Senior Manager, People

Peak Design•San Francisco, CA

20h•$125,000 - $165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Peak Design is seeking a Senior Manager, People to join their lean People team. This is a high-impact individual contributor role where strategy and execution are intertwined. The role involves designing compensation philosophies, overseeing payroll, turning HR data into insights, driving people initiatives, serving as a thought partner to leadership, and supporting employees. The company emphasizes authenticity, mutual respect, and the belief that every voice matters. Peak Design creates meticulously-engineered gear for detail-obsessed people and is known for its honest, warm, and witty brand.

Requirements

5+ years of HR experience spanning both operations and people programs.
Experience building people programs from scratch as well as owning and running legacy people programs.
Comfortable pulling, cleaning, and presenting HR data. Ability to build a model and tell the story behind it.
Experience supporting or partnering with an executive and/or leadership team.
Excited to work in a small team environment where the job description is a starting point, not a ceiling.
Able to travel up to 4 times a year for work (within US and Asia).
Local to the San Francisco Bay Area (or willing to relocate for this role) and excited to work from our office in the Dogpatch neighborhood a minimum of 2-3 days per week.

Nice To Haves

Experience working at a company with multiple types of employee populations (i.e. corporate/retail, salary/hourly, contract/full-time/EOR).
Familiarity with multi-state employment law and HR compliance.
Genuine enthusiasm for design, photography, travel, or the outdoors.
Wants to be in-office, collaborating, and contributing to a strong team culture.

Responsibilities

Shape and drive a range of cross-functional people initiatives, from framing the problem to seeing it through.
Own policy development, onboarding improvements, and people program design in partnership with the Head of People, concept through execution.
Develop and steward Peak Design's total rewards philosophy and strategic roadmap in partnership with the Head of People, CEO, and Head of Finance.
Own end-to-end execution of the annual compensation review cycle, including data preparation, modeling, and manager communications.
Conduct market benchmarking and analysis to ensure competitive, equitable pay practices.
Build and maintain job architecture and salary bands, updating as the org evolves.
Administer and optimize our HRIS and people systems, serving as primary systems administrator.
Manage HR compliance across federal, state, and local requirements, staying ahead of regulatory changes.
Partner with our external payroll processor to ensure accurate, on-time payroll runs and resolve any issues.
Maintain employee records, documentation, and audit-readiness across all HR processes.
Identify and implement process improvements that reduce friction and increase reliability.