Upwork Inc.’s (Nasdaq: UPWK) family of companies connects businesses with global, AI-enabled talent across every contingent work type including freelance, fractional, and payrolled. This portfolio includes the Upwork Marketplace, which connects businesses with on-demand access to highly skilled talent across the globe, and Lifted, which provides a purpose-built solution for enterprise organizations to source, contract, manage, and pay talent across the full spectrum of contingent work. From Fortune 100 enterprises to entrepreneurs, businesses rely on Upwork Inc. to find and hire expert talent, leverage AI-powered work solutions, and drive business transformation. With access to professionals spanning more than 10,000 skills across AI & machine learning, software development, sales & marketing, customer support, finance & accounting, and more, the Upwork family of companies enables businesses of all sizes to scale, innovate, and transform their workforces for the age of AI and beyond. Since its founding, Upwork Inc. has facilitated more than $30 billion in total transactions and services as it fulfills its purpose to create opportunity in every era of work. Learn more about the Upwork Marketplace at Upwork.com and follow us on LinkedIn , Facebook , Instagram , TikTok , and X ; and learn more about Lifted at Go-Lifted and follow on LinkedIn . As a Senior People Operations Specialist, you will play a key role in delivering thoughtful, scalable people programs and operational support across the employee lifecycle. As part of our People Operations team, you’ll combine strong operational expertise with the judgment and partnership skills needed to support HR Business Partners, managers, and employees through both day-to-day needs and more complex people matters. You’ll own and continuously improve key people programs and processes, with a particular focus on employee lifecycle operations, immigration
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Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us! About the Role We are seeking a proactive, customer-focused IT Support Specialist based in Toronto to anchor our regional IT operations. In this role, you will be the primary point of contact for internal employees, delivering white-glove technical support while managing core identity, collaboration platforms, and SaaS systems. Beyond day-to-day helpdesk operations, this position bridges traditional IT support and modern systems engineering. You will leverage automation, scripting, and modern DevOps practices to streamline user lifecycles, eliminate manual toil, and ensure our workforce operates securely and efficiently. Key Responsibilities Serve as the first point of contact for internal employees, triaging incoming requests through the ticketing system and established support processes. Troubleshoot and resolve workstation, laptop, mobile, and basic network issues for on-site staff and remote employees, escalating more complex support cases to senior staff or the appropriate team. Deliver calm, clear support during high-priority incidents, keep users informed, and document work thoroughly through to resolution. Manage end-to-
From $119.3K/yr
Level Up Your Career with Zynga! At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition. From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more! Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview As a Senior Manager, Lifecycle Marketing, you will manage a team of Managers and/or Specialists across multiple game genres, and own the planning and execution of Lifecycle strategy for that portfolio. This position requires you to be data-driven, strategic, and a strong cross-functional collaborator. You will represent the Lifecycle Team in cross-functional and strategy meetings, sharing insights that keep the team's work aligned to broader Lifecycle and organisational goals, and you will set team objectives in line with BU objectives. What You'll Do Manage and develop a team of Managers and/or Specialists across owned genres, providing clear direction, coaching, and day-to-day people leadership. Own performance management for direct reports, including goal-setting, regular 1:1s, feedback, and
From $90K/yr
POSITION DESCRIPTION ROLE: SENIOR, TALENT ACQUISITION PARTNER TEAM: TALENT LOCATION: TORONTO (HYBRID) COMPANY OVERVIEW Salt is a North American marketing agency that creates connected experiences through creative, digital & media innovation. Our mission is to “Earn the World’s Attention” and Salt is built to find, develop, execute, and amplify the ideas that are worthy of our clients’ audiences. We’ve structured our agency to do what’s right for our clients – to connect different perspectives, to work across mediums, and to focus on delivering meaningful, effective results. We’re committed to living up to the values in our name. “Salt of The Earth” means we value collaborative, humble, hard-working people here. We’re looking for people who are as smart as they are kind because we believe the right talent and the right culture help us do what’s right for our clients. ROLE OVERVIEW As a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner you are a trusted strategic partner responsible for leading full-cycle recruitment across key disciplines for Salt and The Kitchen North America. You combine relationship building, operational excellence, and data-driven insight to ensure we attract, hire, and retain the best talent in the market. Reporting to the Director of Talent, you will play a central role in designing and refining Salt’s hiring practices, shaping our employer brand, and building inclusive pipelines for future growth. You balance hands-on execution with strategic foresight while managing high-priority searches while also mentoring others, improving systems, and helping define what great hiring looks like at Salt. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Lead end-to-end recruitment for senior and specialized roles across Creative, Strategy, Media, Digit
