As the People Operations Manager at Slingshot, you’ll own the operational backbone of the employee experience and ensure our people systems, programs, and practices scale alongside a growing, mission-driven organization. You’ll oversee core HR operations including onboarding and offboarding, HRIS administration, compliance reporting, and people analytics, while serving as a trusted partner to leaders and employees alike.
This role blends hands-on execution with operational rigor: maintaining compliant, auditable people processes; managing required reporting such as ACA, VEVRAA, and OFCCP; producing accurate workforce data and insights; and continuously improving the employee experience across the full lifecycle. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring Slingshot meets its obligations as a federal contractor while building scalable, reliable People Operations that support growth, accountability, and trust.
Position Responsibilities:- Lead the People Operations function across US and international entities.
- Design and maintain people systems and workflows that automate the employee experience, reduce manual errors, and deliver a seamless, high-quality employee UX across the lifecycle.
- Design and manage competitive, cost-effective benefits programs that balance employee experience with financial sustainability.
- Develop and refine internal policies, ensuring sound judgment, consistent application across the company, and balanced risk mitigation.
- Own compensation frameworks and annual cycles in partnership with Finance.
- Lead the implementation of HR programs like performance management, employee engagement initiatives, and manager enablement.
- Own leave of absence (LOA) administration, ensuring compliant, empathetic, and well-coordinated experiences for employees while maintaining accurate tracking and cost management.
- Partner with Legal on employment matters, compliance risk, and change-management communications.
- Partner with Finance to oversee workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and multi-state registrations, ensuring compliant processes, clean handoffs, and effective cross-functional execution.
- Use data to inform decisions: headcount forecasting, turnover analysis, engagement trends, and talent risk.
- Continuously evaluate and improve People Operations processes to drive efficiency, compliance, and a consistently strong employee experience.
- Perform other duties as assigned (less than 10%)
- 7–10+ years of progressive People Operations or HR leadership experience, including ownership of multi-state U.S. compliance and support for international entities.
- Demonstrated experience designing and scaling HR systems, workflows, and automation to improve employee experience, data accuracy, and operational efficiency.
- Strong background in total rewards and benefits strategy, including cost modeling, vendor management, and partnership with Finance to ensure financial sustainability.
- Proven judgment and expertise in policy development, employee relations, leave of absence administration, and risk mitigation in collaboration with Legal.
- Advanced analytical capabilities, with experience using people data to drive workforce planning, compensation cycles, retention strategies, and executive decision-making.
Preferred Skills
- Experience operating in a federal-contractor environment, including OFCCP, VEVRAA, EEO-1, ACA, and related compliance and reporting obligations.
- Hands-on experience administering multi-state and international People Operations programs, including benefits, leaves, and employment registrations.
- Strong working knowledge of HRIS and people systems (e.g., Rippling, Workday, BambooHR, UKG), including workflow automation and reporting.
- Prior experience partnering cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, IT and external vendors to deliver compliant, scalable People programs.
- Experience supporting change management initiatives and rolling out HR programs across a distributed or growing organization.
These skills are guidelines. You don’t have to meet every qualification listed - if your skills are transferable and you meet the minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply.
Location: Remote
Classification: Full-time Exempt
Compensation: $160,000 - $200,000
US-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, and WI. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.
Internationally-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following locations: United Kingdom. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other countries at this time.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion are key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for creating a safer, more connected world. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also national origin, citizenship, sex, color, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic that is part of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and we embrace individuality.
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Slingshot Aerospace Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Office
5475 Tech Center Dr. Suite 225, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, 80919
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