Senior People Ops Architect — Automation & Data

Telemetry Today LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a Sr. People Generalist to build the operational backbone of the People team. You will turn tribal knowledge into documented, measurable programs with clear owners and controls.

You will lead cross-functional projects, use AI to shape the employee experience, and drive the shift from reactive support to proactive shared services while partnering with Finance, Legal, IT, Recruiting and Payroll.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of practical experience in a People or HR-related role.
• Hands-on use of AI and low-code tools (Claude, Lovable, Zapier, Apps Script, SQL) to build People Ops automations or lightweight internal tools.
• Experience partnering with IT or HRIS teams on integrations and translating business needs into requirements and test plans.
• Background in Lean, Six Sigma, or service design applied to HR processes.
• Experience supporting compliance audits (SOX, EEO-1, benefits-plan) and immigration programs.

Responsibilities

• Define the People Ops operating model: standardized, centralized, and how work transitions with continuity and measurement.
• Assess the maturity of core People processes and roadmap to move from ad hoc to documented and automated.
• Be the operational partner to People Business Partners; provide data and process support for reorganizations, promotions, performance actions, and exits.
• Set standards for process design, documentation, SLAs, and handoffs; own the SOP library and knowledge base.
• Support audit-ready controls for SOX; define service-quality metrics and monitor them to drive improvements.
• Run proactive audits across Workday and connected systems to catch errors before payroll or reporting.
• Serve as a Workday owner: design business processes from requirements through configuration and testing.
• Use AI and low-code tools to prototype and ship People Ops automations; determine when a lightweight tool suffices.
• Resolve complex benefits, leaves, and org changes with precision and clear written communication.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, Recruiting, and Payroll to mature processes and policies.

Skills

AI & low-code tools

People Ops automation

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven HR

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Carta

Ashby

Jira

HRIS integrations

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a Sr. People Generalist to build the operational backbone of the People team. You will turn tribal knowledge into documented, measurable programs with clear owners and controls.

You will lead cross-functional projects, use AI to shape the employee experience, and drive the shift from reactive support to proactive shared services while partnering with Finance, Legal, IT, Recruiting and Payroll.