People Operations and Compensation Lead
Independent nonprofit research institute building AI-and-biology tools and conducting biomedical research on complex diseases.
About Arc Institute
Arc Institute is a Palo Alto-based independent nonprofit founded in 2021. It supports long-term biomedical research and develops experimental, computational, and machine-learning technologies, including virtual-cell and genomic foundation models, in partnership with Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and UCSF.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead People Operations, oversee onboarding, offboarding, employee changes, and complex operational escalations. You will manage the PEO relationship and benefits strategy, deliver compensation programs and cycles, maintain compensation benchmarking, and partner on offers and AI-enabled workflow improvements.
Requirements
- 8+ years of People Operations or relevant experience
- Benefits and compensation program experience
- AI and automation implementation experience
- Operations experience
- Cross-functional collaboration
- People management
- Technology and workplace-tool experience
- Onsite attendance three days per week
Responsibilities
- Lead the People Operations team
- Implement AI-driven People Operations solutions
- Oversee onboarding, offboarding, and employee changes
- Resolve complex operational, benefits, and compensation issues
- Manage the PEO relationship and operational compliance
- Lead benefits strategy
- Deliver compensation programs and cyclical compensation events
- Develop and maintain compensation benchmarking and structure
- Partner with hiring managers and recruiting on offers
- Build AI-driven tools for process and information sharing
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus