People Operations Coordinator

About this role:

Pickle is on the hunt for an organized and ambitious People Operations Coordinator to revolutionize the future of warehouse automation. This role will play a key part in ensuring a smooth and positive experience for candidates, new hires, and current employees through efficient coordination of HR activities, onboarding, and special projects. If you are detail-oriented, love making processes run smoothly, and have a passion for people, we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Accomplish:

• Handle core recruiting coordination activities, including scheduling and managing logistics to ensure a seamless experience for both candidates and interviewers.
• Facilitate the onboarding process, including orientation scheduling, setting up employee access, and managing onboarding documents.
• Accurately add new hires and update employee information in the HRIS system.
• Own the completion of new hire paperwork, ensuring compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
• Support compliance initiatives by administering background checks and managing mandatory training, such as sexual harassment prevention and safety training.
• Collaborate with teammates in People, Operations & IT to implement new tech platforms for recruiting and human resources initiatives. 
• Track HR activities and assist in other HR projects to enhance employee experience and optimize processes.
• Spearhead new People initiatives to organize, document and distribute crucial organizational data.
• Own employee engagement activities in collaboration with the Operations & People team.
• Collaborate with your teammates to streamline and enhance HR processes and programs. Our team's success depends on continuously improving and increasing efficiency.

Who You Are:

• Experienced: You have 2+ years of experience in a People Operations role within a high-growth environment, ideally at a startup.
• HR Fluent: You possess a strong grasp of HR operations, with knowledge spanning compliance tasks like administering background checks, handling employee paperwork, and data administration.
• Organized: You thrive in roles where details matter and can effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Recruiting Savvy: You have exposure to recruiting principles and best practices.
• Process-Driven: You create structure where others see disorganization. You excel at developing and communicating repeatable SOPs for yourself and your colleagues.
• Strong Communicator: Your verbal and written communication skills enable you to connect with people at all levels.
• Tech-first: You quickly master new technology and are skilled at explaining software to others. You have used a variety of HRIS & ATS tools. Experience with Lever, Lattice and JustWorks is a bonus!
• Proactive: You take initiative and enjoy learning new things to keep growing within HR. You have a bias towards action and continuously look for ways to support the organization.
• Ownership Mentality: You take extreme ownership of your role, approaching it like a founder, no matter who you report to.
• Creative Problem Solver: You know how to "draw the rest of the owl."
• Local: You live in the Greater Boston area and are excited to work out of our Cambridge office at least 3-4 days per week
• Value-Aligned: You may not see yourself as a 100% match for this ad, but it speaks to your personal and professional values.

About Pickle Robot

Want to get in on the ground floor of a fast-growing, VC-backed robotics company? Join Pickle Robot! We build systems that companies and their teams love.

Pickle robots unload trucks. Every day, millions of trucks and containers are loaded and unloaded, often requiring manual labor—tough, dirty, dangerous, and hard to staff. Pickle automates this process using AI, machine learning, and robotics to deliver reliable products. Our Unload Systems work with teams on loading docks to make the job safer, faster, and more efficient.

Pickle provides best-in-class benefits including health, dental, & vision insurance; unlimited vacation, along with all federal and state holidays; 401K contributions of 5% your salary, travel supplies, and other items to make your working life more fun, comfortable, and productive.