People Programs Lead: AI Transformation & Rewards

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 103,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Abnormal AI is building one of the most ambitious AI-native security companies in the world, and our People team is expected to operate at the same level. We're looking for a People Programs Manager who brings the rigor of a great operator, the instincts of a strategist, and the curiosity of someone who genuinely wants to reimagine how HR works in an AI-first world.

In this role, you'll own the performance and pay cycle from start to finish, run post mortems, partner with Analytics to close gaps

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in People Operations, HR program management, or a closely related field.
• Experience owning complex, cross-functional programs end-to-end with multiple stakeholders and tight timelines.
• Strong working knowledge of performance management and compensation cycle execution.
• Experience conducting post mortems or retrospectives on programs and translating learnings into action.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and building structure where little exists.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience with or genuine curiosity about AI tools in an HR/People context; prior hands-on AI experimentation is a strong plus.
• Proficiency with HRIS platforms (Workday preferred), project management tools (Asana, Notion, or similar), and Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end mid-year and annual performance and pay cycle - including program management, check-ins, reviews, calibration, and compensation timelines - in partnership with HRBPs, Total Rewards, and People leadership
• Run a formal Performance and Pay Post Mortem after each cycle, synthesizing outcomes, documenting what worked and what didn't, and making data-backed recommendations for future cycles
• Own the People team's program calendar and roadmap, coordinating workstreams across HRBPs, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, and L&D; build and maintain lightweight project infrastructure including intake processes, status reporting, frameworks, and milestone tracking
• Diagnose cross-functional people team pain points and build out a process to address them
• Ensuring that relevant People data is accessible and actionable in Cowork with robust permissioning
• Act as change management lead for AI adoption within HR, developing rollout plans, training materials, and feedback loops
• Build rewards and recognition programming for AI Transformation across the business in partnership with the Transformation team
• Help with IPO readiness programs

Skills

People Ops experience

Cross-functional program ownership

Performance management knowledge

Post mortems / retrospectives

Ambiguity tolerance / structuring

Communication skills

AI in HR curiosity

Tools

Workday

Asana

Notion

Google Workspace

Job description

Abnormal AI is building one of the most ambitious AI-native security companies in the world, and our People team is expected to operate at the same level. We're looking for a People Programs Manager who brings the rigor of a great operator, the instincts of a strategist, and the curiosity of someone who genuinely wants to reimagine how HR works in an AI-first world.

In this role, you'll own the performance and pay cycle from start to finish, run post mortems, partner with Analytics to close gaps