Pivotal Ventures

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Founded in 2015 by Melinda French Gates, Pivotal expands opportunity and equality for all people through high-impact investments, philanthropy, and advocacy. We accelerate social progress by removing barriers that hold people back. Our impatience with the status quo is fueled by an optimism that progress is always possible.

Inspired by our founder, we reach across communities and sectors to bring together changemakers who can scale up proven ideas and catalyze new ones. We learn from their experiences, amplify their resources, then step back so they can lead. We strive to be creative and innovative in our work and flexible in the approach we take to solving problems.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

The Interim People & Culture (P&C) Generalist is part of the P&C team and performs work on behalf of Pivotal. This role provides operational support for key people processes—including leave management, employee inquiries, total rewards, employee data management, and organization design. This role also provides support for employee onboarding and employee experience as needed. This individual ensures people practices are delivered consistently, follow regulatory requirements and are aligned with organizational values. This role aligns with entity leaders, employees, and cross-entity P&C colleagues to improve practices, support shared capabilities, and foster a positive employee experience. This role must be able to interface effectively with professionals at all levels of the organization. This individual is a key contributor to People and Culture operations and support while fostering a culture of equity and belonging, learning, and care, consistent with organizational values and legal requirements.

This role is expected to have a duration of 12 months. This means that, absent some change, the position will end within that timeframe as defined in the offer letter.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

P&C Generalist Execution

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of employment, benefits, and compensation regulations and requirements, reducing legal risks and upholding compliance for the company.
• Manage leaves of absence.
• Support compensation benchmarking and annual planning processes.
• Support P&C policy, process, and procedure development, documentation, maintenance, and publishing.
• Support delivery of compensation and total rewards programs and policies.
• Manage the contractor lifecycle and the associated workflows (communication and coordination with contract vendor company, contract employee experience and support, etc.)
• Coordinate responses to inquiries, raising issues to team members who have specialized knowledge or expertise.
• Maintain and complete reporting of Pivotal people records in HRIS.
• Provide back-up coverage for peer generalists —including recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, and contractor lifecycle management.
• Support Senior Director, People & Culture in development and implementation of new organizational design needs at Pivotal.

Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES

To perform this role successfully, individuals must demonstrate the skills and behaviors aligned with our Pivotal Principles that define what success looks like across all roles. These competencies reflect the expectations for how we work together, lead, grow, and deliver impact for all employees regardless of function or level.

Build and Maintain Trust

Act with integrity and foster an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

• Is Inclusive – Advance a culture of equity and belonging.
• Act with Integrity – Tell the truth, take responsibility for your actions, meet your commitments, and act ethically.
• Collaborate – Build trusting relationships and treat people with dignity and respect.

Drive Impact

Deliver high-quality work that is aligned with Pivotal Strategic Initiatives.

• Solve Problems – Identify issues and seek diverse perspectives to develop potential solutions.
• Propel Work Forward – Take initiative, prioritize work appropriately, and complete work on time.
• Center Stewardship – Use resources responsibly, consider and manage risk, and follow Pivotal policies and procedures.

Learn and Grow

Demonstrate a commitment to continuous individual and organizational development.

• Contribute Constructively – Participate in advancing individual, team, and organization-wide well-being and resilience.
• Occupy Growth-Mindset – Embrace challenges, learn from mistakes, and focus on improvement.
• Share Knowledge – Document work appropriately, assess outcomes, and share explicit and tacit learning.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 2-4 years of HR experience or an equivalent combination of advanced training and experience.
• Experience in a combination of HR areas such as leave management, total rewards, employee relations, performance management, diversity and inclusion, compliance, and business partnership.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage complexity, and collaborate across teams and functions.
• Extensive coordination and project execution skills.
• Experience working with conflict resolution.
• Experience supporting managers and employees across multiple teams or functions.
• Experience with Workday or other HR technology systems.
• Proficiency using Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and SharePoint).
• Fluency in use of systems necessary to role (e.g., Workday).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) or other similar HR certification.
• Diverse industry and company size experience.
• Experience in social impact or impact-focused environments with governance distinctions.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

The annual base compensation range for this role is $113,400-$118,600. This position is based in Pivotal’s Seattle office.

This role is expected to have a duration of 12 months. This means that, absent some change, the position will end within that timeframe as defined in the offer letter. The limited duration of the position does not alter the at-will nature of the position or work at Pivotal Ventures.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability and long-term care insurance, fertility benefit, backup caregiving solution, 144 hours of vacation, 96 hours of sick leave, 401k, HSA, FSA and more.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, in Pivotal’s discretion, with or without notice.

Pivotal values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and all applicants seeking employment. All employment decisions at Pivotal are based on the candidate’s or employee’s capabilities and qualifications without regard to race (including traits associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles such as afros, braids, locks, and twists), color, creed, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, caste, veteran or military status, marital, parental, or familial status, disability (including sensory, physical, or mental disability), medical condition, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, domestic violence victim status, political ideology, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Pivotal complies with federal, state, and local equal opportunity and disability laws and makes reasonable accommodation consistent with those laws for applicants and employees with disabilities. Please contact peopleandculture@pivotalventures.org for assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process.

Applications may be submitted via the Pivotal Ventures Careers page.