Global People Ops & Immigration Lead

Cognition (Software Development Applications); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognition is an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents in San Francisco. We are growing fast and hiring an HR leader to own the engine behind People operations, including onboarding, benefits, compliance, and our immigration program end to end.

You will support global mobility across countries, coordinate with outside counsel on visas (H-1B, O-1, PERM, green cards), design scalable processes, and help leadership navigate complex People decisions in a lean, fast-moving company.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in people operations or HR at a fast-growing startup or tech company.
• Solid generalist foundation across onboarding, benefits administration, compliance, employee relations, and policy.
• Practical experience managing US immigration cases (H-1B, O-1, PERM, green cards), including coordination with outside counsel

Responsibilities

• Support global mobility and international expansion, building People infrastructure for Cognition as it expands.
• Serve as a trusted immigration expert, managing visa sponsorship, renewals, status changes, travel considerations, and other immigration questions; coordinate with outside counsel for US immigration end to end.
• Drive process design and continuous improvement across the employee lifecycle, simplifying and automating People operations.
• Bring an operational lens to business decisions, surface risks and dependencies, and help leaders navigate complex People situations.
• Jump into high-priority People and business projects as Cognition grows and evolves.

Skills

Global mobility

Immigration management

HR generalist

Process design

Cross-border expansion

Job description

Cognition is an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents in San Francisco. We are growing fast and hiring an HR leader to own the engine behind People operations, including onboarding, benefits, compliance, and our immigration program end to end.

You will support global mobility across countries, coordinate with outside counsel on visas (H-1B, O-1, PERM, green cards), design scalable processes, and help leadership navigate complex People decisions in a lean, fast-moving company.