People Programs Lead: Performance & AI Transformation

Abnormal AI; United States; On-site; USD 103,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Abnormal AI seeks a People Programs Manager to own the end-to-end performance and pay cycle, including post mortems and calibration. You will partner with HRBPs, Total Rewards, and People leadership to ensure timely cycles and data-driven improvements.

In this role you’ll coordinate cross-functional workstreams, build lightweight project infrastructure, and lead change management for AI adoption within HR, while developing rewards programs and IPO readiness efforts.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in People Operations or HR program management.
• Experience owning 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 AI tools in an HR/People context; 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.
• 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.

Job description

Abnormal AI seeks a People Programs Manager to own the end-to-end performance and pay cycle, including post mortems and calibration. You will partner with HRBPs, Total Rewards, and People leadership to ensure timely cycles and data-driven improvements.

In this role you’ll coordinate cross-functional workstreams, build lightweight project infrastructure, and lead change management for AI adoption within HR, while developing rewards programs and IPO readiness efforts.