lunch, and free EV charging to make it onsite collaboration feel even more worthwhile. For new pandemic pup parents, we are dog friendly as well.

We must have a diverse team where all feel included in order to democratize the skies. Kittyhawk provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Kittyhawk abides by applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.