Emergent Labs

Talent Partner

San Francisco

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About the role

This is a foundational role at a pivotal stage of growth.
You'll be the go-to person for everything from recruiting top talent to shaping the employee experience, ensuring our US team scales with the same speed and intensity that defines Emergent.
You'll work closely with founders and global leadership to translate Emergent's culture and ambition into a best-in-class people operation on the ground in SF.

Own end-to-end recruitment for the US office: Partner with hiring managers across functions to drive full-cycle recruiting, from role scoping and sourcing to offer negotiation and close.
Build pipelines for engineering, product, GTM, and operations roles with speed and quality.
Build and manage the employee lifecycle: Own onboarding, performance management, employee relations, offboarding, and everything in between. Ensure every Emergent team member in the US has a seamless, high-quality experience from day one.
Shape culture and employee engagement: Build programs and rituals that reinforce Emergent's values, foster belonging, and keep engagement high in a fast-moving environment. Act as a trusted resource and confidential sounding board for employees at all levels.
Build HR infrastructure and tooling: Implement and manage HR systems, processes, and documentation that scale with the team, from offer letters and employment contracts to policies, handbooks, and HRIS workflows.
Partner globally: Work closely with our India HR team to ensure consistency in people practices across geographies while maintaining US-specific compliance and standards.
Let's build the future of software together.
Build the people function for one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world, from the ground up.

3-5 years of HR experience, with significant time spent in fast-growing tech startups or high-growth companies in the US.
Hands-on and process-oriented: You can move fast without breaking things.

Partner with leadership to design and maintain competitive, market-aligned compensation bands and benefits programs for US employees.
Manage relationships with benefits providers and brokers.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off: take the time you need to recharge and come back refreshed
Flexible Working Hours: work arrangements that fit your life and commitments
Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and a front-row seat to the AI transformation of software development.
Benefits and Perks:
Be the US policy and compliance anchor: Maintain deep, current knowledge of federal and California employment law, HR compliance requirements, and benefits administration.
Deep knowledge of US employment law and HR compliance, particularly California-specific regulations including wage and hour laws, leave policies, and termination requirements.

Build programs and rituals that reinforce Emergent's values, foster belonging, and keep engagement high in a fast-moving environment.
Act as a trusted resource and confidential sounding board for employees at all levels.

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