Head of Global People Operations
Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. With a buy-grow-and-hold-for-life approach and a permanent capital base, Banyan acquires and grows companies worldwide, honoring founder legacies and helping portfolio companies modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. Founded in 2016, Banyan operates more than 120 portfolio companies across North and South America, Europe, and APAC, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for six consecutive years. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world.
About Banyan:
Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software companies, their employees, and customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build, and grow great enterprise software businesses around the world that have dominant positions in niche vertical markets. Founded in 2016 with a permanent capital base, Banyan follows a buy-and-hold-for-life strategy designed to preserve founder legacies and support long-term growth. Banyan is proud to be Great Place to Work® Certified, committed to making an enduring impact, and recognized for the last five years as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. on the Inc. 5000, as well as a top 10 company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500.
The Role:
Banyan Software acquires vertical market software companies and holds them for the long term. Most People Operations roles maintain what exists — this one is about building what doesn't, with AI at the core. You'll be the builder of an AI-native global people operations engine, including HR and TA systems, workflows, compensation processes, data, and analytics.
A key early priority will be running the workstream to select and implement a modern, AI-enabled global HR system that connects into Banyan's broader enterprise data and technology platform. You'll partner across HR, Finance, IT, Legal, and the broader business to build the infrastructure, insights, and intelligent processes that enable better decisions and sustained growth.
- People Operations & AI Execution: Own the day-to-day design and delivery of Banyan's core people infrastructure for our global HQ and Operating Groups — systems, processes, comp programs, data, and the AI-enabled workflows that make them faster and smarter.
- People Processes & Workflows: Own the end-to-end design and delivery of core people processes across the employee lifecycle: hiring, onboarding, transitions, offboarding, transactions, and employee service. Build, ship, iterate. Drive efficiency through standardization and automation.
- HR Operational Engine for HRBPs: Own the infrastructure that enables our decentralized HRBP model — HRIS configuration and governance, people services workflows, policy and framework documentation, and the tools HRBPs rely on to support portfolio companies.
- Compensation Programs & Governance: Run global compensation programs and annual cycles. Own job architecture, leveling, benchmarking, and pay equity analysis. Build and maintain the decision frameworks that keep comp questions from escalating unnecessarily.
- HR Systems Leadership: Lead the selection and implementation of a modern, AI-enabled global HR system — RFP, vendor evaluation, configuration, data migration, integrations, and rollout. Partner with IT on performance, security, and scalability.
- Benefits Execution Infrastructure: Own the systems, processes, and operational workflows that support benefits delivery globally. You are the operational partner ensuring benefits infrastructure runs cleanly and integrates with HR systems as we grow.
- HR Policies & Global Employment Compliance: Own Banyan's people policies and global employment compliance posture. Partner with Legal on employment law, employee data privacy, and jurisdictional requirements. Keep the handbook current and consistent.
- Hands-on Automation & Workflow Build: Identify high-value AI and automation use cases across talent acquisition, onboarding, employee service, and comp cycles. Evaluate tools, configure them, ship the workflows, and measure impact.
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