Senior Manager, People

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• Develop and implement Luminate's annual People plan across the employee lifecycle
  
• Advise the Director, COO, Executive and Leadership Teams, and managers on workforce planning, performance, and people risk
  
• Lead employee relations, complex cases, and investigations
  
• Own compensation, benefits, payroll execution, market benchmarking, pay equity, and annual compensation planning
  
• Lead talent acquisition and onboarding, managing external recruiters and monitoring recruitment metrics
  
• Own performance, development, and succession systems
  
• Manage global employment and People operations, including compliance, EOR/PEO relationships, leave, policies, records, data privacy, and offboarding
  
• Maintain People technology, data governance, analytics, engagement surveys, and action planning
  
• Lead and develop the People team
  
• Manage external People consultants and service providers
  
• Coach leaders and managers on recruitment, performance, development, change, team dynamics, and employee relations
  
• Produce people dashboards, workforce and pay analysis, and leadership recommendations
  
• Partner with Finance, Legal/Risk, Systems & IT, and Operations on integrated workflows, policies, controls, and communications
  
• Maintain knowledge of employment requirements, market practice, and emerging People technology across relevant jurisdictions
  

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• High judgement, discretion, and ethical decision-making
  
• Trusted advisory, influence, and relationship building across cultures and organisational levels
  
• Clear and courageous communication, including difficult messages and principled challenge
  
• Leadership and people management experience
  
• Ability to translate data, feedback, and market evidence into insight and action
  
• Operational rigour, prioritisation, and project delivery in a lean environment
  
• Essential experience in compensation, benefits, and payroll execution, including market benchmarking and pay equity
  
• Essential experience in workforce planning and performance management
  
• Desirable experience in employment law and compliance across relevant jurisdictions
  
• Desirable experience in People technology, data governance, and analytics, including thoughtful adoption of new tools and AI
  
• Experience across the full employee lifecycle
  
• Understanding of international philanthropy or other mission-driven organisational contexts
  
• Preparedness to travel internationally, including 2-3 trips to other Luminate regions per year
  

Demonstrates expertise in managing the full employee lifecycle, including talent acquisition, performance management, and compensation planning. Proficient in leveraging data analytics and technology to drive people operations and compliance across diverse jurisdictions.

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• Compensation Management
  
• Workforce Planning
  
• Employee Relations
  
• People Technology
  
• Data Governance
  

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• Compensation
  
• Benefits
  
• Payroll Execution
  
• Market Benchmarking
  
• Performance Management
  
• Talent Acquisition
  
• Onboarding
  
• Data Analytics
  
• Compliance
  
• Employee Lifecycle Management
  

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• High Judgement
  
• Trusted Advisory
  
• Clear Communication
  
• Relationship Building
  
• Leadership
  

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• Employment Law
  
• International Philanthropy
  
• EOR/PEO Relationships
  
• Data Privacy
  
• Organisational Contexts
  

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• People Technology
  
• Data Governance Tools
  
• Engagement Surveys
  
• People Dashboards