There are lots of amazing things about working as a global team, but managing a distributed team isn’t easy. Your role will be to help us maximize the benefits and mitigate the challenges. Help us make working at Oyster the best job of people’s careers by ensuring our team has great experiences both managing their teams and being managed by their leaders.
In this role, you will focus on supporting our managers so that they can support their teams. You will work with people of all skill levels, from first time managers to seasoned leaders, and help our nearly 70 people managers around the world build a consistent culture of enablement, trust, and togetherness.
What You’ll Do
- Create and implement a management support strategy that includes group training, 1:1 coaching, and peer mentorship, identifying key areas for individual improvement based on clear expectations and competencies
- Act as an internal coach for our people managers, on topics like:
- Creating an environment of psychological safety - how we behave with each other, how we show up for each other, how we model behavior
- Effective career coaching and performance management within a continuous feedback model
- Taking action based on learnings from engagement surveys (both qualitative and quantitative data), exit interviews, and other sources of feedback
- Supporting employees from diverse backgrounds, with differing work experiences, histories, and expectations
- Work closely with our People Operations and Learning teams to ensure we are creating resources for managers that are timely, effective, and relevant to our global organization
- Create a mission-oriented and values-driven environment that enables managers to elevate existing talent and help them be successful
- Socialize and celebrate our successes in growing an incredible team of people managers, both internally and externally
- Support the creation and implementation of programs and policies to improve the management and employee experience - this might include research, proposals, presentations, budgeting, and communications, and will likely vary by project (and be a team effort)
What We’re Looking For
Before you continue reading: Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply for roles if they don’t meet all the criteria. At Oyster, we are committed to elevating talent all over the world, by creating a trust-based environment where we can thrive together. So if you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily check every single box below, please do consider applying. We’d love to hear what you might contribute to our mission and our team.
- 3-5 years experience as an executive or management coach, or in a role within an HR/People team that involves significant manager coaching
- Prior experience working on a globally distributed team, or with managers from varying backgrounds
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt your communication to your audience
- Collaborative work style, regardless of what role you’re in
- Enthusiastic, full of positive energy and able to maintain grace, a sense of humor, and perspective under pressure
- Comfortable with a fast-paced work environment, and able to work autonomously and asynchronously
- Passionate about creating change in the future of work landscape
- Driven by the social impact mission and desire to use your skills to influence global change and employment opportunities
Working at Oyster ❤️
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Benefits & Compensation 💸
- Competitive compensation package
- Fully flexible hours
- 40 days of time off, including public holidays
- Paid parental leave. We believe that it is healthy and important to take time off to welcome a new family member, and we encourage each employee to take advantage of this benefit!
- Work From Home setup budget (see details at Equipment at Oyster)
- Wellness and wellbeing support through PlummHealth and Juno
- Private Health Insurance (if you want it)
- Time off for volunteering
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