Senior People Business Generalist Contractor, Tekion
$102.5-154k
+ Equity
5+ days a week in office (Pleasanton, CA)
End-to-end, AI-native platform for automotive retail
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End-to-end, AI-native platform for automotive retail
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$102.5-154k
+ Equity
5+ days a week in office (Pleasanton, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world's best business applications in the cloud.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in Human Resources, with strong exposure to generalist, employee relations, or business partner support functions
- Strong knowledge of employment laws, HR operations, compliance requirements, and employee lifecycle processes
- Experience supporting managers and employees in a fast-paced, high-growth, or complex business environment
- Experience with HRIS systems such as Workday, SuccessFactors, or similar platforms
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to support employees and managers effectively and professionally
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and documentation capability
- Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and sound judgment
- Experience contributing to HR process improvements, reporting, training, or program implementation preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field required; equivalent experience may be considered
What the job involves
- The Senior People Business Generalist provides broad and experienced support across the People function, partnering with People Business Partners, managers, and employees to deliver effective HR programs, processes, and employee support across the organization
- This role plays a key part in executing people initiatives, managing employee relations matters, supporting policy administration, and ensuring consistent, compliant, and employee-centred HR operations
- The Senior People Business Generalist acts as a trusted day-to-day partner to managers and employees, helps drive process improvements, and contributes to a positive employee experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- The ideal candidate brings strong generalist HR expertise, sound judgment, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage a broad range of people-related matters with professionalism and care
- Partner with People Business Partners and People leadership to execute HR programs, policies, and processes that support business needs and employee experience
- Provide day-to-day guidance to employees and managers on HR procedures, policies, benefits, and people practices, escalating complex or high-risk matters as appropriate
- Support and independently manage employee relations matters of moderate complexity, including intake, documentation, issue resolution, and investigations in partnership with senior People leaders when needed
- Coordinate and support onboarding, orientation, internal transitions, and offboarding activities to ensure smooth and consistent employee lifecycle experiences
- Partner with Payroll, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, People Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure effective execution of people processes and timely issue resolution
- Maintain accurate employee records and help ensure compliance with data privacy requirements, labour laws, internal policies, and reporting obligations
- Support managers with day-to-day HR needs including policy interpretation, employee questions, documentation support, and people process guidance
- Contribute to HR communications, trainings, engagement initiatives, and culture-building efforts that strengthen employee understanding and organizational alignment
- Prepare workforce reports, dashboards, and people data summaries while helping ensure data accuracy and useful insights for decision-making
- Identify process gaps and inefficiencies and contribute to process improvement projects that increase consistency, compliance, scalability, and operational effectiveness
- Serve as a reliable resource for employees and managers, helping resolve issues effectively while promoting a positive, inclusive, and high-performing work environment
- Provide guidance and informal support to less experienced People team members where applicable
Our take
Car dealerships suffer from an inefficiency problem. The paperwork and administration required to complete a sale requires dealers to manage a disjointed set of various software applications. Tekion is offering an enticing remedy - a cloud-based automotive retail system that integrates the various software applications in a single infrastructure.
Competition has been strong, with rivals CDK Global and Reynolds & Reynolds offering a competitive raft of features, and benefiting from strong prior relationships with dealerships. Tekion, however, has nevertheless secured customers for the software in 28 states - likely in part due to the efficiency of partnering with a single growing service as opposed to a disparate spread.
This momentum shows no signs of slowing either, as Tekion has attracted attention from major players like CMC, Chrysler and Chevrolet. By streamlining dealership operations into a single platform, the company is proving that even in a crowded market, innovation and simplicity can win. Its recent release of AI agents and an AI interface also shows it is moving with the times.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2021
$250m
SERIES D
Total funding: $635.1m
Company benefits
- Silicon Valley Startup Environment
- Stock Options
- Focus on Work/Life Balance
- Recognition Culture
- Health and Wellness
- Unparalleled Career Development
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Jay Vijayan
(CEO & Co-Founder)They started their career at Oracle, where they spent over 7 years in Management before spending 4 at VMware. They then worked at Tesla for 4 years, leaving their position as CIO to found Tekion in February 2016.
Guru Sankararaman
(COO & Co-Founder)After working as a Chief Architect at Cisco, they joined Tesla for 4 years. Initially they served as Director of Information Technology and then later became VP of Information Technology. Left this role to co-found Tekion in 2016.
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