People Systems Lead Jobs

About the Team The People Technology team builds and operates the systems that support how OpenAI hires, develops, and supports its people. The team brings together People Systems and People Innovation Labs, a product engineering group focused on rethinking how we find and retain exceptional talent and help employees do their best work. People Systems owns the company’s core people-technology ecosystem, including platforms such as Workday and Ashby. People Innovation Labs builds new employee and People Team experiences on top of that foundation, including OpenHouse, our internal employee hub, and AI-powered products and automations. Together, we are working toward a model in which our enterprise systems provide reliable data, controls, and core business logic, while employees and managers can complete more of their work through simple, integrated, and AI-native experiences. About the Role We are looking for a People Systems Lead to manage the People Systems team and shape how our core systems evolve. You will be responsible for the reliability and effectiveness of our current environment while helping us move beyond the constraints of traditional enterprise software. This includes stabilizing and improving platforms such as Workday and Ashby, designing the integrations that connect them to the broader technology ecosystem, and partnering with People Innovation Labs to surface workflows through OpenHouse, Slack, and AI-powered experiences. This role requires someone who is comfortable moving between strategy, technical design, and team leadership. You should understand People systems deeply, be able to work through integration and architecture decisions with engineers, and translate complex organizational needs into scalable solutions. You will also manage vendor relationships, develop the People Systems team, and drive alignment across People, Engineering, Finance, Security, Legal, and other partners. This role could be a fit for someone who has grown up in People S

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As a Lead People Systems Engineer, you'll drive how GitLab's People systems evolve through an AI-first transformation mindset, putting AI to work across everything we build. You won't just support our people systems, you'll build them: owning the code, pipelines, and integrations that keep GitLab's People automation ecosystem running reliably at scale across Workato, Google Cloud, Claude, Workday, and the tools that power our global workforce. This is a strong fit if you think like a software engineer first, write clean and maintainable code, and thrive at the intersection of people systems, AI, innovatio

Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us! Why this role? Why this role? We're hiring a People Systems and Automation Manager to own how our People processes actually run, and to automate them. Cohere is scaling fast. Our processes were built for a much smaller company and too many of them still depend on someone remembering to do something. That does not hold at the size we're heading toward. A useful lens; this role sees us scale through systems and leverage, not human effort. This is a hands-on building role. You will redesign processes, build the workflows that execute them across Rippling, Slack, Notion and the rest of our stack, and own offboarding and our employee support model outright. You cannot automate a process well without running one, so you will do both. You will own the outcome, not just the design. You'll join a small HR Operations team during our Rippling implementation, which means greenfield opportunity and real influence over how this function works for the next few years. What you'll do Design the process, then automate it Map how our People processes actually work today, not how they're supposed to Redesign them before automating, so we don't lock

Overview Scale’s Finance Systems and Automation team is looking for a builder-oriented team member to help design and develop integrations, automations, and AI agents that streamline workflows across Finance, Accounting, People, and Recruiting. In this role, you will work closely with stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, People Operations, and Recruiting to understand their workflows and build integrations, automations, and agentic workflows that reduce manual effort and accelerate execution across these teams. You will leverage our internal data infrastructure, system integration tooling, and emerging AI platforms to architect scalable solutions — from traditional system integrations to intelligent agent-driven workflows — that serve as the foundation for long-term operational efficiency. We’re looking for someone who thrives on connecting systems, automating repetitive processes, and pushing toward more autonomous, AI-assisted operations. You should be comfortable navigating ambiguity, designing solutions that scale, and rigorously validating outcomes end to end. What You’ll Do Design and build agent-driven workflows and automation systems across People Operations, Recruiting, Finance, and Accounting Identify opportunities to replace manual or rules-based processes with agentic workflows Partner with stakeholders to translate business processes into scalable, automated solutions Lead the implementation of end-to-end workflows, from requirements through deployment and validation Automate candidate-to-employee transitions (e.g., Greenhouse → HRIS → provisioning systems) Build workflows to manage employee lifecycle events such as onboarding, transfers, and offboarding Automate approval flows and data synchronization across People, Finance, and Recruiting systems Support accounting and finance workflows through scalable integrations and automation Design and implement the underlying integrations and data flows that enable reliable automation and agent behavior Est

