West Coast People Ops Partner & HR Coach

Sifted; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Paid holidays

Winter break

Cell phone reimbursement

Free lunch

Job summary

Sifted seeks a People Ops Partner / Generalist to serve as the primary employee relations resource for the Western Region, supporting managers and staff across multiple locations in the Seattle area.

You will lead investigations, coach managers through performance issues, manage documentation, and ensure policy consistency while partnering with HR leadership. This role requires 5–8 years HR experience and travel between Seattle sites.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of progressive HR experience with employee relations focus.
• Experience conducting workplace investigations.
• Experience coaching managers through performance issues.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary HR resource for employee relations matters throughout the Western Region, including employee complaints, workplace conflicts, attendance issues, policy violations, misconduct, performance concerns, disciplinary matters, and manager requests for support.
• Conduct employee relations intake conversations and workplace investigations, interviewing employees, managers, witnesses, gathering documentation, documenting findings, and escalating as needed.
• Coach managers through performance management, corrective action, employee communication, conflict resolution, attendance management, and difficult personnel decisions.
• Support managers with documented coaching, written warnings, performance improvement plans, final warnings, and terminations while ensuring disciplinary decisions are documented and applied consistently.
• Participate in disciplinary and termination conversations when HR involvement is appropriate and follow up with employees and managers after significant employee relations matters.
• Maintain clear, objective, timely, and confidential documentation related to complaints, investigations, discipline, performance management, and terminations.
• Identify matters with elevated legal, compliance, employee safety, retaliation, accommodation, leave, or reputational risk and escalate appropriately to HR leadership.
• Provide employees and managers with guidance regarding Sifted policies and HR procedures and help ensure policy consistency across Western Region locations.

Job description

Sifted seeks a People Ops Partner / Generalist to serve as the primary employee relations resource for the Western Region, supporting managers and staff across multiple locations in the Seattle area.

You will lead investigations, coach managers through performance issues, manage documentation, and ensure policy consistency while partnering with HR leadership. This role requires 5–8 years HR experience and travel between Seattle sites.