People Operations Lead

Mural-Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Mural-Group, a energy company in Los Angeles, seeks a senior, hands-on people operations leader onsite (weekends included) to scale the function as headcount grows. You will own employee relations, advise managers, and build policies and compliance across California and future sites.

We value deep employee relations experience, knowledge of California employment law, and the ability to lead a growing people operations function with equity options as part of the package.

Qualifications

• Experience as HR generalist, HRBP or people operations leader with strong employee relations.
• Knowledge of California employment law and multi-state compliance.
• Built or rebuilt people operations in a fast-growing company.
• Comfortable handling sensitive conversations and policy questions.
• Willingness to work onsite weekends with the team.

Responsibilities

• Own employee relations: investigations, performance concerns, policy questions and hard conversations.
• Advise managers and leadership on people decisions.
• Build out core people operations: policies, handbook and compliance.
• Keep the company compliant in California and in other states as sites grow.
• Work with the people systems team on HRIS and process automation.
• Partner with site people leads as new locations grow.

Skills

Employee relations

HR leadership

California employment law

Multi-state compliance

Policy development

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Los Angeles, CA (onsite, including weekends) · $175,000–$225,000 + equity

A very well-funded energy company is scaling from R&D into construction and manufacturing, across Los Angeles and other sites. Its most urgent people need is employee relations. It wants a senior, hands‑on people operations leader who handles sensitive issues well and can build the function as headcount grows.

What you'll do

• Own employee relations: investigations, performance concerns, policy questions and hard conversations
• Advise managers and leadership on people decisions
• Build out core people operations: policies, handbook and compliance
• Keep the company compliant in California and in other states as sites grow
• Work with the people systems team on HRIS and process automation
• Partner with site people leads as new locations grow

What you bring

• Several years as an HR generalist, HRBP or people operations leader, with deep employee relations experience
• California employment law and multi-state compliance experience
• Built or rebuilt people operations at a fast-growing company
• Calm, direct judgment in sensitive situations
• Wants to be in the office with the team, weekends included

Nice to have: supporting manufacturing or hourly workforces; helping open a new site