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Lead, Tech, Agents, & Operations of People

Designs and implements AI-powered People Operations systems including agents, workflows, HR tech stack, and analytics to scale HR functions efficiently. Partners with VP People to build automation across employee lifecycle and operations.

140k – 210kEmeryville, CASanta Clara, CAPeople OpsOnsite

About the role

What You’ll Do

Build the TAO of People

  • Design and deploy internal agents and automated workflows across the employee lifecycle, including benefits administration, immigration processes, onboarding, internal support, and knowledge management.

Design the People systems architecture

  • Help define and implement the People technology stack and data infrastructure, including HRIS selection and implementation, systems integrations, and analytics capabilities.

Create impactful operational workflows

  • Identify manual administrative processes and redesign them using automation, internal tools, and agent-driven workflows to dramatically improve efficiency, reliability, and employee experience.

Develop people analytics and operational dashboards

  • Build reporting and analytics capabilities that help leaders understand workforce trends, hiring progress, engagement signals, and organizational health.

Enable technology-driven operations across the company

  • Partner with teams beyond the People function to identify opportunities where automation, tooling, and agent-based workflows can improve internal operations.

Partner closely with the VP, People

  • Help design the long-term architecture of a modern People function and the systems required to support a scaling organization.

What You’ll Need

  • Think in systems, workflows, and infrastructure.
  • Enjoy simplifying and solving complex operational problems.
  • Have embraced automation, internal tooling, and emerging agent-based systems.
  • Have experience creating reporting and analytics in complex organizations.
  • Are comfortable experimenting with new, unproven technologies.
  • Are energized by building something from scratch inside a growing company.

Experience in operations, consulting, product, analytics, or People operations can all be relevant backgrounds. Recent experience designing and implementing agentic workflows or other AI-first programs are ideal.

Compensation: Salary Range $140,000—$210,000 USD, plus equity and benefits.

Skills

HRISAutomationAI AgentsWorkflowsSystems IntegrationAnalyticsDashboardsInternal ToolsAgentic WorkflowsData Infrastructure

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