People Operations Lead

Circadia Health • El Segundo, CA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Circadia Health is a growth-stage healthcare AI company focused on preventing avoidable hospitalizations and transforming senior-care operations. The Circadia Intelligence Platform integrates contactless sensing, predictive models, and enterprise integrations to monitor patients and detect adverse events. The company's technology currently serves over 40,000 post-acute patients daily across various networks and is backed by prominent investors. The People Operations Lead will be responsible for the entire people function, excluding recruiting. This role involves managing compensation and benefits, the employee lifecycle, culture, compliance, and people systems for a global workforce. The individual will initially operate as a solo professional and will be responsible for building out the People Operations function as the company scales. This role is crucial for shaping the employee experience and ensuring the company remains compliant and humane across its international operations.

Requirements

• 6–10 years of HR/People Operations experience with end-to-end ownership at a startup
• California employment compliance fluency, including leave management and termination practice
• Employee relations and investigations experience
• Benefits and payroll administration oversight experience
• Performance cycle ownership
• Compensation and leveling knowledge
• Ability to quickly learn, implement, and administer new HR systems
• Comfort using AI and modern tooling to streamline workflows

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of UK and Pakistan employment practices
• Healthcare or healthtech industry experience
• HRIS or compliance-automation implementation experience (any platform)
• Familiarity with immigration processes (H-1B, green cards, TN visas)
• Learning & development instincts

Responsibilities

• Own compensation and benefits, including comp band administration, offer calibration, benefits design and vendor management, payroll/benefits administration oversight, and equity administration coordination.
• Manage the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, terminations, performance management (review cycles, promotions, PIPs), and retention analysis.
• Build and maintain company culture and employee experience, including programming, values reinforcement, and acting as an ombudsman.
• Guide employees and managers through employee relations matters, including leaves, life events, difficult conversations, and exits, and conduct investigations.
• Oversee compliance and policy, including the employee handbook, multi-state wage/hour and classification compliance, leave management, occupational health requirements, and automated compliance training.
• Manage international and distributed workforce compliance, including UK and Pakistan employment regulations and multi-state compliance for a growing field workforce.
• Enable managers by partnering with first-time managers on feedback, development, and retention.
• Own the HRIS and people-tech stack, including system evaluation, implementation, and replacement, as well as people data and reporting for leadership.
• Streamline HR workflows using modern tooling and AI.

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Competitive time off with pay policies including vacation, sick days, and company holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed