Manager, People & Culture

About Birchbox:
Founded in 2010, Birchbox is a leading beauty and grooming retailer, offering an efficient, personalized way to discover and shop for new products. We redefined the e-commerce experience by pairing a monthly subscription of samples with a curated online shop featuring best-in-class brands. Every month, subscribers receive five prestige samples tailored to their unique profile along with inspiring editorial content that creates a seamless path to purchase full-size versions of their favorites on Birchbox.com. In 2012, we launched Birchbox Man and expanded internationally, and in 2014, we opened our first brick-and-mortar store in Soho. Today we have more than one million subscribers and operate in five countries, including France, Spain, UK, Ireland and Belgium. Birchbox is headquartered in the Flatiron neighborhood of New York City.

About the Manager, People & Culture position

The Manager, People & Culture position is an HR Business Partner or HR Generalist role that will run employee relations for half of our 130 person NY team and oversee all HR administration including compliance, 401k, payroll & benefits. We are looking for an innately independent, detail oriented and process driven person who is excited about owning the hr administration function. Birchbox is a very entrepreneurial, energetic and collaborative environment and as such we are looking for someone who enjoys being part of a team and inspiring great work.

The Manager, People & Culture at Birchbox will:

• Build trusted relationships with employees and provide guidance and support as they develop their careers at Birchbox
• Partner with department leadership to provide full support related to employee relations, organizational planning, organizational design, compensation and management coaching
• Manage all payroll and benefits in partnership with our PEO, Justworks
• Oversee onboarding and offboarding of full time and part time employees, contractors and interns
• Partner with 401k provider to manage our plan and ensure Birchbox is in compliance with all regulations (including testing and audits)
• Partner with P&C team to create and align on company-wide initiatives and strategy

A successful Manager, People & Culture candidate:

• Has 2-5+ years of experience in HR with experience executing payroll and benefits
• Displays honesty, trustworthiness, and ethical behavior in all interactions
• Loves to coach, grow and develop others
• Is ecstatic about organization and is the type to keep a spice rack alphabetized or closet color coded
• Has exceptional attention to detail, process building and project management skills
• Communicates effectively, professionally, and concisely, both verbally and in writing
• Has an exceptional work ethic and believes that no job is too small