From C$109K/yr
Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. Our Values If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in. Who You Are You are self-driven and like to work with others to remove roadblocks. You are curious, and love to explore and learn new technologies. You have demonstrated the ability to build, deploy and maintain large-scale, complex applications. You care more about solutions and impacting the customer experience than using a particular tool or framework. Your Success Profile What You Will Work On As a part of the Workforce Management team, you will drive our expansion into exciting new verticals, enriching our platform to attract and delight new customer segments. Your mission will be to architect and deliver foundational solutions in the Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Contractor, and Expenses domains. Our specialized product pods focus on building lean, high-impact features for customers who want a streamlined experience without the overhead of a bloated platform. You'll join the expenses pod in Toronto and help build the platform that handles expense submissions, approvals, and reimbursements for Justworks customers. Working alongside 3-4 senior engineers, you'll contribute to our migration from Ruby to Go, build AI-powered features, a
At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect, cultivating an inclusive environment where all team members can thrive. As the Business Systems Lead for Payroll & Time, you will lead Lyft's global migration onto Dayforce following recent acquisitions. Sitting within People Technology in Corporate Engineering and IT (CEIT), you'll join Lyft's Dayforce program at a formative moment: the initial rollout spans 12–15 countries over two-plus years, and you're joining early enough to directly shape how implementation, governance, and vendor management get done — not inherit a playbook someone else already wrote. You'll be backed by a mature, experienced Payroll Operations team who bring deep subject-matter expertise, while you own the technical and functional side: driving requirements, directing our systems integrator, and building the governance and vendor management model you'll run long-term as the platform's product/service owner. Sitting within People Technology in CEIT, you will drive requirements, make key functional decisions, and partner closely with Payroll Operations, HR, Legal, and Finance. You'll lead vendor delivery to ensure accurate, compliant payroll and time tracking across each migration wave, then own platform governance and vendor management long-term once the program stabilizes. We're looking for someone who can act as the translation layer between operations, executives, and technical teams — equally comfortable explaining payroll concepts to engineers and system constraints to business stakeholders. Responsibilities: Own Requirements and Direct the Implementation Partner Serve as the internal functional owner for the Dayforce payroll and time migration, driving requirements and directing the systems integrator partner. Translate payroll policy, collective bargaining terms, and statutory requirements — as defined by Payroll Operations and Legal — into actionable technical specifications. Validate vendor configurations against country-specific rule
At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Lyft is building the next generation of intelligent agents powered by AI. We're seeking a Senior AI Agentic Engineer to lead this transformation across the enterprise. This is a strategic role for someone who can bridge the gap between AI technology and business value, designing and deploying AI-powered workflows that deliver measurable outcomes. You'll work across IT, people operations, marketing, sales, finance, legal, and procurement to architect AI-first solutions that solve complex business problems. Responsibilities: Architect and implement AI agents and intelligent workflows that transforms complex, multi-step business processes and deliver quantifiable business outcomes Partner with business leaders and stakeholders across multiple departments to identify high-impact AI opportunities that align with organizational objectives Elicit requirements from diverse stakeholders and translate complex business problems into technical solutions Build compelling business cases that clearly articulate ROI, implementation costs, benefits, timelines, and strategic alignment Evaluate, recommend, and implement AI solutions that best fit organizational needs and use cases Design solutions with an AI-first approach, ensuring optimal value delivery and user experience Monitor and measure the performance of AI workflows, using data-driven insights to demonstrate value and drive continuous improvement Design and deliver training programs, workshops, office hours, and enablement materials that help teams understand and adopt agentic solution Create frameworks, best practices, templates, and reusable patterns that accelerate AI adoption and ensure consistent quality Build a community of practice around AI and intelligent agents, empowering others to identify opportunities and contribute to the agentic roadmap Act as
