People Partner

Pedestal Health; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

PTO & parental leave

Job summary

Pedestal Health is seeking a People Partner to own the employee experience, from benefits to culture, in a true generalist capacity. You’ll handle payroll questions, interview loops, and the full onboarding experience with a focus on a strong, scalable candidate journey.

This hybrid role requires 3 onsite days per week at our Durham office, with opportunities to shape the company culture and HR programs as we scale.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a generalist HR role
• Multi-state employment law knowledge
• Experience with ADP preferred
• PHR/SHRM-CP nice to have

Responsibilities

• Be the person people come to with questions, concerns, or to talk through an issue
• Help managers navigate tough conversations, coaching, and performance issues
• Investigate workplace concerns and help figure out a fair resolution
• Keep the vibe positive and catch issues early before they become bigger problems
• Run hiring end-to-end — sourcing, screening, interviews, offers, and onboarding
• Work with hiring managers to determine needs and define what a great candidate looks like
• Keep Greenhouse tidy and ensure every candidate has a good experience, regardless of outcome
• Help tell Pedestal Health's story to attract great people

Job description

Pedestal Health (formerly Target RWE) combines deep health system partnerships, longitudinal data curation at scale, and modern study design to build continuous, high-quality evidence for life sciences organizations. The company partners with pharmaceutical and biotech companies, providers and payers to generate rigorous, multimodal evidence that supports clinical, regulatory and strategic decision-making across the full lifecycle of care. Pedestal Health is committed to advancing medical decision making to improve outcomes for patients. Pedestal Health is a Highlander Health company. Learn more at pedestalhealth.com .

The Role

We're looking for an People Partner to be the go-to person for all things people at Pedestal Health. This is a true generalist role. One day you're troubleshooting a benefits question, the next you're running an interview loop or making sure payroll goes out without a hitch. You'll own the full employee experience, from the systems that keep us running to the culture that makes people want to stick around. If you like variety, don't need a playbook for everything, and enjoy building things from scratch, this is your role.

What You’ll Do

People Support

• Be the person people come to with questions, concerns, or just need to talk something through
• Help managers navigate tough conversations, coaching, and performance issues
• Look into workplace concerns when they come up and help figure out a fair resolution
• Keep the vibe positive and catch issues early, before they turn into bigger problems
• Run hiring from start to finish - sourcing, screening, interviews, offers, the whole thing
• Work with hiring managers to figure out who we actually need and what a great candidate looks like
• Keep Greenhouse tidy and make sure every candidate has a good experience, whether they get the job or not
• Help us tell our story to attract great people

Benefits & Compensation

• Run our benefits programs day-to-day; enrollment, questions, compliance all of it
• Be the friendly face for benefits questions and chase down issues
• Pull benchmarking for positions, run merit cycles, and ensure consistent pay across the team
• Run open enrollment each year, from planning to explaining it to the team

HRIS

• Keep our HR system accurate - new hires, changes, exits, org updates, all clean and up to date
• Pull reports and dashboards that help leadership make good calls on headcount and planning
• Spot ways to automate or simplify our HR processes - we'd rather build a workflow than repeat a task
• Make sure the system setup matches our policies and keeps us compliant

Culture

• Champion the company's values and help translate them into everyday behaviors, recognition, and team rituals
• Help plan the stuff that makes work fun — all-hands, recognition shoutouts, team events, milestones
• Make sure new hires feel the culture from their very first day, not buried in a slide deck
• Keep a pulse on how people are feeling (surveys, exit chats, check-ins) and act on what you hear
• Serve as a culture champion and role model for the organization's values in daily interactions

What You Bring

• 3+ years’ experience in a generalist HR role, bonus points if you've touched benefits, comp, ER, recruiting, and HRIS
• Have a good handle on multi-state employment law
• Strong judgment, discretion, and interpersonal skills; comfortable handling sensitive information
• You can juggle a lot without dropping the ball
• Experience working with ADP strongly preferred
• PHR/SHRM-CP is nice to have, not required
• Healthcare, life sciences, or startup experience is a plus

What We Offer You

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous PTO and paid parental leave

If you are ready to be part of a team where your work truly matters—where your expertise is valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape the future of healthcare—Pedestal Health is the place for you. We’re building something meaningful together, and we’d love for you to be a part of it.

This role requires a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week, onsite in our Durham office.