Role Overview
The Vice President, People Operations is a senior leader responsible for building and scaling the operational foundation that supports Blend鈥檚 global workforce. This role owns the end-to-end execution of people operations, ensuring exceptional employee experiences as the company continues to grow.
This leader is a systems-minded operator who brings rigor to people processes, partners closely with Service Line Leadership, TA, Finance, and Legal, and enables the broader team to focus on strategy, execution and culture by ensuring operational excellence.
As Blend continues to grow, the VP of People Operations plays a critical role in ensuring that scale does not come at the expense of experience, accuracy, or trust. This leader enables the People function, and the business, to move faster, smarter, and with confidence.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Scale & Team Leadership
Design and continuously improve scalable, technology-enabled people operations infrastructure
Drive automation, standardization, and efficiency across global processes
Build and lead a high-performing, globally distributed People Operations team
Employee Onboarding & Offboarding
Own the global onboarding and offboarding strategy, ensuring seamless, compliant, and high-impact employee entry and exit experiences
Design scalable onboarding programs that accelerate time-to-productivity and reinforce culture and performance expectations
Leverage onboarding and exit insights to inform retention, engagement, and workforce planning strategies
Total Rewards Strategy & Execution
Lead global compensation and benefits strategy and administration in partnership with Finance
Oversee annual and off-cycle compensation processes with rigor and accuracy
Ensure competitive, compliant, and scalable benefits programs across regions
Global Compliance & Risk Management
Own global immigration strategy and employment compliance across all operating regions
Partner with Legal to proactively mitigate regulatory and operational risk
People Analytics & Executive Reporting
Lead enterprise people analytics, including workforce planning, attrition, engagement, performance, and compensation insights
Deliver actionable, executive-level reporting to senior leadership and the Board
Elevate data capabilities to drive strategic workforce decisions
Engagement & Organizational Effectiveness
Oversee global engagement measurement and action planning
Partner with business leaders to translate insights into measurable impact