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Location: Remote

Jurisdiction: Global

Minimum commitment: 20 hours per week

Department: Human Resources

Reports To: HR Leadership

This is not a job. It's a stake. A rare entrepreneurial opportunity to create something legendary from the ground up---and we want you in the room.

We are offering an equity partner role, not a traditional salaried position. That means:

No upfront cash compensation
Equity (shares) plus potential future token-based rewards (pending legal clearance)
Future salary unlocked by revenue milestones
Remote-first, async-friendly, autonomy-heavy global team

Why Join Anime Universe?

At Anime Universe, we're building the future of entertainment and work culture at the same time. As a Senior HR Project Manager, you'll help shape how our global team operates---from onboarding and compensation models to equity systems, leadership programs, and cultural rituals.

This role puts you at the center of it all. You'll lead the delivery of high-impact, cross-functional people projects that influence every lane, core, and partner in our ecosystem.

Role Overview

As Senior HR Project Manager, you'll be the key driver behind HR program execution, cross-team alignment, and system rollout across Anime Universe. You'll take vision and turn it into reality---ensuring the infrastructure behind performance, rewards, onboarding, and growth runs with clarity, speed, and consistency.

What You'll Own

Project Execution:

Lead sprint-to-sprint delivery of key HR programs and systems
Define milestones, manage timelines, and resolve execution blockers across all people-related initiatives
Maintain velocity, transparency, and accountability across complex, cross-core HR launches

Strategic Coordination:

Collaborate with leadership, scribes, and stakeholders to align on deliverables and timelines
Drive progress across onboarding, compensation, culture, and development initiatives
Host retrospectives, lead updates, and keep contributors aligned

Documentation \& Systemization:

Own and maintain structured project documentation, milestones, and decisions
Ensure documentation, process flows, and templates are systematized and repeatable
Track KPIs and progress using structured dashboards and tools

Process Optimization:

Champion Anime Universe's frameworks (Ebb \& Flow, Catalyst Ignition) to structure work effectively
Continuously refine execution rituals and delivery workflows
Drive improvements that help teams move faster with less friction

What You Bring to the Table:

Proven success executing HR or people-centric initiatives with structure and urgency
5 years in project management, operations, or people program delivery (ideally within high-growth companies)

Execution Fluency:

Strong organizational skills---you balance short-term detail with long-term goals
Able to break down complex objectives into actionable workflows and timelines

HR \& People Systems Acumen:

Familiar with HRIS tools, performance systems, equity tracking, onboarding flows, and people ops cycles---especially in startups
You've helped deploy or optimize internal people platforms or talent systems

Tool Proficiency:

You're fluent in tools like Notion, Asana, Slack, Miro, and GDrive
Bonus if you've created dashboards or implemented sprint planning systems

Independent Drive \& Cross-Functional Agility:

You know how to align product, legal, creative, and HR to deliver big outcomes
You're calm under pressure, clear in communication, and bias toward progress

Bonus Points For:

PMP, Agile Project Management, or Lean Certification
Change Management Certification (e.g., Prosci, ACMP)
Experience with HRIS tools like BambooHR, Lattice, Rippling, or Gusto
Familiarity with equity or token-based compensation models
Background launching or scaling people systems in creative, entertainment, or anime-adjacent environments
Experience managing distributed, async-first teams

How We'll Know You're Crushing It:

HR programs and systems are launched on time and aligned across teams
Contributors feel clear, supported, and able to thrive inside fast-moving projects
Project documentation is trusted and adopted across teams
Bottlenecks get resolved fast, and cross-functional syncs flow smoothly
The people-side of the company scales as confidently as the product side

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Other

Job function

Project Management and Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet

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