People Strategy & Operations, Early Career

About the role

This is an early-career role for builders who thrive in turning ambiguity into momentum. You'll wear many hats across the People team, but the core job is simple: jump in, chart the path, and drive projects based on business priority and impact.

Responsibilities

• Strategize & Streamline: Keep the People team aligned around strategic objectives. Spot gaps before they become blockers, put process in place where it makes sense, and unblock teams so they can ship.
• Drive Business Impact: Drive projects from idea to execution, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and measurable outcomes. Adapt quickly to feedback, embrace continuous improvement, and keep initiatives on track, on time, and delivering real value.
• Partner with Leadership: Support People leadership to navigate complex, sensitive matters with care and thought to ensure exceptional employee experiences.
• Collaborate with, well, almost everyone!: Partner with a wide range of Notinos and work across the organization as it scales globally.
• Shape Culture: Build strong relationships across the organization, deeply understand what makes Notion special, and act as a culture carrier. Help preserve the values and moments that define us—ensuring our culture evolves thoughtfully without losing what makes it magical.

Requirements

You'll bring energy, optimism, and a genuine care for people. You're excited to be part of something bigger than yourself and to help build a workplace where everyone can do the best work of their careers.

Skills

• Builder’s Mindset: Resourceful and willing to roll up your sleeves. Strong organizational and project management skills, with experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Anticipates change and sees around corners. Takes projects from start to finish with a bias toward action, turning ambiguity into clear next steps and shipping results.
• AI Native: Genuinely interested in AI technologies and eager to learn how to build with them. Sees AI as a tool to automate workflows, reduce toil, and accelerate execution. Excited to champion AI adoption across the People organization, helping teammates discover new ways to work smarter and more efficiently.
• Proven track record of execution: Holds yourself to a high quality bar. Details matter. Tests end-to-end. Uses data and metrics to guide decisions. Excels in academics, athletics, creative work, or professional projects. Disciplined and focused, with a track record of moving fast without compromising on design and craft.
• Thoughtful problem-solving: Approaches problems holistically, starting with a clear and accurate understanding of the context. Navigates ambiguity successfully, decomposes complex problems into clean solutions, while also balancing the business impact of what you’re building.
• Proactive communication and high agency: Owns your work, communicates clearly about progress and blockers. Shows initiative in identifying what needs to be done and driving projects forward. Asks questions when needed while independently finding solutions to problems.

Benefits

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors, such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below.

For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated hourly rate for this role is $40 - $57 per hour, annualized to a base salary range of $85,000 - $120,000 per year.