People Operations Specialist — Global Employee Experience

Industrious Ventures; Torrance, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space, a modern space infrastructure company, is seeking a People Operations Specialist to be the go-to resource for employees across the company, ensuring every step of the lifecycle—from onboarding to offboarding—runs smoothly and accurately.

You’ll partner with the broader People team to maintain system integrity while delivering a responsive, high-quality experience to colleagues with questions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in People Operations, Employee Experience, or a similar shared service role within a fast paced organization.
• Experience building and improving processes for efficiency and accuracy while maintaining data integrity
• Self-starter who exercises strong judgment, knowing when to independently own an outcome and when to elevate
• Strong analytical mindset, with experience using data to drive program improvements and decisions

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for employee questions across the people lifecycle, triaging and resolving issues directly or escalating complex cases to the right partner
• Support the People team in preparing and processing documentation for onboarding, offboarding, and other employee lifecycle events
• Own the accuracy and integrity of employee data in Rippling, including job changes, background checks, and lifecycle updates
• Support compliance related processes, documentation, and audits across the employee lifecycle
• Identify trends and gaps in the employee experience to inform process improvements, policy updates, and employee communications

Skills

People operations

Employee experience

Data analysis

Process improvement

Data integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or Business Administration

Tools

Rippling

Job description

Northwood Space, a modern space infrastructure company, is seeking a People Operations Specialist to be the go-to resource for employees across the company, ensuring every step of the lifecycle—from onboarding to offboarding—runs smoothly and accurately.

You’ll partner with the broader People team to maintain system integrity while delivering a responsive, high-quality experience to colleagues with questions.