About the Role: The Machine Learning team at Tubi drives the innovation behind personalized user experiences. With the largest inventory in the industry and hundreds of millions of viewers, we tackle problems in the space of recommendations, search, content understanding and ads optimization that shape the future of streaming. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Machine Learning Engineer to contribute to transformative projects in video personalization. In this role, you will design and implement advanced algorithms and systems to improve our personalization strategy. As a senior technical expert, you will tackle complex problems in machine learning at scale, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to develop and optimize machine learning-driven solutions. This is a hybrid role in our Toronto office. What You'll Do: Design, develop, and implement recommendation systems and algorithms for a global audience Conduct deep dives into algorithmic components and systems, ensuring that models are optimized for both performance and scalability across multiple regions and product areas Build and deploy high-impact robust ML pipelines, including data extraction, feature development, model training, testing, and deployment Continuously monitor, evaluate, and optimize the performance of deployed models, ensuring they meet business goals and provide high-quality user experiences. Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to align on product requirements, set expectations, and deliver machine learning-driven solutions that improve user engagement Your Background: 3+ years of industry experience building production Machine Learning systems BS, MSc, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field Experience with deep learning technologies for recommendation systems, including TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar frameworks Proficiency in building and deploying full-stack machine learning pipelines: data e
About the Role: Join us in shaping the future of streaming. Tubi is a free, ad-supported streaming service with a mission to make entertainment accessible to everyone. We serve millions of viewers with a massive library of movies, TV shows, live channels, and personalized recommendations, all without a subscription. As streaming continues to evolve, Tubi is building the technology, product experiences, and platform capabilities that help people discover and enjoy content effortlessly across every screen. If you’re excited by consumer-scale mobile engineering, high-quality user experiences, and the opportunity to impact how millions of people watch entertainment, we’d love to meet you. This is a hybrid role based out of our Toronto office. You must be willing to travel to our Toronto office two days/week. About the team: The Android team at Tubi builds the app experience that millions of users rely on to discover, browse, and watch content. We care deeply about performance, stability, accessibility, and thoughtful product execution. Our work spans core playback experiences, content discovery, personalization, onboarding, advertising experiences, and the mobile platform foundations that help teams ship quickly and safely. As a Senior Android Engineer, you will design, build, and deliver high-quality product features for Tubi’s Android app. You’ll work closely with Product, Design, Backend Engineering, QA, Data, and other client teams to create intuitive, reliable, and scalable mobile experiences. You’ll also help guide technical direction, improve engineering standards, mentor other engineers, and contribute to the long-term health of our Android codebase. This is a role for someone who enjoys building polished consumer products, solving complex technical problems, and raising the bar for Android engineering. What you’ll do Build elegant, performant, and reliable Android experiences using Kotlin and modern Android development practices Lead the full l
From C$1.4M/yr
About the Role: Tubi's content platform is the engine behind one of the largest free streaming services in the world. Every play, every deal, every creator, every frame of video flows through systems CPE owns, and the surface area is enormous. Distributed services running on the hottest path of Tubi's traffic. Video pipelines processing one of the largest workloads in streaming. Workflow engines automating the operations that used to consume entire teams. Creator-facing products turning a back-office process into a real platform. And on top of all of it, an AI-native rebuild of the CMS that most companies aren't willing to attempt. This isn't a single-domain role. It's a platform where backend, frontend, video, infrastructure, and applied AI all collide at the scale where decisions actually matter, where an architectural choice ripples across millions of titles and billions of requests, and where the difference between "good enough" and "great" shows up in revenue. We're looking for builders who want to range across domains — backend one