Senior People Operations partnership for founder-led teams between 10 and 100 people across systems, talent, performance, culture, and the operational work that holds it all together.

How We engage

Three ways to work with Rösalu Studio. Pick the one that fits the moment your team is in.

People Ops Foundations Audit

Two-week diagnostic. Fixed fee.

  • $4,500

  • For: companies that need a clear picture of where their HR is exposed and what to fix first

  • Deliverable: 20–25 page diagnostic + 90-day roadmap + leadership readout

Fractional People Operations

Senior People Ops leadership on retainer.

  • $4,000/month · 3-month minimum

  • For: companies not yet ready for a full-time hire but past the point where the founder can run HR

  • Deliverable: ~10 hours/week of senior People Ops work; running the function with you

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Specialist Engagements

Project-based work on a specific problem.

  • Custom pricing

  • For: companies with one urgent thing to solve; a performance framework rebuild, a comp study, an investigation, an acquisition transition

  • Deliverable: defined scope, defined timeline, fixed fee

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All engagements are custom-shaped to the organization. Pricing above represents the standard structure; project work and event production are quoted separately.

Programs I've Built or Led

Across more than a decade in senior People Operations roles, I've designed, sourced, and implemented the programs that hold modern organizations together. Every engagement is custom, but the library below represents what I've actually built and run inside real companies.

Strategic Advisory & Leadership Partnership

  • People strategy aligned with business strategy and growth stage

  • Organizational design and change management during enterprise transformations (advised senior leadership through reorgs and talent acquisition function rebuilds)

  • Acquisition transitions and M&A People work (led integration of 30 employees through a full acquisition)

  • Executive coaching and leadership development

  • C-suite partnership across R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing, Operations, Finance, IT, and Supply Chain

  • Board and investor-readiness for People functions during due diligence

People Development & Manager Enablement

  • Learning & Development plans

  • Manager enablement and feedback frameworks

  • Succession planning (led for 450+ employees across 13 facilities at one organization)

  • Recognition programs and retention strategies

Systems & Infrastructure

  • HRIS sourcing, implementation, and configuration (built first-ever HRIS at a now-public marketplace company; cut onboarding time by 85%)

  • Performance management system and software implementation (designed end-to-end performance infrastructure; drove 17% QoQ performance lift)

  • Compensation benchmarking and framework design (using Mercer data; reduced time-to-hire and cost-per-hire against industry standards)

  • Benefits administration, including broker selection and plan design

  • HR policy harmonization across multiple regions (US, UK, EU)

  • Multi-state and 50-state compliance frameworks for both employees and 1099 contractors

Culture & Experience

  • DEIB program design and implementation

  • DEI and team-bonding programs

  • Cultural programs and engagement initiatives spanning multiple regions and continents

  • Employer branding

  • Internal event production (events hosting 200+ attendees per occasion)

  • Community programming and philanthropic partnerships

Operations & Analytics

  • Cross-functional collaboration with leadership and operational partners

  • Human capital and workforce planning

  • Ethical AI-enabled people analytics

  • Project management and program implementation

  • Employee relations and investigations

Talent & Hiring

  • Talent acquisition — full lifecycle, including C-suite hiring (managed 25 roles end-to-end at one company alone)

  • Talent assessment frameworks

  • Intern programs

  • Onboarding design (rebuilt corporate onboarding for an enterprise org; improved 90-day retention by 83%)

  • Off-boarding design

  • Workforce planning across new business verticals

Start with a foundations audit

Areas of Expertise

Rösalu Studio brings senior-level People Operations capability to founder-led organizations. Engagements span the following:

  • Global HR & People Strategy

  • People Ops Systems Design & Implementation

  • HR Technology, HRIS, & Tooling

  • Performance Management & Manager Enablement

  • Compensation, Equity, & Total Rewards

  • Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

  • Onboarding & Off-boarding Design

  • Employee Relations & Investigations

  • Learning & Development

  • Executive Coaching & Leadership Development

  • DEIB Program Design & Implementation

  • Culture, Engagement & Internal Event Production

  • Recognition Programs & Retention Strategies

  • Employer Branding

  • HR Policy Harmonization Across Regions

  • Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Project Management & Program Implementation

  • Ethical AI-Enabled People Analytics

  • Human Capital & Workforce Planning

Built for scale, grounded in detail.

10+ years senior · Teams from 6 to 450 employees · 0→1 builds in tech, life sciences, retail, manufacturing · 17% QoQ performance lift · 83% improvement in 90-day retention · 85% reduction in onboarding time · $1.2M in revenue impact

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