People Operations/Human Resources Lead, Inworld AI
$170-250k
+ Bonus + Equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
AI-powered characters for virtual environments
Job no longer available
AI-powered characters for virtual environments
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$170-250k
+ Bonus + Equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To transform static software into living AI systems that autonomously evolve to better serve their users.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field. Master's degree or relevant HR certifications a plus
- Minimum 7 years of experience across People Operations, with an emphasis on compliance, labor legislation, total rewards and benefits management. Experience in a high-growth startup environment is a plus
- Strong people skills and an ability to connect and support employees at all levels
- In-depth knowledge of Federal, California, and local labor and regulatory requirements
- Knowledge of Canada labor and regulatory requirements is considered a plus
- Detailed knowledge and expertise in HR policies and procedures
- Strong strategic thinking, project management, and decision-making skills
- Flexibility to work in an environment with shifting priorities and ambiguity
- Strong communication skills, critical thinking, and attention to detail
- Proficient in HRIS, Google Workspace, and related software
What the job involves
- We are looking for a strategic and hands-on People Ops/HR Lead to help build the people and HR functions at Inworld
- In this role, you will be responsible for creating and managing top-tier people programs including performance management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, and employment law and compliance
- Develop and execute people operations strategy aligned with the business goals
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including Talent Acquisition, Finance, and Legal, to ensure synergy across the board
- Empower managers to connect individual performance with our company’s goals
- Lead performance reviews and coach managers to bring out the best in their teams
- Administer compensation and benefits programs, ensuring they are competitive and rewarding
- Support employees in the benefits program, including new employees enrollment, annual open enrollment, and offboarding
- Drive seamless employee onboarding ensuring new team members feel welcomed, informed, and equipped to succeed from day one
- Facilitate offboarding, conduct exit interviews, and advise on termination rights and benefits
- Serve as a trusted advisor to employees, addressing employee inquiries and grievances
- Facilitate and administer changes in employment status
- Promote a collaborative and high performance culture
- Oversee and organize activities and events that foster connection and a sense of belonging
- Develop and implement programs to enhance employee engagement and retention
- Design, implement, and maintain HR policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure legal compliance
- Keep our employee handbook up-to-date and relevant with the latest updates
- Ensure compliance with labor laws and complete mandatory reporting
- Serve as the primary point of contact for immigration matters, providing guidance and support to employees navigating visa and work authorization processes
Our take
Dialogue writing for video games has traditionally been a matter of branching conversations based on player input, but this is a time-consuming and complicated process. In modern virtual environments which can contain thousands of characters, the need to save on costs means that conversations with many characters can be shallow and repetitive. Inworld AI's solution allows for the creation of unique and flexible interactions for even the most minor characters, based on just a few descriptive sentences.
Since launching, Inworld has quickly grown from an AI-character startup into one of the key players powering consumer AI. Its early work with companies like Xbox, Disney, and NBCUniversal helped provide the value of real-time AI experiences, and now a wide range of media companies, game studios, and fast-growing startups are building on its platform.
Now, with the recent release of Inworld Runtime, the company is taking an even bigger step. By opening up the internal system they originally built to handle huge, real-time consumer workloads, Inworld is positioning Runtime as the go-to backend for any team looking to scale from an idea to millions of users. Its adaptive graphs, automated MLOps, and one-click experiments remove most of the painful engineering work that usually slows teams now. And for Inworld, this turns Runtime into more than just a product, it becomes the core of the company's future.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2023
$50m
SERIES A
Aug 2022
$50m
SERIES A
Total funding: $117m
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Ilya Gelfenbeyn
(Co-Founder & Executive Chairman)Previously co-founded API.AI (now known as Google Dialogflow), a developer platform for building conversational experiences, and served as its CEO before Google acquired the company in 2016. The company also built Assistant.ai, the highest-rated independent voice assistant in the world with 40M+ users. Ilya was also the Founding Head of the Google Assistant Investments program at Google.
Michael Ermolenko
(Co-Founder & CTO)Michael has extensive experience in leading AI teams and led Machine Learning Development at API.ai and the Dialogflow NLU/AI team at Google.
Kylan Gibbs
(Co-Founder & CEO)Kylan has a background in turning advanced AI into products that naturally interact with humans. They came from DeepMind, where they led products for Conversational AI and Generative Models. Prior, Kylan worked on enterprise Machine Learning projects at Bain & Company.
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