People & Workplace Manager

About Density:

Density’s mission is to measure and improve our footprint on the world.

We help companies understand how their workplaces are used. We do that by observing behavior in the office through our highly accurate and always anonymous sensors. In other words: where are people actually spending their time? We translate that data into actionable, opinionated insights that help companies increase the financial and experiential performance of any workplace.

Today, we work with companies from Fortune 500s to high growth innovators in technology, financial services and healthcare, occupying more than a billion square feet worldwide. And we’re in it for the long game: what if we knew more, created better spaces, and could build cities that worked and felt better?

That’s where you come in...

The Opportunity:

As our People & Workplace Manager, you'll own the day-to-day employee experience at Density across our San Francisco office and distributed workforce. You'll keep our physical workspace running smoothly while supporting people operations for the full team. Partnering closely with the CEO, employees and external partners, you'll shape our employee experience and how our team is supported, helping create a consistent and positive environment for everyone.

In this role you will:

People Operations

• Support the full employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, performance, compensation, engagement initiatives, and offboarding

• Administer employee benefits programs and coordinate employee leaves (medical, parental, and other statutory leaves)

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and company policies

• Maintain and manage HR systems and records, including HRIS administration in Rippling

• Manage employment verifications and respond to external requests

• Work closely with the finance team on payroll and benefits reconciliation, and be a go-to resource for employee pay or benefits questions

Workplace Experience

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the San Francisco office and help make it a welcoming, well-organized, and fun place to work

• Own relationships with building management and office vendors, including catering, cleaning, maintenance, and other service providers

• Manage office supplies, mail, shipping, and inventory; proactively anticipate office needs

• Serve as the first point of contact for employee IT requests, coordinating troubleshooting, access, and equipment needs

• Plan and support team events and in-office gatherings

The ideal candidate will have:

• 5+ years of experience in people operations, office management, or a combined role

• Hands-on experience with benefits administration, leave coordination, compliance, and employee records management

• Familiarity with HRIS platforms (bonus if you've worked in Rippling)

• Experience supporting a distributed or hybrid workforce, with an understanding of how to create consistent employee experiences across locations

• Strong discretion and sound judgment in managing sensitive employee matters and confidential employee data

• Comfort working independently in a small team environment where you wear many hats

• Experience managing office operations, vendor relationships, and budgets

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to juggle competing priorities without dropping the ball

• Clear, approachable communication and strong relationship-building skills across teams and external partners

Job Compensation Range:

Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000

Primary Location: San Francisco

This is an in person role that requires a minimum in office 4 days a week in office in SF: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.

We offer:

• Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, mental and reproductive health, 401K, equity, unlimited and mandatory PTO and more.

• A company full of fun, smart, talented and legitimately kind teammates. Our culture powers everything we do and we work hard to nurture it by bringing on the right humans.

• A team hailing from innovators like Apple, LinkedIn, Stripe, Meraki, Flexport, WeWork, NASA & beyond.

• $227M raised from investors including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund and Upfront Ventures.

• The chance to change the built world as we know it.

• You can read more about our values here.

At Density, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace in our SF and NYC offices to ensure Denizens can create a work-life balance that best fits them.

Density provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.