People & Culture Manager

VEIR • Woburn, MA

3d • $125,000 - $135,000 • Onsite

About The Position

VEIR is seeking a passionate People & Culture Manager to create the environment, systems, and experiences that help exceptional people work together at their best. This role partners across the full employee experience, from onboarding and manager coaching to employee relations, learning and development, culture, engagement, and internal communications. The ideal candidate approaches the People function like a product builder, listening carefully, identifying opportunities, testing ideas, measuring outcomes, and continuously improving the employee experience. This is a broad role with significant ownership, impact, and visibility, offering opportunities to grow into a Strategic People Partner or specialize in a function. The position is based at VEIR’s headquarters in Woburn, MA.

Requirements

• 5-8+ years of experience in People & Culture, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Learning & Development, Talent Management, management consulting, or a closely related discipline.
• Demonstrated success designing and leading initiatives that improve how organizations develop, engage, or support their people.
• Ability to move from identifying a problem to designing a solution, measuring its impact, and continuously improving it over time.
• Experience partnering with managers and senior leaders to navigate complex people and organizational challenges with sound judgment, strong communication, and a collaborative approach.
• Genuine belief that people do their best work when they feel trusted, challenged, supported, and connected.
• Ability to quickly build trust and become a sought-after advisor.
• Exceptional judgment and ability to navigate sensitive situations with empathy, discretion, and confidence.
• Ability to notice patterns and proactively solve problems.
• Enjoyment of variety, including facilitating workshops, coaching managers, designing programs, and executing tasks.
• Ability to balance big-picture thinking with exceptional follow-through.
• Focus on measuring success by impact created, not just tasks completed.
• Ability to use data, feedback, and sound judgment to make decisions and influence others.
• Bias toward action, comfort testing new ideas, learning quickly, and continuously improving.
• Belief that managers are key multipliers of culture and performance, and enjoyment in helping them become more effective leaders.
• Excitement for building and scaling people programs, processes, and systems.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor's degree is preferred; equivalent experience and demonstrated success are equally valued.
• Experience in an early-stage, high-growth, or venture-backed company.
• Experience helping build people programs, processes, or systems that scale with the business.
• Knowledge of introducing the right amount of structure at the right time, without creating unnecessary complexity or bureaucracy.

Responsibilities

• Partner across the full employee experience, including onboarding, manager coaching, employee relations, learning and development, culture, engagement, and internal communications.
• Create experiences that keep people informed, connected, growing, and doing their best work.
• Move comfortably between coaching staff, facilitating workshops, improving programs, solving complex people challenges, and building new initiatives from the ground up.
• Build strong, trusting relationships across VEIR and become a go-to resource for employees, managers, and senior leaders.
• Take ownership of core People & Culture programs including onboarding/new hire orientation, performance management, engagement initiatives, and internal communications.
• Develop a baseline understanding of people metrics, employee feedback, and business priorities to identify areas of impact.
• Identify opportunities to improve the employee experience and recommend practical, high-impact changes.
• Facilitate meetings, trainings, and employee experiences that strengthen connection and collaboration.
• Identify where people programs, processes, and systems might break as the company grows, and recommend thoughtful improvements for scalability.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to managers, helping them navigate employee challenges, develop their teams, and build high-performing organizations.
• Design, launch, or improve People programs that enhance learning, engagement, communication, and/or culture.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve how the company works together as it scales.
• Use employee feedback, organizational data, and observations to continuously refine and improve people practices.
• Pilot new ideas, define measures of success, gather feedback, and use data to continuously improve the employee experience.
• Partner cross-functionally to simplify, automate, or redesign key People processes to build scalable systems while maintaining a personal and agile employee experience.
• Strengthen VEIR's culture and help the organization navigate growth.
• Build scalable People programs, processes, and systems that support the company's growth without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Introduce programs with measurable outcomes, using employee feedback, operational metrics, and business results to demonstrate impact and inform future priorities.
• Anticipate organizational needs, independently lead high-impact initiatives, and help build people practices that enable VEIR to scale successfully.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage with 100% employer paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Program
• 12 Company Holidays + unmetered PTO
• 12 Weeks 100% Paid Parental Leave for all new parents
• Stock Options
• Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
• Regular teambuilding, off-sites, and lunch & learns

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree