HR Manager

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers to forecast head-count needs and craft compelling job descriptions.
• Manage full-cycle recruiting: sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiation, and pre-boarding.
• Build relationships with tech schools, maker communities, and industry events to deepen candidate pipelines.
• Design and deliver a structured 30-60-90 onboarding framework.
• Coordinate technical and compliance training; track completion in the HRIS/LMS.
• Launch manager enablement sessions for interviewing, feedback, and coaching skills.
• Implement goal-setting (OKRs), annual/bi-annual reviews, and continuous feedback loops.
• Champion core values and DEI initiatives; plan engagement surveys and action items.
• Medi ate employee-relations issues with empathy and legal rigor.
• Administer benefits, 401(k), and equity programs; drive open enrollment and vendor negotiations.
• Maintain HRIS data integrity, HR metrics dashboards, and compliance reporting (ACA, EEO-1, OSHA).
• Benchmark compensation and craft salary structures that balance competitiveness and budget.
• Proficiently operate the payroll system.
• Ensure adherence to CA labor laws (wage-hour, leaves, terminations) and federal regulations (FLSA, FMLA).
• Own policy creation and updates—handbook, code of conduct, safety protocols.
• Identify and automate manual HR workflows; evaluate and implement best-fit HR tech.
• Provide data-driven insights to leadership on turnover, engagement, and productivity.
• Build playbooks for future expansion to additional US sites and field teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field
• 6+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 2 years in a stand-alone or lead role
• Demonstrated expertise in CA employment law and multi-state HR practices
• Proven success implementing HRIS/ATS platforms and scaling from ~50 to 200+ employees
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable with HR metrics, compensation analysis, and budget planning
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and conflict-resolution abilities
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Mandarin.
• Technical product support experience preferred.