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The company is a leader in strategies such as crypto, dividend growth, interest rate hedged bond and geared (leveraged and inverse) ETF investing. ProShares continues to innovate with products that provide strategic and tactical opportunities for investors to manage risk and enhance returns.\nPosition Summary:\nProShares is looking for an experienced HR professional to lead the firm's HR operations and total rewards function. This is a player-coach role with broad ownership across compensation, benefits, payroll, 401(k), wellness, HRIS, and data analytics, along with direct management of a small support team.\nThe role sits at the center of the HR function and works closely with the CHRO and management team on compensation decisions, annual review cycles, and the ongoing administration of HR programs and processes. Strong financial acumen and comfort with data are important. The firm values compensation expertise grounded in financial services surveys and expects analytical rigor in how compensation decisions are made and documented.\nWhat You’ll Be Responsible For[1] :\nOwn compensation programs across the firm, including base salary, bonus, and incentive structures. Lead annual review cycles, offer decisions, and the rigor of how promotion recommendations are made and documented.\nLead compensation benchmarking using financial services surveys, including McLagan. Partner with the CHRO on compensation philosophy, job architecture, and the ongoing work of building consistency into how roles are leveled and rewarded across the organization.\nSupport the design and administration of competitive long-term incentive programs, drawing on experience with complex compensation structures, including deferred compensation arrangements.\nOversee benefits programs, including medical, dental, vision, life, and supplemental coverage. Manage vendor relationships, renewals, and open enrollment.\nOwn 401(k) plan administration, including compliance, audits, and regulatory filings.\nManage payroll processes with accuracy, appropriate controls, and audit readiness.\nEnsure wellness programming is effective and appropriate for our population, including the fitness reimbursement program and Employee Assistance Program, with an eye toward meaningful participation and employee value.\nLead day-to-day HR operations across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, job changes, leaves, and terminations, with accuracy and a high-quality employee experience.\nServe as a senior advisor on employee relations matters. Partner with the CHRO to resolve complex or sensitive situations.\nOwn Paylocity and Greenhouse (ATS), maintaining data integrity, system configuration, and HR reporting. Identify opportunities to automate and improve how the team works.\nManage and develop a small team of HR professionals.\nWhat Sets This Role Apart:\nA hands-on senior role focused on the operational core of HR: compensation, systems, payroll, benefits, 401(k), employee data, compliance, and execution.\nA role for someone who wants to own the HR back office directly, not simply advise from a distance.\nOpportunity to strengthen infrastructure, improve processes and controls, close gaps, and build a more scalable HR operating model in a lean environment.\nDirect partnership with the CHRO and senior leaders, where accurate analysis, judgment, and execution are highly valued.\nWhat You Bring:\n10+ years of progressive HR experience with genuine depth in compensation, total rewards, and benefits.\nStrong financial acumen and comfort with data. Experience building compensation models, working with external survey data, and supporting analytically rigorous decision-making.\nExperience with financial services compensation surveys and benchmarking, including McLagan or equivalent.\nFamiliarity with long-term incentive plans, deferred compensation, or complex compensation structures.\nExperience building job architecture or leveling frameworks and creating consistency in how roles are evaluated and rewarded.\nHands-on payroll, benefits, and 401(k) administration experience, including compliance and regulatory filings.\nExperience with HRIS systems (Paylocity or equivalent) and the ability to manage data, reporting, and system configuration.\nSound judgment on employee relations matters, with the ability to handle sensitive situations with discretion.\nExperience managing staff in a lean, high-accountability environment.\nBackground in asset management or financial services strongly preferred.\nWhat Success Looks Like:\nSuccess in this role looks like HR operations that run cleanly and reliably: payroll is accurate, employee data is dependable, open enrollment is smooth, 401(k) administration is compliant and audit-ready, compensation recommendations are well supported, and the team operates with clear ownership and follow-through.\nCompensation & Benefits:\nThe compensation for this position includes salary and incentive pay. The annual base salary range for this role is $195,000-$250,000 (USD), which does not include discretionary bonus compensation. Total compensation may vary based on experience, role, location, department, and individual performance.\nBenefits Include:\nCompetitive pay and discretionary bonus\nPaid time off\nHealth care benefits (medical, dental & vision)\nAdditional insurance includes basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, disability and legal benefit\n401(k) retirement plan with matching contribution\nSpending Accounts (Health Care, Dependent Care, and Transportation)\nWellness Programs (fitness reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program)\nEducation assistance\nHybrid work schedule\nAdditional Programs include peer recognition, corporate matching gift\n[1] These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nAdditional privacy information for CA residents\nEOE STATEMENT\nProShare Advisors LLC and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital or family status, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, mental condition, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6784,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Education assistance","Hybrid work","Retirement plans","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Asset Management & Funds"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T13:11:27Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":7,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.25,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":195,"expected_fill_days":27,"reasons":["conf:1","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-20T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":250000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/proshares-director-human-resources-operations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/proshares-director-human-resources-operations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T00:50:47Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1317,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":686293},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=686293"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fproshares-director-human-resources-operations"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fproshares-director-human-resources-operations"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fproshares-director-human-resources-operations"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/proshares-director-human-resources-operations\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fproshares-director-human-resources-operations"}]}