Kava Labs is hiring a

Web3 Employee Engagement Program Manager

Employee Engagement Program Manager

Kava Labs is seeking an ambitious and experienced Employee Engagement Program Manager to be an integral part of growing the Kava Team! We are growing fast and need a proficient Onboarding and Employee Engagement partner to play a pivotal role in forging strong relationships with key stakeholders, and define critical success factors for the business. You will work closely with our People teams to build our new hire onboarding experience, as well as define “Key Moments” in the employee lifecycle. You will work alongside a team of world-class crypto experts that work on an open-source project that transfers millions of dollars in assets daily, providing the financial primitives for the next evolution in crypto.

We are looking for your experience and perspective to contribute to our growing company culture! This is a US-based, full-time remote position. We are a 100% distributed workforce with teams in the US, Canada, Asian-Pacific, and Europe.

What You Will Do.

• Operations and Systems Management
• Streamline collection and storage of key employee information, and maintain ADP as source of truth for all employee data.
• Own content of the Manager Playbook resources
• Program / Project Management
• Own the development of people team initiatives and projects around employee engagement and report on key initiatives
• Develop processes and programs to ensure a seamless onboarding experience
• Manage project planning by balancing the People Team Roadmap with shifting business objectives
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Partner with our Recruiting Ops program manager and the Head of Human Resources to ensure the integrity of the transition from candidate to new hire.
• Implement best practices and techniques to help managers understand their responsibility during ‘key moments’ (e.g., promotions, new hire welcome kits, etc.)
• Committed to Employee Engagement.
• Establish trusting relationships with employees across our global remote environment and serve as a point of contact for all matters related to the People team function.
• Determine retention opportunities and experiment where necessary to test and scale programs that result in higher job satisfaction, career development, and leader growth.
• Reports to the Head of Human Resources

Who You Are

• Minimum 3 years of HR/People Operations/Employee Engagement experience
• Minimum 1 year + of program/project management experience
• Nice to Have: Highly proficient in ADP / WFN
• Familiarity/comfort with GSuite, Lattice, Guru, and/or Slack
• Nice to Have: FinTech/high growth start-up, and remote experience
• Experience building and executing onboarding processes remotely
• Passion for understanding digital currency
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Commitment to values of diversity, equity, and inclusion reflected in all aspects.
  

How You Will Succeed

• Be highly effective, engaged, organized, customer-service oriented, and data-driven.
• Have the ability to identify and treat sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Exhibit a high level of autonomy in ambiguous environments and are comfortable establishing and executing upon priorities with a strong sense of urgency.
• Comfortable working in a high-stakes, high-growth, roll up your sleeves type of work and fast-paced environment.
• Able to adapt and adjust in a dynamic digital environment is a must.
• Represent the company with integrity and professionalism.

Interview Process

• Recruiter - 30 minutes
• Program Manager - 30 minutes
• Hiring Manager - 30 minutes

What We Offer.

🤩 Work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders

🤓 A learning environment where you can deep-dive into the frontier of blockchain

technologies and make an impact to active users

💰 Competitive salary

📈 Competitive stock options

🤫 Token grants for exploration, investment, and/or profit

💪 Monthly stipend for health and wellness

🏝 Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it

🦷 Medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance for employees

👵 401(k) with match

🏡 A remote work environment with an international and diverse team

About Kava Labs.

Kava Labs is focused on democratizing financial services and making them openly accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. We started out by building the Kava blockchain, a foundational platform designed to provide the safest, secure, and reliable experience for accessing Decentralized Financial (DeFi) apps and services. Today that platform manages over $1B in assets on behalf of users and is growing rapidly.

We are a remote-first, globally distributed team that values first principle thinking, experimentation, and learning to ensure long-term success. We are not dogmatic in our approach, but we are relentless in our pursuit to create impactful technology for the future.

We have a diverse set of backgrounds, skills, and culture but we’re all united in our passion about building new open financial infrastructure — together, so that our efforts will make a real impact and create lasting change in the world.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Kava is proudly an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. and celebrates the diversity of its growing team.

All applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time.

Recruitment agencies and consultants may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Kava Labs does not accept unsolicited agency resumes, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Kava Labs.

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