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. We're looking for a highly skilled People Systems Administrator to drive the design, configuration, and optimization of Workday across Vanta, with deep functional ownership of the Payroll, Benefits, and/or Absence module(s). Reporting to the Sr. Manager, People Systems, you'll act as a trusted consultant and system expert, partnering with functional leaders across People, Payroll, Finance, IT, and Legal to identify opportunities, implement advanced solutions, and improve the employee experience. You'll shape the future of our Workday ecosystem by leading complex configurations, driving process improvement, and making sure the system evolves ahead of the business rather than behind it. What you’ll do as a People Systems Administrator, Workday at Vanta: Own the design and configuration of the Workday platform Lead the design and implementation of configurations across Workday modules (Core HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking) including business processes and security groups along with condition rules and calculated fields. Serve as the primary technical expert for Workday enhancements, partnering with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate ambiguous business problems into scalable system solutions. Build the administration frameworks and standards the team runs on: security role design, tenant and environment management, change control, testing protocols, and documentation. Design reusable, scalable solutions rather than one-off fixes, so the same problem doesn't return in a different shape Own change management for system changes. Plan and deliver stakeholder communications, training, and enableme

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE We're looking for a Finance Systems Lead to own and evolve the systems that support Baseten's finance operations, including ERP, planning tools, and the broader finance and adjacent systems stack, spanning HRIS/payroll, CPQ, and commissions, as we implement, integrate, and automate across them. As Baseten scales, so does the number of systems finance depends on and touches, from the ERP to planning to compensation and quote to cash tooling. This role exists to bring a dedicated owner to that stack, someone who can lead implementations (partnering with contractors or vendor CSMs for hands-on technical configuration where needed), keep systems integrated and clean as we grow, and find automation opportunities that save the team time. This is a highly cross-functional role. You will partner with Accounting, FP&A, People, Sales and Revenue Operations, Legal, and IT to understand how each team uses its systems, and design integrations and workflows that serve the business without creating more manual work. RESPONSIBILITIES Core Finance Systems Own finance systems strategy, configuration, and roadmap, partnering with contractors or vendor CSMs on hands-on technical configuration as needed Lead the implementation and ongoing administration of our finance systems and tools Own finance system integrations end to end, ensuring clean data flow between ERP, planning, billing, and other systems, partnering with contrac

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. At Snowflake, our People team is the backbone of an extraordinary employee experience. As a People Systems Analyst on the People Technology team, you'll serve as a key business systems partner — bridging the gap between our People Operations stakeholders and the platforms that power their work. You'll lead discovery, drive requirements, own testing, and see projects through from kickoff to hypercare — ensuring our HR and talent systems scale with the speed and complexity of Snowflake. This is a hybrid role based in our Menlo Park, CA, Dublin, CA, or Bellevue, WA offices with a minimum of 3 days per week in-office attendance required. WHAT YOU'LL DO: Partner closely with People Operations, Talent Acquisition, and HR stakeholders to conduct discovery, translate business needs into clear requirements, and recommend system solutions Lead end-to-end project delivery for system implementations and enhancements — including requirements gathering, solution design, UAT planning and execution, cutover coordination, go-live deployment, and hypercare support Create and own test plans, test scripts, and defect tracking; lead structured testing cycles and coordinate cross-functional testers to ensure quality outcomes before every release Administer, configure, and support HR systems day-

Who We Are Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides. Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles. With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected. Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors. About the Role Nuro is looking for a People Systems Analyst to drive Workday operations, reporting, and workforce analytics for our People Operations team. You will own production support alongside two other analysts, build dashboards and analytics for leadership, and keep core people operations running. We are a lean, high-impact team that has invested heavily in AI-powered automation, and we are looking for someone who brings real Workday experience but thrives in a scrappy, fast-paced environment where you build, iterate, and ship. About the Work Workday Systems and Configuration Provide Tier 1 production support for Workday, including business process definitions and validations, EIB files, calculated fields, and transactional processing With direction from the Sr. Workday Analyst, configure, test, and implement new release features in implementation tenants prior to release dates Write test scripts and participate across every phase

