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.
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.
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
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
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