Senior People Operations Partner

Hostaway is a SaaS startup that is transforming the vacation rental industry. With innovative solutions and partnerships with giants like Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking, we're taking on the competition and winning. Leveraging our customer-centric core values, we consistently deliver results that encourage growth, learning, and innovation for our team, our customers, and the industry.

As a profitable and growing company, this role is necessitated by our continued growth.

As a profitable and growing company, this role is necessitated by our continued growth. Check out more about our recent funding round of $365 million here.

**About the role**:
We’re looking for a **Senior People Operations Partner** to join our global, remote team and act as a **strategic HR Business Partner** to leaders across the organization.

You’ll work at the intersection of people and business — supporting team health, enabling leadership growth, and driving impact through data, insight, and real partnership. This is a high-trust, high-autonomy role where your ability to coach, influence, and bring clarity to complexity will be key.

You’ll own the full employee lifecycle across multiple teams, and help us shape how our culture and processes scale as we continue to grow globally.

**Responsibilities**:

- ** Act as a trusted advisor** to functional leaders — aligning people strategies with business goals, and providing thoughtful guidance on team health, performance, and engagement.
- ** Drive org design and headcount planning**, advising on team structure, role clarity, and growth paths.
- ** Coach managers and emerging leaders**, helping build leadership capability across teams.
- ** Handle employee relations**(probation periods, exit interviews, 90 days check-ins with line managers,...) and performance topics with sound judgment, empathy, and consistency.
- ** Use people data** (engagement, attrition, performance) to identify patterns and shape proactive interventions.
- ** Lead change** on the people side of restructures, team evolution, or cultural initiatives.
- ** Own the full employee experience**, from onboarding to offboarding, ensuring it’s scalable, human, and values-aligned.
- ** Model and reinforce Hostaway’s values** through everything you do — from advising leaders to driving programs.
- 4-6 years of experience in People Operations / HR Business Partner roles, ideally in a scaling, remote-first, or tech-driven environment.
- Strong ability to **build trust and influence** across all levels of the organization.
- Hands-on experience with **org design, employee relations, coaching, and performance management**.
- A strategic thinker who’s also **comfortable rolling up their sleeves** and delivering day-to-day support.
- Excellent communication skills, high emotional intelligence, and a deep sense of integrity.
- An analytical mindset with the ability to use data to inform decision-making.
- Someone who’s excited to **bring clarity to ambiguity** and structure to growth.
- A true **culture ambassador** who cares about building great teams and inclusive environments.

**What we offer**:

- ** Competitive Compensation**: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant.
- ** 100% Remote**: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence—be it a co-working space, your home office, or even your dining room table. The choice is yours. Just don’t ask to work in our office (we don’t have one).
- ** Equity**: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company. This ensures we all share in the company’s success.
- ** Values-Driven Leadership**: Our Core Values are not just words we’ve written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions.
- ** Professional Growth**: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities, along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities.
- ** Annual Paid Leave**: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms.
- ** Geographic Specific Benefits**: As an international employer, we offer different country-specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary. The specifics depend on the country of the applicant.
- ** Dynamic Team Culture**: As a global company with team members in over 40 countries, our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity, providing a key pillar to our success (and making it a lot of fun to work here).