Senior People Manager, Americas

Who We Are: At Huda Beauty, our Vision is to lead in creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands. As a company, we are fueled by purpose and not profit, this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness!

Summary: Huda Beauty is looking for a collaborative, process driven and proactive Senior People Manager for our New York office. This role will lead the day-to-day People Operations for our U.S. team, in close partnership with our global P+C (People + Culture) team and US leadership team. This role will oversee many initiatives related to compliance, HRIS administration, employee on-boarding/exiting, payroll and performance management in line with our global practices and policies. This role will report to the General Manager Americas with a dotted line to Global P&C.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with our global P+C team and NYC based senior leadership to lead all aspects of people operations.
• Deliver a thorough employee on-boarding and off-boarding experience in partnership with our global P+C and IT teams.
• Manage employee files, ensuring any necessary documentation needed for local compliance is filed and accessible.
• Complete payroll in accordance with payroll schedule, through our online payroll software and benefits system (Gusto).
• Suggest and develop competitive compensation and benefit strategies in line with the market and HQ requirements/budget.
• Coordinate with our Talent team to ensure an exceptional U.S. candidate experience.
• Oversee recruitment and staffing strategies to ensure the organization attracts and retain talents.
• Be the main point of contact for our third-party payroll and benefits administrator, manage and monitor 401(k) plans.
• Provide regional alignment for annual P&C projects, such as open enrollment, performance reviews, employee surveys, etc.
• Provide regional HR support, for example – employee relations, learning and development, risk management and legal compliance.
• Provide regional Internal Communications support, for example – create and send monthly business-related newsletter on global HR updates recapping People & Culture emails, updates on new projects or employee engagement initiatives, celebrating team members etc.
• Respond to HR inquiries about holidays/general PTO/benefits/401K etc and create a formal feedback process for employees to give HR feedback.
• Help create, define and continuously improve office policies for the U.S.
• Provide on-hand support for HR software, for example Bamboo our performance management tool.
• Work closely with wider P+C team to identify trends in both qualitative and quantitative data from various surveys to continuously drive organizational health, enabling smart and informed decisions to be made.
• Foster a positive inclusive workplace by promoting open communication and strong sense of belonging.
• Work closely with finance team to understand people costs and HR budget where necessary, ensuring optimal ways of working.
• Work hand in hand with the GM Americas and the global P&C team to establish a culture of performance, collaboration and creativity within the New York office.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive HR or People Ops experience in a fast paced start-up/scale-up environment.
• Must have working knowledge of federal and State (primarily New York City) employment laws and regulations (ADA, EEO, FMLA, FLSA) and the ability to appropriately spot employment risk issues.
• Strong ability to interact comfortably with employees at every level of the organization, experience working with senior leadership highly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to act with the highest level of discretion at all times.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, tight timelines, and multiple competing priorities in a dynamic environment, and high level of comfort working autonomously.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, including proactive communication about progress toward goals and expected results.
• Preferably has an experience in transition or transformational process.

Benefits

• Monthly “Self Love Day” – at company discretion
• 401(k) matching contributions
• Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employee plus dependents
• Monthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach
• Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products
• Hybrid working schedules (home and office)
• Quarterly product gifting

Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.