Sr. People Experience SpecialistLocation: On-site - San Jose, CA
The Sr. People Experience Specialist role will play a key role in creating positive, high-performing employee experience as the company continues to grow and scale. The role will focus on employee-facing activities in the areas of employee experience, engagement & culture, employee relations, performance management, learning & development, and other employee experience initiatives.
Essential Functions- Employee Experience, Engagement & Culture
- Coordinate onboarding activities, including but not limited to connecting with new hires pre- and post-hire, conducting new hire orientations, responding to new hire questions to ensure a smooth onboarding experience.
- Coordinate employee recognition, engagement, community-building, and other employee programs.
- Coordinate employee engagement surveys, analyze results, and partner with leadership to follow-up on related actions.
- Partner with HRBPs and business leaders to develop employee engagement initiatives that reinforce company culture and core values.
- Partner with cross-functional team members to coordinate employee events and activities.
- Champion company culture and values, ensuring they are integrated into daily workplace interactions.
- Employee Relations
- Serve as a trusted, confidential point of contact for employees on all topics including but not limited to workplace questions, concerns, policies, performance, working relationships, and other employee matters.
- Listen to employee concerns, assess issues objectively, and partner with leaders to determine appropriate solutions. Identify patterns and recurring employee concerns and recommend proactive solutions.
- Support employee relations matters, investigations, conflict resolution, corrective action, and other sensitive employee situations, escalating complex matters as appropriate.
- Conduct exit interviews, analyze turnover data, and identify trends to suggest improvements.
- Provide guidance to managers and employees regarding company policies and HR practices.
- Maintain appropriate confidentiality, documentation, consistency, and sound judgment when handling employee matters.
- Performance Management
- Support company performance management, goal setting, talent review, and development processes.
- Coordinate performance review cycles, including communications, tools, training, completion tracking, and employee and manager support.
- Develop manager resources including guides, FAQs, templates, talking points, training materials, and performance management tools.
- Help managers prepare for effective performance and development conversations.
- Support performance improvement processes and documentation in partnership with the people business partners.
- Analyze performance-related trends and identify opportunities for manager education or organizational improvement.
- Learning & Development
- Participate in building scalable learning programs that combine various delivery methods and approaches. This may include evaluating, designing, developing, coordinating, facilitating, and administering employee and manager training programs.
- Participate in assessment of employee and manager learning needs and identify practical development solutions.
- Create training presentations, facilitator guides, job aids, manager toolkits, discussion guides, and other development resources.
- Track participation, feedback, and effectiveness of learning initiatives.
- AI-Enabled HR Program Development
- Use generative AI and other productivity tools appropriately to improve HR program design, communications, training, research, and execution.
- Create and refine HR materials such as program documents, presentations, manager talking points, employee communications, FAQs, training content, surveys, templates, and toolkits using AI-supported workflows.
- Apply sound judgment when reviewing AI-generated content for accuracy, confidentiality, employment-law considerations, company culture, and appropriate tone.
- Identify opportunities to use AI to simplify repetitive work and increase the HR team's capacity for higher-value employee and manager support.
- Maintain appropriate safeguards when working with confidential or sensitive employee information.
- Perform other assignments and projects as needed
Basic Requirements- BS degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field
- Minimum 6 years HR experience, specifically focused on at least two of the following functional areas: employee engagement & experience, employee relations, learning & development, or performance management
- Strong understanding of employment practices, employment legislation and regulatory frameworks
- Demonstrated experience working directly with employees and managers.
- Experience supporting employee relations or performance management matters.
- Experience developing or coordinating employee engagement, learning, onboarding, performance, or culture programs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create clear employee and manager communications.
- Strong listening, judgment, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to appropriately handle confidential and sensitive employee matters.
- Able to multi-task multiple projects with strong time management skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving organization where processes and programs continue to evolve.
- Able to be on-site in San Jose 100%
Preferred Qualifications- SHRM-CP or PHR certification is a plus
- MBA or MS/MA in Human Resources or Psychology a plus
- Previous experience in a high-growth semiconductor, hardware, or contract manufacturing company preferred
- Prior hands-on experience using generative AI tools a plus
Pay Range: $130,000 - 155,000
NOTE TO RECRUITERS:
Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don't send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.
