Manager, People Operations

If you’re excited about building systems that empower others to lead and want to help shape Canada’s next generation of entrepreneurial, AI-ready talent for the future of work, we’d love to hear from you!

Venture for Canada is a national registered charity equipping talent across Canada with the entrepreneurial skills, mindset, and opportunities to succeed in a 21st-century economy increasingly shaped by rapid change and emerging technology. We believe that to be entrepreneurial is to act upon opportunities to create value for others. The resourcefulness and creativity of people across Canada are essential to addressing our country’s greatest challenges. Venture for Canada serves as a catalyst by empowering individuals to create a more prosperous, inclusive, and innovative society.

Since 2013, Venture for Canada has grown in meaningful ways, and we’re excited to expand our team with values-aligned individuals who can contribute to what we’re building. To learn more about our hiring process and workplace philosophy, visit our Careers page.

Role Overview

The People Operations Manager is responsible for the consistent, timely, and effective delivery of the organization’s day-to-day People Operations activities. The role serves as the primary operational point of contact for employees and managers and ensures that established People practices, policies, programs, and employment processes are executed accurately and consistently.

Working within established frameworks and in partnership with the Senior Manager, People Operations, the role exercises independent judgment across routine People Operations matters while escalating complex, high-risk, or precedent-setting issues as appropriate.

The role is highly execution-focused and employee-facing, with responsibility spanning employee relations, recruitment and hiring, onboarding, leaves and accommodations, payroll inputs and benefits administration, performance-cycle administration, compliance, HR systems, and offboarding.

Working closely with the People Operations Team, managers, Finance, Operations, and other internal and external partners, the People Operations Manager translates people-focused strategies, frameworks, and programs into reliable day-to-day practice while bringing forward operational insights that inform ongoing improvements to the People Operations function.

Key Role Responsibilities

Employee Relations & Employee Lifecycle

Serve as the primary point of contact for day-to-day employee and manager People Operations matters

Manage day-to-day employee relations matters, including issue resolution, documentation, and follow-up; support investigations and escalate complex, high-risk, or precedent-setting matters as appropriate

Support managers in applying policies, addressing performance and conduct concerns, and navigating established People Operations processes

Manage leaves of absence, accommodations, return-to-work processes, resignations, terminations, and offboarding, and escalate where appropriate

Escalate complex, high-risk, precedent-setting, or systemic matters as appropriate

Talent Acquisition, Hiring & Onboarding

Manage end-to-end recruitment execution, including job descriptions, postings, sourcing, screening, interviews, references, candidate management, offers, and hiring administration

Partner with hiring managers to deliver timely, equitable, and consistent recruitment processes

Prepare employment offers and contracts and manage routine negotiations within approved compensation and contract parameters

Coordinate onboarding from accepted offer through successful integration, including documentation, payroll and benefits enrolment, systems access, orientation, and manager follow-through

Administer new-hire check-ins, probationary milestones, and success processes

People Programs, Performance & Employee Experience

Administer the annual performance review cycle, interim performance check-ins, and related employee and manager processes

Coordinate communications, deadlines, documentation, reminders, completion tracking, and process support

Support execution of employee engagement, recognition, culture, belonging, and DEI initiatives

Administer employee surveys and pulse checks and support related communications and follow-up

Coordinate operational delivery of organization-wide People Operations initiatives, including the annual team offsite

Payroll, Benefits, HR Systems & Administration

Manage employee payroll inputs and changes in coordination with Finance

Administer benefits and RRSP enrolment, changes, employee inquiries, and vendor processes

Own day-to-day HRIS administration, employee records, data changes, workflows, permissions, and routine reporting

Maintain accurate and complete People documentation and employee records

Resolve operational payroll, benefits, HRIS, and employee-data issues and identify opportunities to improve workflows and system use

Policies, Compliance & Operational Excellence

Support consistent application of People policies, procedures, and employment practices

Maintain required employment documentation, records, deadlines, and compliance processes

Administer required and mandatory training, including enrolment, tracking, reminders, renewals, and record keeping

Identify and escalate compliance concerns, policy gaps, recurring issues, and operational risks

Contribute practical recommendations to improve the clarity, consistency, and efficiency of People Operations processes

Who You Are

A clear, positive, and curious communicator, who approaches questions and challenges with a helpful mindset, asks thoughtful questions, and makes People Operations information easy to understand and act on

Growth-minded and entrepreneurial, energized by learning, evolving, and building alongside a mission-driven organization as its needs, systems, and ways of working continue to develop

Employee-centred and practical, with the judgment to balance individual needs, organizational requirements, and policy

Highly organized and dependable, with strong follow-through across competing priorities and time-sensitive work

Calm and thoughtful under pressure, particularly when navigating sensitive employee situations

Clear and approachable, with the ability to communicate policies, decisions, and processes in a straightforward and respectful way

Solutions-oriented and adaptable, comfortable improving processes while working in an evolving environment

What You Bring

4-6 years progressive HR/generalist experience across employee relations, recruitment, HR operations, and the employee lifecycle

Experience supporting and managing People Operations for organizations or teams of approximately 50 employees

Strong practical knowledge of employment legislation, compliance, and manager support

Experience managing end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, leaves/accommodations, performance processes, and offboarding

Experience with payroll inputs, benefits/RRSP administration, HRIS platforms, employee data, and reporting

AI-enabled and curious, comfortable using emerging tools to improve efficiency, quality, decision-making, and the employee experience while applying sound judgment around privacy, accuracy, and appropriate use

Strong communication, judgment, organization, and process-management skills

HR education or professional certification is an asset

Job Details

The purpose of this job posting is to fill a current vacancy. The anticipated start date is January 13, 2027.

Arrangement

Venture for Canada is a remote-first organization with offices based in Toronto and Vancouver. This is a remote position open to candidates across Canada. While all qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, preference may be given to candidates based in the Toronto, Ontario area to support occasional in-person collaboration. Light in-person attendance of program-related events