Senior Manager of People Operations, Baseten
$180-230k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
ML application builder for data scientists
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ML application builder for data scientists
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$180-230k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make machine learning accessible to every organisation.
Role
Who you are
- You will bring deep expertise in compliance and risk management, strong experience in HR systems and integrations, and a forward-thinking approach to building operational rigor that supports rapid growth
- 10+ years of People Operations experience, including leading the function at a 500+ person technology company during rapid growth
- Deep, practical expertise in U.S. employment compliance, multi-state operations, leave administration, immigration, and risk management
- Experience evaluating and executing a migration off a PEO
- Experience supporting international hiring and expansion, including EOR oversight
- Strong ownership of HRIS strategy, systems architecture, integrations, and data governance
- Track record of leading and developing high-performing People Operations teams
- Ability to build scalable, automated processes, with a forward-thinking approach to leveraging technology and AI in high-growth environments
- Builder mentality with a bias toward execution, willing to go deep in the details while maintaining high standards and operating with speed
- Willing to work in-person 3+ days per week in-office
- Nice to have: Experience owning benefits strategy and evaluating vendors, including healthcare funding models and 401(k) plan design
- If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Manager, People Operations to own and scale the operational backbone of our People function
- This is a high-impact, high-ownership role for someone who has done this before and is excited to do it at an even more ambitious level
- You will be responsible for building and scaling a best-in-class foundation across systems, compliance, and employee lifecycle operations
- This is not a maintenance role. You will modernize, streamline, and future-proof our People infrastructure
- You’ll partner closely across Finance, Legal, IT, RevOps, Talent, HRBP, Workplace Experience, and Total Rewards to ensure operational excellence at every stage of the employee lifecycle
- Baseten is building the infrastructure layer for AI-native companies, and we’re scaling quickly — in team size, customer growth, and ambition
- It’s a rare moment to join: we’re shaping how cutting edge AI companies operate, and building the systems that will carry us from hundreds to thousands of employees
- If you’re energized by scale, complexity, and the opportunity to build the operational engine of a generational company, this role offers meaningful scope and ownership
- People operations leadership:
- Lead and develop the People Operations team, setting a high bar for operational excellence, accountability, and service
- Drive operational efficiencies across People systems and workflows, leveraging automation and AI to support rapid growth and scaling
- Systems, infrastructure, and controls:
- Own HRIS strategy and systems architecture, including integrations, data governance, reporting infrastructure, and access controls to ensure reliable and scalable People data
- Establish and maintain strong internal controls across People systems and processes, including employee data privacy, security, and audit readiness in partnership with IT and Legal
- Evaluate the right timing and approach for migrating off a PEO and, when appropriate, lead a successful transition to a scalable in-house model
- Compliance, governance, and risk:
- Own employment compliance across jurisdictions, including state registrations, regulatory requirements, and policy governance frameworks
- Define and implement leave policies and ensure compliant administration
- Oversee anonymous reporting systems and investigations infrastructure
- Maintain and evolve our employee handbook and internal wiki, ensuring policies are clear, current, and well-governed
- Lead visa and immigration operations and support global expansion, including international compliance and EOR oversight
- Payroll and benefits operations:
- Partner with Finance on payroll operations, including compensation operations governance, pay change controls, and accuracy of promotions, equity, and variable compensation processing
- Own benefits selection, vendor strategy, and ongoing optimization
- Employee lifecycle operations:
- Operationally support employee lifecycle changes including new hire onboarding, role changes, promotions, compensation adjustments, organizational updates, and terminations
Our take
As with its mathematical namesake, Baseten focuses on simplifying the complex. The San Francisco startup focuses on simplifying the integration of artificial intelligence into businesses. The tools that Baseten built demolish the need for businesses to hire specialised engineers, utilising the huge strides in artificial intelligence that we’ve seen in the last few years without adding workload to businesses.
With serious funding behind it, Baseten has grown its team by three times year-over-year over the last five years, especially across engineering and marketing. Having hired talent from companies such as GitHub, Google, Uber, Amazon, and Palantir, part of Baseten's focus is on helping companies implement the tools that they have at their disposal, a long-overlooked aspect of machine learning that many businesses have been eager to champion, but uncertain on how to actually use.
Simplifying the complex world of artificial intelligence for business is no mean feat but the three founders, who met whilst working as engineers at Gumroad, have a lot of experience in how to navigate this gap in the market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2026
$300m
LATE VC
Sep 2025
$150m
SERIES D
Total funding: $585m
Company benefits
- Remote-first work environment. The Baseten team is welcome to work from wherever they want; fully remote, in our San Francisco office, or a mix of both. Today, our team (including our founding team) is spread across the United States, Canada, and Armenia. We provide a $1,000 stipend for you to make your home-office comfortable and productive
- Regular in-person team summits. We get together as a team three times a year to plan, workshop, and most importantly, get to know each other better
- Unlimited PTO. We ask that everyone take at least 4 weeks of vacation. And we have a company-wide break between Christmas and New Year's Day
- Full healthcare coverage. Medical, dental and vision insurance for you and your family
- Paid parental leave. 16-weeks fully paid parental leave (adoptive and non-birth parents included) and flexibility with schedules while returning to work
- Company-sponsored 401(k) for you to contribute to
- Learning and development budget. We encourage you to take classes, attend conferences, and invest in your craft and we’ll cover expenses to make it happen
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Tuhin Srivastava
(Co-Founder)Previously Co-Founder at Shape, Machine Learning at Gumroad and Skulpt.
Amir Haghighat
(Co-Founder)Previously Head of Engineering at Gumroad, Software Engineer at Yelp and Engineering Manager at Clover Health.
Phillip Howes
(Co-Founder)Previously Co-Founder at Shape, Machine Learning Engineer at Gumroad and Research Assistant at the University of Sydney.
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