Fast Facts

Join Podium Education as a People Operations Generalist, where you will support a dynamic team in various HR functions including recruiting and employee relations in a fast-paced, growing environment.

Responsibilities: Manage onboarding, maintain personnel files, support employee engagement and internal communications, and assist with company events and office management.

Skills: 2-4 years of People Operations experience, ability to work in fast-paced environments, strong communication skills, and knowledge of employment laws.

Qualifications: Self-starter mindset, ability to develop professional relationships, attention to detail, and emotional intelligence.

Location: Position based in Austin, TX, with the potential for remote work.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $50,000 - $80,000.

People Operations Generalist

Who we are

Podium Education partners with colleges and companies to supercharge the undergraduate degree with skills, experience, and a bridge to a great career. In 2023, Podium was the largest accredited producer of technical talent in the United States. Podium serves a population of over 1,000,000 students across more than 70 of the largest and most well-known universities in the country, including Georgetown, UNC, Harvard, ASU, and Texas A&M. In 2023, Podium acquired Untapped, the leading all in one early career software and talent marketplace, to further our mission of making sure every college student has a path to a great career. Together we are building the end to end platform from college to career.

Podium Education programs are offered as online courses within standard university semesters. Through Podium, students gain real-world experience while tackling projects from the world's most recognized brands, such as Spotify, Netflix, Shopify, Uber, Google, and Airbnb. Our flagship program is the Global Career Accelerator (here’s an example: https://www.globaltech.asu.edu/about) which runs at 70+ universities around the country. 

• Student Experience - Customer NPS is better than Netflix, Apple, and Amazon.
• Student Access - Programs are for credit, count towards graduation, and are financial aid eligible.
• Student Outcomes - Their undergraduate students go on to work at places like JP Morgan, Airbnb, Stripe and Deloitte directly though our careers marketplace. 

Podium Education is a privately held growth stage company based in Austin, TX with prominent investors, including Sequoia Capital, Owl Ventures, Lumos Capital Group, Learn Capital, Lachy Groom, Goldcrest Capital, and Album VC. 

Job Overview

We are looking for a full-time People Operations Generalist to join our Department. This is a dynamic, fast paced role covering the full umbrella of People Operations. If you are looking to accelerate your career within People Operations, this is the perfect role. You will help with recruiting, onboarding, internal employee relations and various People Ops tasks. You will work closely with team members across all departments and be able to develop relationships with a wide range of talented individuals. This is a high growth role, with the opportunity to learn a wide range of People Ops skills. 

This is a great opportunity to directly contribute to the growth and success of a dynamic company. 

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding, equipment preparation and welcoming of new hires
• Maintain team member personnel files, documentation, and communications to ensure they are current, accurate, and complete 
• Department housekeeping: ensure all People Ops material is up to date including company documents, employee pages in Rippling, HR process documentation, etc. 
• High level of professionalism and attention to detail
• Ability to operate with ambiguity
• Experience with Employee Relations practices is a nice-to-have
• Provide suggestions and support with activities that drive employee engagement, talent development, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) initiatives
• Respond to a variety of ad hoc requests to ensure smooth HR operations across all departments
• Support our office manager in company events, office management tasks and ensuring our office is running smoothly

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of People Operations experience
• A successful team member in this role will work well in a fast paced environment and with a high level of ambiguity
• Self-starter and eager to learn
• Be able to build great professional relationships with Podium team members and work well with a diverse group of people and work-styles 
• High level of integrity and understanding of employee and company confidentiality
• Knowledge of relevant national and state employment laws and regulations
• Excitement and enthusiasm for planning and executing tasks or events 
• Anticipation and situational awareness to solve challenges before they become problems
• High level of emotional intelligence to take on the day to day challenges that arrive in People Operations

Benefits for Full-Time Employees:

• Short term disability insurance
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Discounted Wellhub Membership
• Access to 3 Mental Health Applications
• One Medical Membership
• 8 Company-Paid for Therapy Sessions
• Free access to upskill through our Global Experiential Programs
• Excellent Birthing and Bonding Leave policies
• Sleep coach for post-partum and infant coaching
• Student and Partner focused half days every First Friday of the month
• Summer Fridays - half day on First Friday of the month during the summer months + a DoorDash gift card given on these Fridays
• Extremely talented and intelligent co-workers
• A massive impact on universities and the lives of others, every single day