People (HR) Operations Specialist

Open AI; India; On-site; INR 1,300,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a proactive HR Operations professional to safeguard employee data across the lifecycle, including Workday records, hires, and internal moves.

You will partner with cross‑functional teams to implement scalable workflows, automate repetitive tasks with AI, and improve onboarding, compliance, and reporting. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and can translate complex processes into reliable systems, this role offers growth and impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in HR or People Operations during growth.
• Proficiency with Workday and advanced spreadsheet analysis.
• Ability to deconstruct business processes and identify gaps.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Interest in applying AI to automate repetitive tasks.
• Attention to detail and rigor in executing processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Workday data across the organization, including hires and internal moves.
• Respond to employee inquiries with accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
• Support global onboarding, including executives and acquisitions while ensuring timeliness.
• Partner with Program owners, Systems, Employment Legal, Compliance, Recruiting Ops, Payroll, Finance, HRBPs, IT, Workplace Ops, and Security.
• Collaborate across People processes to ensure an interconnected system.
• Measure and improve metrics related to employee experience.
• Lead cross-functional workstreams and change management initiatives.
• Leverage AI and automation to reduce repetitive admin work and improve accuracy.

Skills

HR Ops

Workday

Data audits

Process mapping

AI automation

Tools

Workday

Google Apps Script

Excel/Sheets

Job description

About the Team

The People Operations team at OpenAI is the engine that keeps our employee lifecycle running seamlessly, from a new hires first day to major organizational milestones. We partner across the company to deliver operational excellence in onboarding, employee mobility, M&A integrations, international expansion, audit/compliance, and beyond. Our work blends precision, adaptability, and innovationwhether were maintaining critical systems, optimizing processes, or building automations that scale with our rapid growth.

We thrive in complexity, moving quickly to solve problems and anticipate needs before they arise. We value clarity over complexity, collaboration over silos, and are relentless in our focus on creating a smooth, efficient, and world-class employee experience.

About the Role

Were seeking a proactive and adaptable professional who thrives at the intersection of HR Operations, Systems, and Compliance. In this role, youll be a key driver of ensuring employee data integrity through a suite of people data audits that span across the entire employee lifecycle. These audits will focus on Workday worker profile creation, job changes, one-time payments, and terminations.

Youll play a critical role supporting our diverse and fast-evolving needs related to ad-hoc reporting and establishing automated reconciliations against large data sets. You bring a sense of urgency, strong process mapping and operational design skills and effectively partner with engineering and systems teams to translate complex operational requirements into scalable, efficient workflows.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same and where your work directly fuels company growth and operational excellence, this role is for you. This role reports to the HR Ops Lead.

In this role, you will:

• Maintain Workday data, and ensure that updates across the company are accurately reflected, including open positions, the creation of hire records, and internal mobility.
• Respond to inquiries from employees and cross functional partners to ensure a positive experience, with a commitment to accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
• Support global employee onboarding, including the bespoke needs of executives and acquisitions while prioritizing timeliness and data accuracy.
• Partner closely with Program owners, Systems, Employment Legal, Compliance, Recruiting Ops, Payroll, Finance, HRBPs, IT, Workplace Operations, Corporate Security, and others.
• Collaborate across the spectrum of People processes to ensure a holistic, interconnected system that delivers excellence across the employee lifecycle.
• Continuously measure and act to elevate metrics relating to employees experience.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with key stakeholders and partner teams, leveraging strong project management expertise to help lead large-scale, strategic workstreams and change management initiatives with significant operational impact.
• Act as a thought leader in leveraging AI and operational best practices to automate repetitive administrative work, improving efficiency and accuracy, while delivering a best-in-class employee experience.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• 5+ years of experience working in an HR or People Operations role through company growth and scaling, a resourceful approach, and ability to thrive in ambiguity.
• Proficiency with Workday and advanced spreadsheet analysis (e.g. utilize apps scripts).
• The ability to deconstruct business processes to their core components and identify root causes for gaps or inefficiencies.
• Fantastic communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex concepts in a simple way.
• Passion for enabling employee lifecycle moments that delight and building processes that scale; particularly using AI solutions.
• Unwavering attention to detail, exceptional rigor, and a commitment to unparalleled excellence in your cra .