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Remote Head Of People Operations jobs are in active demand across distributed and remote-first companies, with openings at tech firms, healthcare platforms, and professional services organizations that run entirely distributed teams. Employers hiring remotely right now include Respiris, Dover, and LeadrPro. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Role Overview
We are seeking a Head of People Operations and Rewards to architect and lead the operating system behind our People organization by connecting strategy, talent, programs, processes, data and technology so the function operates as one integrated system.
This is not a traditional People Operations or Shared Services role. It is an enterprise transformation leadership role with the mandate to rethink how work gets done across People: where work should sit, how it should flow, what should be automated, how decisions get made and where we invest capacity.
As the horizontal integrator across the People organization, this leader will connect People Business Partners, Talent, Operations, Programs, Systems, Insights and business leaders by breaking down traditional functional boundaries and turning a collection of People programs into a cohesive operating model.
The role will lead a multidisciplinary organization spanning People Operations, People Programs & PMO and Total Rewards, with a mandate to simplify work, strengthen accountability and use AI, automation and data to fundamentally improve how People operates. Ultimately, this leader will build the infrastructure that allows the People organization to move faster and create greater business impact without adding organizational complexity.
What You'll Own
Architect the People operating system. Design how the People organization works end to end by connecting strategy, processes, decision rights, governance, systems, data, technology, service delivery and employee experience. Eliminate fragmented ownership and create an operating model where work moves seamlessly across functions.
Redesign how work gets done. Continuously challenge where work sits, how it flows and whether it should exist at all. Simplify processes, remove unnecessary handoffs and layers, clarify accountability and leverage technology to scale capacity.
Increase organizational metabolism. Build the planning, prioritization and execution mechanisms that allow the People organization to move with greater speed. Connect business priorities, the People roadmap, capacity and dependencies so leaders can make deliberate decisions about what to accelerate, simplify, automate, defer or stop.
Build an AI-first People function. Move beyond layering AI onto existing processes to fundamentally redesigning work around AI and automation. Identify opportunities to eliminate transactional work, increase self-service, augment decision making and materially improve productivity and employee experience.
Transform People Operations. Build scalable global operations across the employee lifecycle. Create an operating backbone that delivers exceptional service while continuously reducing friction, manual intervention and complexity.
Modernize People Programs & Total Rewards. Ensure critical People programs, from compensation and benefits to enterprise-wide talent initiatives, are designed as integrated business systems with clear ownership, disciplined execution and measurable outcomes.
Build exceptional execution capability. Develop leaders and Drivers who can take ambiguous, cross functional business problems from strategy through implementation. Raise the bar for systems thinking, program leadership, AI fluency, data fluency, financial acumen and accountability.
What Success Looks Like
Within 6 months, the People Team operates as one connected system with clear decision rights, seamless handoffs and shared priorities. Leaders have visibility into capacity, investments and outcomes. Manual and transactional work has been materially reduced through AI, automation and self-service. Programs are simpler, faster and increasingly measurable.
The Ideal Leader
- Led a broad People Operations/People Transformation/Total Rewards organization in a complex, global technology company at meaningful scale.
- Combines the strategic range of a transformation leader with the operating depth to bring the change to life.
- Has deep systems thinking, strong business and financial acumen, and experience using AI, automation and modern People technology to redesign work.
- Strong portfolio/PMO discipline with a track record of managing competing priorities, capacity and cross-functional dependencies.
- Strong business and financial acumen, including the ability to evaluate investments based on ROI.
- Executive presence and the ability to operate credibly with senior business leaders while also going deep enough to drive execution.
Pay Range (Base Pay): $200,000 - $300,000
Other Types of Pay: Based on level and role the employee may be eligible for long term incentives in the form of equity and short term incentives of either bonus or commission.
Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) plan
Paid Time Off: Talkdesk offers an uncapped paid time off program for exempt employees and an accrual-based program for non-exempt employees; both are subject to manager approval and consistent with business needs.
Paid Holidays: Talkdesk offers 14 paid holidays each year.
Paid Sick Leave: Exempt employees have uncapped paid time off and non-exempt sick leave follows accrual standards; both are subject to manager approval and consistent with business needs.
Method of Application: Apply online.
Application Window: The application window is expected to close at least 10 days from the posting date. The application was posted on 09/23/2026
Benefits and perks listed above may vary based on the nature of your employment with Talkdesk.
All questions or concerns about this posting should be directed to the Talent team at Talent@talkdesk.com.
Talkdesk is pioneering a new era of Customer Experience Automation (CXA), redefining how the world's most admired brands interact with their customers through AI. Our global team of courageous innovators is customer-obsessed, building AI-first solutions that put empathy, trust, and transparency at the center of every interaction. We foster an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive our success and every voice belongs. Combining the stability of a global leader with the agility of a disruptor, Talkdeskers are empowered with the autonomy to drive meaningful impact, while giving back to the communities and environment around us.