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect, cultivating an inclusive environment where all team members can thrive. As the Business Systems Lead for Payroll & Time, you will lead Lyft's global migration onto Dayforce following recent acquisitions. Sitting within People Technology in Corporate Engineering and IT (CEIT), you'll join Lyft's Dayforce program at a formative moment: the initial rollout spans 12–15 countries over two-plus years, and you're joining early enough to directly shape how implementation, governance, and vendor management get done — not inherit a playbook someone else already wrote. You'll be backed by a mature, experienced Payroll Operations team who bring deep subject-matter expertise, while you own the technical and functional side: driving requirements, directing our systems integrator, and building the governance and vendor management model you'll run long-term as the platform's product/service owner. Sitting within People Technology in CEIT, you will drive requirements, make key functional decisions, and partner closely with Payroll Operations, HR, Legal, and Finance. You'll lead vendor delivery to ensure accurate, compliant payroll and time tracking across each migration wave, then own platform governance and vendor management long-term once the program stabilizes. We're looking for someone who can act as the translation layer between operations, executives, and technical teams — equally comfortable explaining payroll concepts to engineers and system constraints to business stakeholders. Responsibilities: Own Requirements and Direct the Implementation Partner Serve as the internal functional owner for the Dayforce payroll and time migration, driving requirements and directing the systems integrator partner. Translate payroll policy, collective bargaining terms, and statutory requirements — as defined by Payroll Operations and Legal — into actionable technical specifications. Validate vendor configurations against country-specific rule

Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. Our Values If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in. Who You Are You have a passion for HR and a people-first mindset. You are committed to delivering outstanding employee experiences through responsive and compassionate interactions with all levels of employees and management. You are a proactive and detail-oriented team player where no task is too small for you. You can effectively manage your time and focus on ensuring data integrity and accuracy for your projects. You can be vigilant in maintaining confidentiality and discretion at all times. As part of Justworks, the People Systems team is charged with delivering an amazing employee experience and ensuring our People & Talent systems, tools and processes support our growing people and business needs. You will be an integral part of Justworks’ growth and success by supporting and building HR systems, processes and ensuring they are documented and compliant, driving efficiency and solutions for the team and business. You will serve as a key point of contact for the organization’s HR systems questions and/or concerns. Your Success Profile Support cross functional projects across all Workday functional areas (Core HCM, Benefits

The Team + The Role Pendo's People team connects business strategy to the people systems, decisions, and leadership practices that help the company scale. The team partners across the business to build an organization that attracts, develops, and retains builders while moving with speed, clarity, and sound judgment. The Director, People Partner GTM owns the people agenda for Pendo's Revenue and Marketing organization. This role leads a small global team of People Partners, carries a direct client portfolio, partners closely with GTM leadership, and drives workforce strategy, organizational design, talent development, performance management, employee relations, and people analytics for the business. This role is based in our Raleigh office. What this looks like day-to-day People strategy: Translate Pendo's People roadmap into a 3 to 6 month business unit plan for the GTM organization. Anticipate the people implications of business decisions, bring a clear point of view on priorities and sequencing, and turn strategy into visible action. Team leadership: Lead a small, globally distributed team of People Partners supporting Revenue and Marketing. Set priorities, coach team members, maintain consistency across markets, and own the senior relationships and overall performance of the GTM People Partner function. Workforce planning and hiring: Lead forward-looking workforce planning for the GTM organization by anticipating headcount needs, identifying leverage roles, and helping the business hire ahead of demand. Partner with Talent Acquisition on pipeline health, position management, and org design decisions that affect how and when roles are filled. Succession and organizational design: Build and maintain succession plans for critical GTM roles, ensuring gaps are documented, assigned, and actively addressed. Partner with GTM leaders on team structure, span of control, career frameworks, role design, promotions, and mobility decisions as the business scales. Talent develo

Our mission: Creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed in business and beyond, by delivering Europe's leading finance workspace. Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 600,000 customers with a team of 1,600+ Qontoers across Europe. Our beliefs: We evaluate applicants based on skills and potential — no boxes to tick. Our team is 55% international, 44% women, and 20% parents. Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process. ⭐ Mission Join us as a Freelance Full-Stack Engineer to build one of Qonto's first internal applications: a modern, high-quality People platform that transforms the daily experience of 1,700+ Qontoers - from compensation cycles and performance reviews to everyday HR workflows. You'll work hand-in-hand with Mélodie, our Head of People Systems, on a high-ownership mission: co-define the product vision, design the architecture, and ship to production. This is not a staff-augmentation engagement - it's a mandate for someone who builds like an owner. 👩‍💻🧑‍💻 As a Freelance Full-Stack Engineer, you will • Ship the People platform MVP by December 2026: migrate key Workday modules into a custom internal app (React for the front, Go for the back) that handles comp cycles, performance reviews, and daily HR workflows for 1,700+ Qontoers - on time and with zero compromise on quality. • Co-define the product vision and roadmap with Mélodie: run user discovery with People teams, challenge specs, and help decide what gets built first - not just how to build it. • Design for security and compliance from day one: architect systems that handle sensitive People data (GDPR, access controls, data residency) with the rigor the context demands. • Ship faster with AI: leverage AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot…) in your daily workflow and build AI-enabled features where they create real leverage for the People team. • Enable long-term adoption: document your work, r

