People Programs Manager, Snorkel AI
$160-200k
1+ day a week in office
The AI data research lab
Be an early applicant
The AI data research lab
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$160-200k
1+ day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower everyone to solve their most impactful problems through data-centric AI.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of five years of experience in Learning & Development, People Programs, HR Program Management, or a related role
- Proven experience owning and executing people programs end-to-end, such as onboarding, performance management, or manager development
- Strong program management skills, including planning, execution, stakeholder coordination, and iteration
- A genuine passion for employee experience, learning, and in-person engagement, with energy for facilitating discussions and building connection
- Experience supporting and coaching managers through structured programs and periods of change, including performance reviews, feedback cycles, and compensation conversations
- Comfort using data to assess program effectiveness and inform improvements
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Experience working in a fast-growing or scaling environment. Tech experience is a plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a People Programs Manager to design and deliver people programs that meaningfully shape how it feels to work at Snorkel
- This role focuses on creating thoughtful, human-centered experiences across the employee lifecycle, from a Snorkeler’s first day through key growth and performance moments, while bringing energy, clarity, and connection into every interaction
- This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who thrives at the intersection of program strategy and execution
- You will translate People strategy into structured, repeatable programs that enable managers and employees to succeed, while partnering closely with HRBPs, People Operations, and business leaders to ensure strong adoption and alignment
- You will own and evolve core people programs such as onboarding, performance management, and manager development, ensuring they are engaging, well-run, data-informed, and aligned with Snorkel’s values and stage of growth
- You will partner closely with the People team and business leaders to deliver programs that are clear, fair, scalable, and impactful to the employee experience
- Own and scale high-impact people programs
- Develop and maintain a roadmap for People programs, aligning initiatives to business priorities and growth milestones
- Lead the end-to-end design, execution, and continuous improvement of core people programs, including: the new hire journey, growth (performance) cycles, and learning and development for both people managers and individual contributors
- Design programs with employee experience and growth as a core priority, ensuring each touchpoint feels intentional, inclusive, and aligned with Snorkel’s culture
- Serve as a key in-person facilitator and host for onboarding sessions, manager training, and learning experiences, bringing enthusiasm, warmth, and energy to how Snorkelers experience People programs
- Define program requirements and success criteria, partnering with the People Operations & Data Manager to ensure systems, reporting, and compliance requirements are effectively implemented
- Support change management as programs evolve, driving adoption and shared understanding while remaining pragmatic and nimble for our size and stage
- Build and manage detailed program plans, timelines, and dependencies across multiple initiatives
- Bring creativity and fresh thinking to your program design, providing innovative ideas and solutions to the key lifecycle programs that employees and managers experience here
- Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure smooth and effective execution
- Anticipate risks, resolve issues, and lead retrospectives to improve future iterations
- Partner closely with the HRBP team to design tools, training, and live learning experiences that help managers lead effectively
- Create clear documentation, playbooks, and manager-facing resources that are practical and easy to apply
- Design structured frameworks, toolkits, and enablement sessions that equip managers to navigate performance reviews, feedback conversations, and compensation cycles effectively. Partner with HRBP, who will provide case-specific coaching and support to managers
- Define success metrics for people programs and evaluate impact using both qualitative and quantitative feedback
- Analyze surveys, participation metrics, and retrospectives to identify insights and drive continuous improvement
- Partner with the People Data and Operations Manager on reporting and measurement
Our take
Demand for AI is increasing in almost every industry, but the machine learning that fuels it is tedious to set up. In order to train machine learning algorithms, training data must be labelled manually, and this contributes to expenses in time, money and resources when integrating AI within a business.
Snorkel AI develops programmatic approaches to data labelling in order to automate the setup process of machine learning and decrease the required timeframe for a business to begin providing AI services. In addition to these automated data categorization services, the company also integrates data training, management, and analysis into a unified AI-deployment platform.
The complex computer science behind AI setup has resulted in many businesses without computer science backgrounds being left behind, and Snorkel AI has set this as their target audience. And recently, the company raised some serious funding which it plans to use to expand the company;'s engineering, research, and go-to-market efforts.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2025
$100m
SERIES D
Aug 2021
$85m
SERIES C
Total funding: $235m
Company benefits
- Health: Snorkelers and their dependents are covered by comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Wellness: All Snorkelers get a yearly wellness stipend to use on anything related to health and well-being.
- PTO and rest days: We provide unlimited personal time off so you can find your work-life balance. Plus, two company-wide rest days per quarter in addition to company holidays.
- One global team: From our headquarters in Redwood City, CA, to regional offices in San Francisco and New York, we work together as one global team.
- Events: Get to know your fellow Snorkelers outside of work! We host regular events and learning opportunities for our teams across our offices and virtually to connect, have fun, and grow.
- Family leave: Snorkel offers generous parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents based on eligibility.
Company HQ
Centennial, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Alex Ratner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied at Harvard and received a PhD from Stanford. They are also an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.
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