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Director, HR Operations & Data

Relativity SpaceLong Beach, CA

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Overview

Schedule
Full-time
Career level
Director
Benefits
Career Development

Job Description

About the Team:

The People & Talent team is a core enabler of the business with a true seat at the table and broad visibility across the company. Built on three integrated pillars, People, Talent, and Employee Relations, we design how Relativity grows and thrives. The People team shapes the employee experience through compensation, benefits, performance, onboarding, and leadership partnership. Talent architects intentional hiring strategies and scalable, values driven candidate experiences that define how we grow. Employee Relations fosters a fair, respectful, and high performing environment through trusted guidance, coaching, and principled problem solving. Together, we shape not only who joins Relativity, but how they succeed and scale with us.

About the Role:

  • This role serves as a critical backbone of the People & Talent function, with accountability for workforce data integrity, operational excellence, and well-controlled processes that support a complex, rapidly growing organization.
  • You will oversee the systems, workflows, and infrastructure that power the end-to-end workforce lifecycle - spanning candidate and hiring operations through onboarding, employee changes, and offboarding. In close partnership with Employment Legal, People Compliance & ER, Finance, and IT, you will translate business and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable solutions.
  • This is a highly cross-functional and high-visibility role. The work directly supports company growth, hiring velocity, financial accuracy, and audit readiness. Success in this position requires strong operational judgment, comfort navigating ambiguity, and the ability to balance rigor, speed, and employee experience.
  • As Relativity continues to scale, you will play a central role in building resilient processes, strengthening controls, and ensuring our People infrastructure grows alongside the business.
  • Optimize People & Talent systems to ensuring reliability, seamless workflows, and strong user experience while exploring opportunities for automation and simplicity.
  • Own workforce data integrity end-to-end, proactively mitigating risks that could impact compliance, reporting, or organizational trust.

About You:

  • 10+ years of experience in People Operations or related functions, including leadership. Building, mentoring, and leading high-performing teams across people and recruiting operations.
  • Designs, implements, and continuously strengthens critical processes and internal controls, with a focus on auditability and long-term scalability.
  • Brings deep experience designing, building, and scaling People & Talent processes, systems, and operational frameworks in high-growth environments.
  • Possesses a strong understanding of HR operational controls, compliance requirements, and audit readiness; SOX experience strongly preferred.
  • Exhibits exceptional judgment, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to identifying risks and strengthening operational rigor.
  • Operates effectively in ambiguous, evolving environments, balancing rigor, speed, and employee experience.
  • Extensive experience developing reporting capabilities that drive enterprise-wide value and support strategic decision making.
  • Deep data visualization and dashboard architecture experience.

Nice to haves but not required:

  • Experience of optimizing complex HR processes at scale.
  • Workday subject matter expert.

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