Senior People Operations Business Partner

Senior People Operations Business Partner

The People Operations team at Ai2 is responsible for building and executing Ai2's recruiting, talent management, compensation and benefits, policy and compliance, learning and development, workforce management, and organizational design practices. Like the rest of Ai2, we are an open, collaborative team that thrives in Ai2's start-up culture. We are a highly collaborative, tight-knit team who work together seamlessly. There is no task that is below anyone on the team (including you!)

Your next challenge will be to operate as the Sr. Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to the organizational leaders of Ai2. In partnership with Ai2 leaders and the Sr. People Operations Manager, you'll be responsible for creating, developing and executing programs that enhance our culture and the employee experience of a talented team pursuing an extraordinary set of scientific and engineering challenges.

You'll share in the ultimate responsibility for creating a great place to work and where our team members thrive in a collaborative and open environment. You will collaborate with specialist teams like legal, finance, communications, program management office, and People Operations specialists to drive decisions and programs that attract, retain, and grow outstanding talent at Ai2.

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Build trust and strong relationships with executive, senior, and frontline managers; strategically action opportunities to address skill gaps and up-level management talent.
• Operate talent assessment and talent management for the company; design and facilitate talent development, talent movement, and workforce planning programming.
• Build and maintain strong, sustainable ties to managers, mentors, and employees in a way that positions HR as a strategic advisor and representative of Ai2's "voice of employee."
• Develop Ai2's first Employee Value Proposition consistent with Ai2's culture, employee experience, and philosophy of work; oversee revisions to employee engagement activities and partner with Recruiting on driving consistent, compelling employer branding.
• Oversee–and proactively address opportunities–in compliance, employment law, policy definition, and employee relations; outline continuous processes for inspection of related mechanisms.
• Counsel team members at all levels on issues related to areas of responsibility.
• Identify new areas of responsibility, perform assigned duties, and collaborate on various Operations and People Operations projects as needed.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of progressive human resources (or relevant) experience; relevant advanced degree may substitute for equivalent years of direct experience
• Demonstrated ability to independently identify need for, design, implement, and iterate people/talent programs
• Both acumen and passion for people/talent data, metrics, and measurement
• Familiarity with common operational improvement frameworks (e.g., Six Sigma, Toyota Production System, Kaizen, Agile or Lean development, 5 Whys, etc.)
• Breadth of experience across multiple functional areas of human resources
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; demonstrable ability to influence at all levels of an organization
• High degree of confidentiality, curiosity, and objectivity
• Must be able to demonstrate Ai2s core values of "Innovate Together" and "Truly Open"

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant advanced degrees, coursework, certifications, training, etc.
• Experience working with technical and/or sciences talent
• History of working across highly diverse organizations and delivering results through effective stakeholder management
• Previous mentorship experience focused on growing junior HR talent across functional areas
• Interest in designing, testing, and articulating decision-making frameworks

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Must be able to remain in a…