HR Manager

Civic Innovation Lab; Richmond (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Civic Innovation Lab in Richmond, CA seeks an HR Manager who blends ownership of payroll, HR analytics, and forecasting with a practical, hands-on approach. You’ll own the recruiting model, coach stakeholders, and map revenue flows to drive decisions.

You bring a track record of responsible financial leadership in a Richmond-based operation, comfort with adjusting plans quickly, and the ability to translate investments into measurable outcomes while keeping teams aligned and informed.

Qualifications

• Ownership of financials and HR processes.
• Ability to surface risk early.
• Calm, clear communicator under pressure.
• Richmond-grounded or quickly adaptable.
• Proven wins in business engagements near Richmond.
• Strong pattern recognition across engagements.
• Familiarity with contract cadence for Richmond ops.

Responsibilities

• Make calls between Conflict Resolution and Empathy teams.
• Own the recruiting model forecasting next quarter.
• Coach managers through the math of reallocations.
• Map revenue leaks across handoffs in the funnel.
• Set flexible operating standards for smooth running.
• Run weekly numbers reviews that end with decisions.
• Translate the 133k–188k investments into outcomes.
• Build the financial case for hiring before burnout.

Skills

Ownership

Risk awareness

Calm under pressure

Adaptability

Win-tracking

Pattern recognition

Contract cadence

Job description

Most analyst jobs end at the chart, but this HR Manager role at Civic Innovation Lab starts there and pushes toward a decision. What anchors this Richmond job is ownership; the $133,000 - $188,000, the contract hours, the 7-year ask all hang off that.

Key Responsibilities

• Sit between Conflict Resolution and Empathy teams as the person who makes the call
• Own the Technical Recruiting model that everyone quietly trusts to forecast next quarter
• Coach manager stakeholders through the math behind a hard reallocation
• Map where revenue leaks between handoffs across the business funnel
• Set the flexible operational standards that keep Civic Innovation Lab running smoothly
• Run weekly numbers reviews that end with decisions, not more meetings
• Translate $133,000 - $188,000-range investments into outcomes leadership can point to
• Build the financial case for hiring before the business team drowns

What You'll Bring

• The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
• The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
• A Richmond grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• Demonstrated wins in business work somewhere near Richmond, CA
• Pattern recognition earned across many business engagements
• Comfort with the contract cadence of a Richmond-based operation

Civic Innovation Lab grew out of a Richmond, CA research lab and never lost its human-first, question-everything approach to Payroll Administration. We swap Learning and Development and HR Analytics tips over lunch because nobody here pretends to know it all.

What we put on the table: $133,000 - $188,000, coaching for your Technical Recruiting, benefits worth having, and freedom to grow at your own pace.