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About the Role

This high-impact individual contributor role on a lean People team involves designing compensation philosophy, overseeing payroll, managing HR data, and driving people initiatives. You will serve as a trusted thought partner to leadership and support all employees.

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.

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; able 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).
• Excited to work from our office in the Dogpatch neighborhood a minimum of 2-3 days per week.

Skills

• HRIS administration
• Payroll processing
• HR compliance
• Data analysis
• Compensation strategy
• Job architecture
• Salary band management
• Policy development
• Onboarding program design
• People initiative execution

Location

• San Francisco Bay Area

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 5+ years of HR experience

Salary/Compensations

• $125,000 - $165,000 USD
• Eligible for a performance-based bonus

About the Company

• Peak Design creates happy, meaningful lives for its employees by fostering a culture of authenticity, mutual respect, and inclusivity.
• The company produces meticulously-engineered gear for detail-obsessed people, including backpacks, travel bags, camera gear, and phone accessories.
• Peak Design's brand reflects its values: passion for design, commitment to environmental and social impact, transparency, honesty, warmth, and wit.
• The company aims to create delight and leave the world better than they found it through its products and brand.

Equal Opportunity

• Peak Design believes a diverse team is an innovative team and is committed to equality and inclusivity across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience.
• The company strongly encourages candidates to apply even if they don't meet every single requirement.
• Applicants may review Peak Design's Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment as well as their Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Prevention Policy.
• Additional resources can be found on the State of California's Civil Rights Department website.