Founding Senior HR Generalist / People Operations Lead

Role responsibilities

The role involves owning the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, role changes, offboarding, and maintaining employment documentation. The immediate priority is to build strong operational foundations for HR processes and eventually expand into broader people initiatives.

Requirements

Candidates must have 4-8 years of HR experience, ideally at a venture-backed company, with fluency in California employment law. Experience as a first or second HR hire at a Series A or B startup is preferred, along with strong HRIS and payroll fundamentals.

Key skills

HR Generalist, Employee Lifecycle Management, Compliance, Benefits Administration, California Employment Law, Payroll Accuracy, HRIS Fluency, Employee Transitions, Terminations, Severance, People Programs, Manager Enablement, Performance Management, Culture Programs, Operational Foundations, Vendor Management

Keywords

HR Generalist, Employee Lifecycle Management, Compliance, Benefits Administration, California Employment Law, Payroll, HRIS, Employee Transitions, Terminations, Severance, People Programs, Manager Enablement, Performance Management, Culture Programs, Operational Foundations, Vendor Management, Venture-Backed, Startup, Onboarding, Offboarding, Documentation, Employment Agreements, Health Benefits, Retirement Benefits, Finance Partnership, Workflows, Greenfield Opportunity, Fast-Moving Environment, Sales Team Support, Multi-State Employment