Athelas

Workplace Experience Manager

Athelas$90K — $130K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in workplace experience, onboarding, office operations, or related People function
  • Proven ownership of onboarding programs through the initial 90 days
  • Experience managing an office with 300-500 onsite employees or similar scale
  • Background in managing a small team, contractors, or vendors
  • Strong skills in facilitation, project management, and written communication
  • Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets, HRIS, and project management tools
  • Capable of navigating fast-paced, ambiguous environments with limited infrastructure

Responsibilities

  • Own the U.S. onboarding experience from offer acceptance through the first 90 days
  • Facilitate weekly new hire orientation and ensure equipment and system readiness
  • Build onboarding materials including guides and 90-day frameworks
  • Collaborate with hiring managers on specific onboarding plans and milestones
  • Utilize automation tools to enhance tracking and visibility
  • Track Day 1 readiness and report on completion rates and new hire feedback
  • Design workplace programs to enhance employee connection and engagement
  • Plan and execute onsite events and recognition moments
  • Oversee daily operations and manage vendor relationships
  • Ensure smooth collaboration with Facilities, IT, and Security for workplace management

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape onboarding and employee experiences
  • Engaging and collaborative work culture focused on continuous improvement
  • Hands-on involvement with program design and execution
  • Potential to expand team and resources as the company grows
  • Close collaboration with various departments across the organization
Full Job Description
About the Role

Commure is hiring a Workplace Experience Manager to own U.S. onboarding and the Mountain View workplace experience. This is a hands-on builder role, where you'll design strong programs and personally execute them, owning the new hire journey from offer acceptance through the first 90 days while leading day-to-day operations at our Mountain View HQ.

You'll partner closely with Talent Acquisition, People Operations, IT, Security, Payroll, Finance, Marketing, Facilities, and hiring managers across the full employee journey. The right person is engaging, highly organized, operationally strong, and comfortable with ambiguity, equally at ease facilitating orientation, improving a workflow, managing a vendor, or building a dashboard.

What You'll Do
Onboarding
  • Own the U.S. onboarding experience from offer acceptance through the first 90 days
  • Facilitate weekly new hire orientation and ensure Day 1 readiness across equipment, systems, workspace, and manager handoffs
  • Build and maintain onboarding materials, manager guides, checklists, and 90-day frameworks
  • Partner with hiring managers on role-specific onboarding plans and ramp milestones
  • Use automation and AI tools to reduce manual tracking and improve visibility
  • Track and report on Day 1 readiness, completion rates, manager participation, and new hire feedback
  • Continuously identify gaps and drive improvements through clear ownership and process design
Employee Experience
  • Design and deliver workplace programs that strengthen connection, collaboration, and engagement
  • Plan onsite events, recognition moments, and company celebrations
  • Partner with Marketing on employer brand touchpoints and internal communications
  • Use feedback and participation data to improve programming within budget
Workplace Operations
  • Own daily operating standards for the Mountain View office
  • Serve as the primary contact for workplace issues and resolve them quickly
  • Partner with Facilities, IT, and Security to maintain a safe, functional, welcoming environment
  • Monitor utilization, feedback, and service trends to drive continuous improvement
  • Manage vendors, contracts, service levels, and renewals
  • Partner with Finance on budgets, approvals, and spend reporting
  • Maintain compliance records, safety documentation, SOPs, and workplace postings
  • Set clear expectations and service standards for office support resources
  • Build the operating model for the function and make the case for future headcount or tools as the company grows
  • Hire and manage additional support as the function expands


What You Have
  • 7+ years in workplace experience, onboarding, office operations, or a related People function
  • Experience independently owning onboarding programs pre-boarding through 90 days
  • Experience supporting an office of 300-500 onsite employees or similar complexity
  • Experience managing a small team, contractors, or vendors
  • Strong facilitation, project management, and written communication skills
  • Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets, HRIS, and workflow or project management tools
  • Hands-on working style with the ability to execute and build simultaneously
  • Comfort operating in fast-moving environments with ambiguity and limited existing infrastructure
  • Ability to work onsite in Mountain View every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday


Please be aware that all official communication from us will come exclusively from email addresses ending in @commure.com. Any emails from other domains are not affiliated with our organization.

About Athelas

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2016

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