About Skillz:

Skillz is the leading mobile games platform connecting players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition.

The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books, with more than 2.7 billion gamers playing monthly and 10 million developers worldwide. Mobile is the fastest-growing segment of the gaming market, expected to increase from $68 billion in 2019 to $150 billion in 2025.

Skillz is pioneering the competitive mobile gaming experience, leveraging its patented technology to power over two billion esports tournaments a year. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports leagues and franchises.

Through its philanthropic initiatives, Skillz has harnessed the power of its platform to transform the way nonprofits engage with donors, enabling anyone with a mobile device to support causes such as the American Red Cross, Susan G. Komen, American Cancer Society, and NAACP by playing in Skillz tournaments.

Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, a two-time winner of CNBC’s Disruptor 50, one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.

Who we’re looking for:

Own and evolve all PeopleOps processes, systems, workflows, reporting, and metrics, defining a People strategy that will enable org-wide success
Design and lead a world-class onboarding program for all new incoming Skillzians
Partner with HRBPs to advise and influence business leaders in programs and policies for their teams
Recommend and implement various PeopleOps programs and policies by assessing employee requirements, reviewing competitor and general industry practices, and analyzing cost impact/effectiveness
Strategize with the Talent, Legal, Finance, IT, Workplace and Business Operations teams to develop seamless processes that support long-term, cross-functional success
Implement policies and programs that are compliant, thoughtful, data-backed and innovative
Enable engagement, retention and general success for all Skillzians

Your Skillz:

5+ years experience in people operations, with extensive experience in the development of programs and policies that enable People functions to succeed
History of promotion/advancement and increasing responsibility
Quantitative and data-driven — able to draw insights from data while making strong intuitive decisions when data is imperfect or unattainable
Hungry and energized to achieve ambitious goals
Ability to build process in a rapid-growth environment and to make pivots where/when necessary
Passion for people operations and a ‘continuous improvements’ mentality
CCP, CBP or SPHR certification a plus (solid understanding of relevant employment law, immigration, and compliance matters in SF/CA market, at minimum)
Experience in fast-growth startup environments a plus
Track record of hiring and managing highly performant people operations teams a plus