quarter, frontend the next, applied AI the one after that — and who want their work to be felt: by viewers when a title plays instantly, by creators when they go live the same day, by Content Ops when a workflow runs itself, and by the business when the platform stops being a cost center and starts being a force multiplier. The infrastructure is already there. The mandate is already there. What's missing is the people who want to build the thing, not talk about it. Come build it. This is a hybrid role based out of our Toronto office. You must be willing to travel to our Toronto office two days/week. What You'll Do: You'll work on systems that sit at the heart of Tubi's business, where the content pipeline meets the viewer, the creator, and increasingly, the AI agent. The work spans the full stack of a modern content platform: distributed services, video infrastructure, workflow automation, and applied AI, all running at
ROLE: SENIOR DIRECTOR, SOCIAL & CREATIVE STRATEGY DEPARTMENT: CREATOR & SOCIAL LOCATION: TORONTO, HYBRID ONSITE COMPANY OVERVIEW Salt is a North American marketing agency that creates connected experiences through creative, digital & media innovation. Our mission is to “Earn The World’s Attention” and Salt is built to find, develop, execute, and amplify the ideas that are worthy of our clients’ audiences. We’ve structured our agency to do what’s right for our clients – to connect different perspectives, to work across mediums, and to focus on delivering meaningful, effective results. We’re committed to living up to the values in our name. “Salt of The Earth” means we value collaborative, humble, hard-working people here. We’re looking for people who are as smart as they are kind because we believe the right talent and the right culture help us do what’s right for our clients. ROLE OVERVIEW We are looking for a hybrid social strategist who balances creative vision with deep analytical rigor to guide our social and creator-led initiatives. In this role, you will act as the strategic engine for client accounts—building sharp social playbooks, scoping complex programs, consulting and collaborating with internal teams and translating performance data into clear creative direction and effective strategy . We are looking for someone who understands social because they have actively helped shape brands’ social presences, understand how to identify culturally relevant opportunities, kn ow how to source strategic creator partners, cultivate communities, and evolve a brand’s social approach in real time based on data and insights. You will consult closely with our influencer execution team on strategy and creator alignment (without managing day-to-day execution ) and provide strategic and creative leadership to our internal social and creator teams The ideal candidate b
From $140K/yr
ROLE: SENIOR MEDIA DIRECTOR TEAM: MEDIA LOCATION: TORONTO (HYBRID 2X/WEEK) COMPANY OVERVIEW At Salt Media , we're on a mission to earn the world's attention. As the media division of Salt XC, we're building a different kind of agency where media, commerce, creative, data and technology work as a single connected team. Our people combine strategic thinking with AI-powered tools, automation and advanced analytics to help some of North America's most recognized brands solve complex business challenges and drive measurable growth. We move quickly, challenge convention, and believe the best ideas come from curious people who are empowered to experiment. If you're looking to do career-defining work alongside smart, ambitious teammates in an environment that's shaping the future of media, we'd love to meet you. ROLE OVERVIEW As a Senior Media Director, you’ll set the strategic direction for how media investment is planned, bought, and optimized across CPG clients in North America. Operating at the intersection of media strategy and team leadership, you’ll ensure every plan is grounded in strong channel logic, sound investment principles, and a clear line to business outcomes. You’ll own cross-channel strategy and plan alignment across your portfolio, setting the optimization roadmap and reporting rhythm that keeps campaigns performing against KPIs. You’ll lead a team of media managers and directors — training them on tools and platforms, mentoring their growth, and ensuring the team’s segmentation and audience strategies stay sharp as channels evolve. You bring a senior media point of view that Account leads and clients rely on, and a team looks up to. You move fluidly between investment strategy and hands-on problem-solving, and you know how to translate performance data into a clear learning agenda for the whole team. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Media Planning & Buying Lead plan development and investment approach across your portfolio, ensuring every plan is gr
$85K – $95K/yr