Talkdesk has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) and in the G2 Overall Grid® Reports for AI Agents and Contact Center. With seven consecutive years on the Forbes Cloud 100 and multiple AI Breakthrough awards, there has never been a more exciting time to join us as we shape the future of customer experience automation!
Work Environment and Physical Requirements:
Primarily office-environment work, extended periods of sitting or standing, computer-based work. Limited lifting, and equipment usage limited to computer-related equipment (keyboards, mouse, etc.)
The Talkdesk story hinges on empathy and acceptance. It is the shared goal among all Talkdeskers to empower a new kind of customer hero through our innovative software solution, and we firmly believe that the best path to success for our mission is inclusivity, diversity, and genuine acceptance. To that end, we will hire, promote, work along, cheer for, bond with, and warmly welcome into the Talkdesk family all persons without regard to ethnic and racial identity, indigenous heritage, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Head of People Operations and Rewards to architect and lead the operating system behind our People organization by connecting strategy, talent, programs, processes, data and technology so the function operates as one integrated system.
This is not a traditional People Operations or Shared Services role. It is an enterprise transformation leadership role with the mandate to rethink how work gets done across People: where work should sit, how it should flow, what should be automated, how decisions get made and where we invest capacity.
As the horizontal integrator across the People organization, this leader will connect People Business Partners, Talent, Operations, Programs, Systems, Insights and business leaders by breaking down traditional functional boundaries and turning a collection of People programs into a cohesive operating model.
The role will lead a multidisciplinary organization spanning People Operations, People Programs & PMO and Total Rewards, with a mandate to simplify work, strengthen accountability and use AI, automation and data to fundamentally improve how People operates. Ultimately, this leader will build the infrastructure that allows the People organization to move faster and create greater business impact without adding organizational complexity.
What You'll Own
Architect the People operating system. Design how the People organization works end to end by connecting strategy, processes, decision rights, governance, systems, data, technology, service delivery and employee experience. Eliminate fragmented ownership and create an operating model where work moves seamlessly across functions.
Redesign how work gets done. Continuously challenge where work sits, how it flows and whether it should exist at all. Simplify processes, remove unnecessary handoffs and layers, clarify accountability and leverage technology to scale capacity.
Increase organizational metabolism. Build the planning, prioritization and execution mechanisms that allow the People organization to move with greater speed. Connect business priorities, the People roadmap, capacity and dependencies so leaders can make deliberate decisions about what to accelerate, simplify, automate, defer or stop.
Build an AI-first People function. Move beyond layering AI onto existing processes to fundamentally redesigning work around AI and automation. Identify opportunities to eliminate transactional work, increase self-service, augment decision making and materially improve productivity and employee experience.
Transform People Operations. Build scalable global operations across the employee lifecycle. Create an operating backbone that delivers exceptional service while continuously reducing friction, manual intervention and complexity.
Modernize People Programs & Total Rewards. Ensure critical People programs, from compensation and benefits to enterprise-wide talent initiatives, are designed as integrated business systems with clear ownership, disciplined execution and measurable outcomes.
Build exceptional execution capability. Develop leaders and Drivers who can take ambiguous, cross functional business problems from strategy through implementation. Raise the bar for systems thinking, program leadership, AI fluency, data fluency, financial acumen and accountability.
What Success Looks Like
Within 6 months, the People Team operates as one connected system with clear decision rights, seamless handoffs and shared priorities. Leaders have visibility into capacity, investments and outcomes. Manual and transactional work has been materially reduced through AI, automation and self-service. Programs are simpler, faster and increasingly measurable.
The Ideal Leader
- Led a broad People Operations/People Transformation/Total Rewards organization in a complex, global technology company at meaningful scale.
- Combines the strategic range of a transformation leader with the operating depth to bring the change to life.
- Has deep systems thinking, strong business and financial acumen, and experience using AI, automation and modern People technology to redesign work.
- Strong portfolio/PMO discipline with a track record of managing competing priorities, capacity and cross-functional dependencies.
- Strong business and financial acumen, including the ability to evaluate investments based on ROI.
- Executive presence and the ability to operate credibly with senior business leaders while also going deep enough to drive execution.
Pay Range (Base Pay): $200,000 - $300,000
Other Types of Pay: Based on level and role the employee may be eligible for long term incentives in the form of equity and short term incentives of either bonus or commission.
Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) plan
Paid Time Off: Talkdesk offers an uncapped paid time off program for exempt employees and an accrual-based program for non-exempt employees; both are subject to manager approval and consistent with business needs.
