Daryn Wood

About Daryn Wood

I’m a People Operations leader with 6+ years of experience building and improving the systems that shape employee experience in growing organizations. My work focuses on employee lifecycle operations, multi-state compliance, benefits and leave administration, and cross-functional program execution. At Kiddom, I’ve helped scale onboarding and offboarding for 350+ employees and 200+ contractors across 34 states, partnered with executives and managers to improve employee experience, and built processes and resources that make people programs more consistent, scalable, and effective. I’m strongest in roles that require both trust and operational ownership — partnering across teams, solving complex problems, and building systems that support both employees and the business.

Experience

1. People Operations Lead

   Kiddom

   Jan 2023 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Built and scaled end-to-end onboarding and offboarding for 350+ employees and 200 contractors across 34 states, creating a more consistent, personalized employee experience across functions and levels- Partnered with PEO and external vendors to manage multi-state compliance, benefits administration, leave programs, and policy execution across a distributed workforce- Coordinated 15+ immigration and international hiring cases with outside counsel and vendors, maintaining a 100% approval rate- Designed and launched multimedia onboarding and training resources, including team-specific materials and new-hire introductions, to improve ramp experience, clarity, and information retention- Established employee feedback loops through surveys and 1:1 conversations, partnering with managers to implement improvements that raised employee satisfaction- Negotiated software, swag, and HR vendor partnerships, achieving 20% cost savings while improving rollout quality and stakeholder satisfaction- Analyzed engagement trends to develop targeted programs, events, and volunteer initiatives that increased participation and strengthened culture across remote and in-office teams- Managed logistics, budgeting, and vendor coordination for multi-state employee events serving 15–85 participants, delivering high-impact experiences within budget.

Education

• San Francisco State University

  Bachelor’s Degree, B.S. Business Administration (Marketing), Minor in English & American Literature

  2010 — 2017

Skills

• Teamwork
• Delegation
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Sense of Urgency
• Visual Merchandising
• Multi Tasking
• Efficiency
• Learning Quickly
• Time Management
• Memorization
• Customer Service
• Elocution
• Pos
• Microsoft Word
• People Skills