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: We're looking for an experienced Treasury Systems leader to shape and deliver the future of Treasury technology at WPP. Reporting into Group Treasury, you'll lead the management, optimisation and transformation of our global treasury systems landscape, supporting the delivery of Elevate28, WPP's strategic transformation programme. You'll work across Treasury, Finance, Technology, regional teams and external partners to drive automation, improve controls, enhance reporting, and deliver major system initiatives. The role will oversee cross-regional transformation projects, ensuring successful delivery of complex system and process changes while managing risks, dependencies, resources, and key stakeholder decisions. You will also play a pivotal role in Treasury Systems governance, leading change request management, supporting Steering Committee activities, and helping shape the future operating model of the Treasury function. This is a high-impact role with the opportunity to influence the future operating model of Treasury Systems at a global scale while leading a team based in Bengalu

About the Team OpenAI’s People team is committed to hiring, engaging, and supporting world-class talent to help safely build and deploy universally beneficial Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The People Operations team is responsible for the systems, data, and operational rigor that underpin every stage of the employee lifecycle. Our work sits at the intersection of employee experience, regulatory compliance, and business velocity — ensuring that as OpenAI scales rapidly and globally, our foundations remain accurate, auditable, and human-centered. This is a high-trust, high-impact function. We partner closely with Finance, Legal, IT, Security, and the broader People team to support growth in a dynamic environment with significant internal and external scrutiny. Operational excellence here is not about process for process’s sake — it is about building durable infrastructure that enables fairness, transparency, and responsible scale. About the Role As Director of People Operations, you will own the core operational infrastructure that enables OpenAI to scale responsibly. This role serves as the operational backbone of the People function, with accountability for data integrity, operational controls, and audit readiness across the systems that support a complex, global workforce, including the operational foundations of recruiting and hiring at scale. You will lead a team responsible for the end-to-end workforce lifecycle, from candidate and hiring operations through onboarding and offboarding, ensuring our people systems, processes, and data are accurate, resilient, and built to scale.In close partnership with Employment Legal and the People Compliance team, you will translate policy and regulatory requirements into scalable, well-controlled operational processes. This role operates with high visibility and close partnership with senior leaders across Finance, Legal, IT, and People, including ownership of SOX-relevant controls and workforce data relied upon by e

About the Team OpenAI’s People team hires, engages, and retains world-class talent to safely build and deploy AGI that benefits all of humanity. The People Analytics team helps leaders make rigorous, evidence-based talent decisions and ensures that the systems supporting those decisions are valid, reliable, fair, and accountable. About the Role As a People Data Scientist focused on AI fairness and bias testing, you will help establish how OpenAI evaluates AI-assisted People systems and high-impact talent processes. You will design and conduct rigorous assessments to identify, measure, and mitigate potential bias across the lifecycle of models, agents, decision-support tools, and automated workflows. Your work will span the entire employee life-cycle, such as hiring, performance, promotion, employee development, workforce planning, etc. You will evaluate both technical systems and the broader human-AI decision processes in which they operate, examining not only model performance but also data quality, measurement validity, differential outcomes, human oversight, and unintended consequences. We’re looking for an experienced data scientist or applied researcher who can translate complex fairness questions into defensible evaluation strategies, scalable testing infrastructure, and clear recommendations for technical teams and senior leaders. This role is preferred to be based in San Francisco, CA. In this role, you will: Define and lead fairness and bias-testing strategies for AI-assisted People processes, models, agents, and decision-support systems from development through deployment and ongoing monitoring. Design rigorous algorithmic audits and validation studies, including adverse-impact analysis, subgroup and intersectional evaluation, error-rate analysis, calibration, measurement invariance, reliability, criterion-related validity, and sensitivity testing. Identify the appropriate fairness criteria for each use case, evaluate tradeoffs among competing definitions