Senior People Operations Generalist

What You’ll Do

Benefits & Perks Administration

• Administer and continuously improve our benefits programs, serving as the primary point of contact for day-to-day employee support and vendor operations.
• Support benefit enrollments alongside our broker, including employee communications, vendor coordination, and data accuracy in our HRIS.
• Measure and iterate on employee feedback to continue to hone a competitive and highly utilized benefits and perks program.

Onboarding & Employee Lifecycle

• Own the onboarding experience from offer coordination through the first 90 days, partnering with the Talent, IT, and Finance teams, as well as hiring managers.
• Manage all employee lifecycle transactions in our HRIS (Rippling): onboarding, job changes, terminations, leaves of absence, and other milestones.
• Build and run a seamless offboarding process, including documentation, hiring manager support, and exit interviews.

Compliance & HR Operations

• Ensure Latent remains compliant with federal and state employment laws, including FMLA/CFRA, ADA, FLSA, and pay transparency requirements.
• Maintain accurate and confidential employee records; own HR data integrity across our systems.
• Develop, update, and communicate HR policies and the employee handbook as the company evolves.
• Partner with team leadership, legal counsel, and outside advisors on employment matters, immigration support, and classification questions.

Employee Relations & Culture

• Serve as a trusted, approachable resource for employees and managers on HR/policy questions and workplace concerns.
• Support accommodations requests with discretion and consistency.
• Help design and run employee engagement initiatives, including surveys, programs, and rituals.

What We’re Looking For

• 4–7+ years of HR generalist or people operations experience, ideally at a fast-growing startup (Series A–D).
• Solid working knowledge of California and New York state employment law and federal HR compliance requirements.
• Hands-on experience with a modern HRIS. Rippling and Workday experience is a strong plus.
• People analytics for basic decks and readouts, experience building dashboards is another plus.
• Experience administering benefits programs, including open enrollment, and leaves of absence.
• Experience writing and iterating upon policies, including a multi-state employee handbook.
• Experience supporting an immigration and visa sponsorship program for foreign nationals working in the United States.
• Comfort operating as a true generalist: you’ve done the full range of HR work, not just one slice of it.
• Strong experience collaborating and leading change management with cross-functional stakeholders and managers, including Finance, Legal, and Business Operations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; you can explain a complex policy clearly and handle a sensitive conversation with composure.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.