Sr. People Operations Business Partner

Compensation: $125,000 - $145,000 / year

Department: People Operations

Location: Hawthorne, California

Compensation: $125,000 - $145,000 / year

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We are singularly focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system. We are seeking motivated, creative, and exceptional people to join our world-class team.

This position combines strategic partnership with hands‑on execution. The ideal candidate is comfortable in ambiguity, managing complex employee relations matters, improving processes, coaching leaders, and helping build a high‑accountability, high‑performance culture during a critical stage of company growth.

The Sr. People Operations Business Partner plays a key role in supporting the full employee lifecycle while helping leaders scale teams’ responsibility, compliantly and efficiently.

• Serve as a trusted People Operations partner to managers and employees across technical and operational organizations
• Coach managers on performance management, employee development, organizational effectiveness, communication, accountability, and team dynamics
• Partner with leaders to support organizational scaling, workforce planning, team structure and succession readiness
• Help leaders navigate challenging people matters with sound judgment, confidentiality, and compliance awareness
• Provide practical, business-focused People Operations guidance in a fast-moving engineering and manufacturing environment

• Manage employee relations matters promptly, fairly, and professionally, including investigations, conflict resolution, corrective actions, and performance concerns
• Identify workplace risks proactively and recommend solutions before issues escalates
• Support the development of a respectful, inclusive, high-performance culture aligned with Astrolab’s mission and operational goals
• Build credibility and trust with employees at all levels of the organization
• Partner cross-functionally to improve employee engagement, retention, communication, and workplace effectiveness

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, with strong emphasis on California labor law compliance
• Support compliance efforts related to wage and hour practices, leave administration, accommodations, investigations, employee documentation, and policy implementation
• Assist in developing, improving, and scaling People Operations policies, SOPs, and internal processes
• Maintain accurate and compliant employee records and HR documentation practices
• Partner with payroll, benefits, recruiting, EH&S, and leadership teams to ensure operational alignment

• Support and improve onboarding, offboarding, internal transfers, promotions, and employee development processes
• Partner with Recruiting and hiring managers to ensure a strong new hire experience and effective organizational integration
• Drive performance management processes including calibration discussions, employee feedback cycles, and development planning
• Support workforce changes, organizational restructuring, and scaling initiatives as the company grows

• Lead and contribute to cross-functional People Operations initiatives and special projects
• Help build scalable infrastructure, programs, and workflows that support company growth
• Analyze trends and provide recommendations related to retention, engagement, turnover, and organizational health
• Utilize HR systems and reporting tools to improve efficiency and…