Senior Designer, Portfolio At Kraft Heinz Design, we believe creativity has the power to make ideas unforgettable. We're looking for a Senior Designer to join our Portfolio Team and help shape the visual expression of seasonal campaigns across some of the world's most iconic brands. This role sits at the intersection of brand, retail, and shopper experience. Working alongside the Kitchen, Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters, and Strategists, you'll develop the visual systems that bring big ideas to life—from campaign identities and brand guidelines to immersive in-store experiences. This role reports directly to the Head of Design at Kraft Heinz. This is more than a design execution role. We're looking for a Sr. Designer who thinks strategically, crafts beautifully, and understands how a single creative idea can come to life seamlessly across retail, shopper marketing, and every consumer touchpoint. What You'll Do Lead the design development of seasonal “Portfolio” campaigns across Kraft Heinz brands. Create campaign visual identities, design systems, and comprehensive brand guidelines that enable ideas to scale consistently across retail and marketing channels. Design engaging retail experiences, including point-of-sale materials, merchandising, displays, environmental graphics, packaging extensions, and promotional assets. Partner closely with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters, Strategists, Brand Teams, and Retail Marketing to transform big creative ideas into exceptional visual experiences. Build flexible design toolkits that can be adapted across multiple retailers, brands, and seasonal campaigns while maintaining creative consistency. Ensure every execution balances world-class creative with retail realities, shopper behavior, production requirements, and speed to market. Champion design craft through exceptional typography, composition, color, and attention to detail. Present design work with confidence, clearly articulating the strateg
From $115K/yr
ROLE: SENIOR FINANCE MANAGER LOCATION: TORONTO The Role Salt XC is looking for a Senior Finance Manager to lead the day-to-day financial management of The Kitchen, a large-scale embedded agency partnership with a Fortune 500 client. This role will be the primary Finance partner and point of contact for The Kitchen. While Salt’s broader Finance team will continue to execute transaction processing, including payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and expense processing, this person will sit at the centre of the operation—ensuring projects are financially controlled, billings happen on time, revenue and costs are appropriately recognized, reporting is accurate, and stakeholders have clear and timely visibility into the financial health of the business. This is an ideal role for someone with strong project accounting and revenue accounting experience who is equally comfortable working with Finance teams, agency operators, producers and senior client stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Project & Financial Management • Own the financial oversight of approximately 100-150 client projects annually • Maintain accurate project financials, including budgets, committed costs, actual costs, billings and project-level profitability • Ensure production costs and employee expenses are accurately captured and allocated to the appropriate projects • Monitor project financial activity from initiation through final reconciliation and close • Identify financial discrepancies, aging items and project risks and proactively drive them to resolution • Maintain strong financial controls while supporting the speed and flexibility required in an agency environment • Identify areas for efficiency and cost reductions Revenue, Billing & PO Management • Own the financial workflow between project teams, both internal and external, to ensure projects are billed accurately and on tim
From C$160K/yr
Overview: The Senior Product Manager sets a clear, compelling product vision and is accountable for executing it. They are a self-starter, a visible organizational leader, a hands-on problem solver, and a relationship builder. The Senior Product Manager continuously builds institutional knowledge that spans all teams and functions within the company as well as a deep understanding of the evolving competitive landscape. They translate that vision into an executional roadmap, and drive it to delivery across web, mobile and MCP. They go deep into how each client segment actual works by sitting with users, mapping end-to-end workflows, and translating what they learn into product features. They own feature prioritization and the backlog. They will author stories and participate in the agile product development cycle. This is a hybrid position based in Toronto. What You’ll Do: Segment Depth: Develop an expert-level understanding of each client segment's end-to-end workflow. Translate that understanding directly into product requirements, features, and prioritization decisions, so the roadmap reflects how clients actually work rather than how we assume they do. Customer Focus: Champion the voice of the customer across all initiatives. Gather and synthesize customer needs and pain points through both quantitative data (and qualitative insights. Product Vision & Roadmap: Own, articulate, and execute a clear product vision and strategy, and rally the organization behind it. Leverage insights from market research, competitive analysis, customer feedback, and performance metrics to prioritize and shape the product roadmap. Lead quarterly and annual planning, ensuring clear goal-setting and metric tracking aligned with business objectives. Product Evangelism: Serve as the primary advocate for your product internally and externally. Lead product rollouts, including developing training materials, documentation, and leading both virtual and in-person product
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