People Operations Associate
Role Overview
The People Operations Associate will own employee lifecycle processes, lead process improvement projects, and improve operational reliability.
The role works across People Operations and partner teams to build scalable processes and mitigate compliance risks.
Key Skills for This Role
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About Atoms
Atoms builds Physical AI and real-world robots for food, mining, and transport industries.
The company integrates hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate to deploy and improve physical systems.
Role Overview
The People Operations Associate will own employee lifecycle processes, lead process improvement projects, and improve operational reliability.
The role works across People Operations and partner teams to build scalable processes and mitigate compliance risks.
What You’ll Do
- Own onboarding, offboarding, and employee data change processes from design through continuous improvement.
- Identify workarounds, exceptions, and cross-team gaps, then implement fixes and drive adoption.
- Lead process improvement projects from problem statement through launch.
- Identify work reallocation opportunities and partner with technical teams on automation.
- Monitor People Operations compliance, including I-9, background checks, FCRA, and employee data integrity.
- Build controls, audit important areas, and proactively mitigate risks.
- Manage and troubleshoot People team tools, including background check tools, I-9 systems, and Workday.
- Maintain current SOPs so the People team can execute without escalation.
What We’re Looking For
- 2–5 years of experience in People or HR Operations, Program Management, QA, or Compliance.
- Experience rebuilding manual processes end to end and driving adoption.
- Ability to analyze data, identify compliance gaps, and execute improvements.
- Proactive problem solver who proposes fixes and learns new tools quickly.
- Ability to work across Shared Services, HRIS, Legal, Recruiting, Payroll, and HR Business Partners.
- Ability to move quickly without introducing risk or sacrificing quality.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency with Workday, FirstAdvantage, and background check platforms.
- Familiarity with I-9 regulations, FCRA, or SOC 2 compliance.
- Experience deploying AI or automation for operational workflows.
Workplace
- The role is based in the San Francisco office.
- Office-based teams work onsite five days per week.
Compensation
- The base salary range is $114,000 to $135,000 per year.
- Additional compensation may include equity awards and an annual performance-based bonus.
Benefits
- Benefits for USA full-time exempt employees include medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, paid holidays, paid sick time, bereavement leave, parental leave, and flexible spending programs.
- Benefits and compensation may vary and are subject to company discretion.
About cssmerge
Real estate infrastructure and technology holding company for the food industry.
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