Paid Holidays: Talkdesk offers 14 paid holidays each year.
Paid Sick Leave: Exempt employees have uncapped paid time off and non-exempt sick leave follows accrual standards; both are subject to manager approval and consistent with business needs.
Method of Application: Apply online.
Application Window: The application window is expected to close at least 10 days from the posting date. The application was posted on 09/23/2026
Benefits and perks listed above may vary based on the nature of your employment with Talkdesk.
All questions or concerns about this posting should be directed to the Talent team at Talent@talkdesk.com.
Talkdesk is pioneering a new era of Customer Experience Automation (CXA), redefining how the world's most admired brands interact with their customers through AI. Our global team of courageous innovators is customer-obsessed, building AI-first solutions that put empathy, trust, and transparency at the center of every interaction. We foster an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive our success and every voice belongs. Combining the stability of a global leader with the agility of a disruptor, Talkdeskers are empowered with the autonomy to drive meaningful impact, while giving back to the communities and environment around us.
Talkdesk has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) and in the G2 Overall Grid® Reports for AI Agents and Contact Center. With seven consecutive years on the Forbes Cloud 100 and multiple AI Breakthrough awards, there has never been a more exciting time to join us as we shape the future of customer experience automation!
Work Environment and Physical Requirements:
Primarily office-environment work, extended periods of sitting or standing, computer-based work. Limited lifting, and equipment usage limited to computer-related equipment (keyboards, mouse, etc.)
The Talkdesk story hinges on empathy and acceptance. It is the shared goal among all Talkdeskers to empower a new kind of customer hero through our innovative software solution, and we firmly believe that the best path to success for our mission is inclusivity, diversity, and genuine acceptance. To that end, we will hire, promote, work along, cheer for, bond with, and warmly welcome into the Talkdesk family all persons without regard to ethnic and racial identity, indigenous heritage, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Science & Research
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote head of people operations jobs.
- 7 or more years of progressive HR leadership experience, including managing HR teams
- Demonstrated experience building or scaling people programs across the full employee lifecycle
- Proficiency with an HRIS platform such as Workday, BambooHR, or Rippling
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, organizational psychology, or a related field
- Experience developing and executing talent acquisition, retention, and workforce planning strategies
- SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent senior HR certification preferred by many employers
Tips for Your Remote Head Of People Operations Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote head of people operations openings from across the U.S. in one place. Search current listings by role and apply directly to the ones that match your background before they close.
Highlight async communication in your materials
Remote employers hiring a head of people operations want proof you can lead without being in the room. Point to documentation you've written, remote policies you've designed, and how you've kept distributed teams aligned using tools like Confluence or Notion.
Target companies built for distributed work
Remote-first tech companies and distributed SaaS firms hire heads of people operations far more consistently than hybrid employers. Focus your search on organizations that have run fully distributed for several years, where remote people leadership is the default, not an accommodation.
Prepare for async-heavy remote interviews
Many distributed companies run interviews over video with panel members across time zones, and some include written case studies or async assignments. Practice articulating people strategy decisions clearly in writing and on video, since remote hiring teams evaluate exactly those skills.
Remote Head Of People Operations Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote head of people operations job?
Remote head of people operations roles go to candidates who can demonstrate they run people programs without in-person proximity. Distributed-first companies screen heavily for async communication skills, comfort with tools like Notion, Slack, and HRIS platforms, and the ability to build culture across time zones. Showcasing remote HR initiatives you've led, policies you've written, and results you've driven independently gives you a clear edge over candidates without distributed experience.
Which companies hire remote head of people operationss?
Remote head of people operations roles are posted by Respiris, Dover, and LeadrPro and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. The companies hiring most consistently are remote-first tech firms, distributed SaaS businesses, and healthcare technology organizations that need senior people leadership without a centralized office.
Can you get a remote head of people operations job with no experience?
Yes, but remote head of people operations roles at the head level are senior positions, so direct experience leading a people function is usually expected. Entry paths that work include progressing through remote HR generalist or HRBP roles at distributed companies, building a portfolio of remote policy work or culture initiatives, and demonstrating you can manage people programs independently without hand-holding from a local team.
Do you need a degree for remote head of people operations jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh demonstrated results in people operations, including retention outcomes, performance program design, and scaled hiring, over formal credentials. A bachelor's in HR, business, or a related field is common, and SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification carries real weight, but candidates who can show measurable impact leading distributed HR functions often move forward regardless of degree background.
Which industries hire the most remote head of people operationss?
The sectors hiring the most remote head of people operationss are Science & Research, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These industries rely on distributed teams at scale, which creates consistent demand for senior people operations leadership that can function entirely outside a central office.
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