Senior HR Generalist, Skydio

$105-125k

+ Equity

Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Mateo, CA

Skydio

Drone manufacturer

Be an early applicant

Skydio

Drone manufacturer

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDrones

Be an early applicant

$105-125k

+ Equity

Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Mateo, CA

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDrones

Company mission

To make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous flight.

Role

Who you are

  • This position is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments and has a passion for building scalable, equitable, and compliant people programs
  • 8+ years of progressive HR experience, with a strong focus on global benefits, LOA and compliance
  • 3+ years of demonstrated experience managing full-life cycle, end-to-end Employee Programs including concept, executive approval, resource/time line planning, implementation, testing, roll out communications, documentation,operationalization, day-to-day management, ROI, impact analysis, program maintenance and continuous incremental improvement
  • Demonstrated experience in global benefits strategy and administration, including working with international vendors and harmonizing plans across geographies
  • In-depth understanding of U.S. employment laws and compliance obligations (ACA, COBRA, FMLA, ADA, ERISA, etc.)
  • Keep up with changes in compliance, legislation and regulations that impact your scope of programs and responsibilities and prepare action plans and recommendations to prepare the company for necessary impacts and changes
  • Experience working with and optimizing relationships with brokers, carriers, and third-party administrators
  • Previous experience standing up a foreign company entity including statutory & voluntary benefits, employee management and foreign compliance
  • Strong HR systems, reporting, analytical and project management skills; strong preference for 3+ years Workday hands on experience
  • Demonstrated mastery of AI tools to optimize and simplify day-to-day operations and work flows
  • Proactively explore and utilize AI tools and automation to streamline HR operations, enhance employee support, and improve program efficiency and scalability
  • Ability to travel to our Hayward factory site as needed and work onsite at least 3 days per week in San Mateo, CA
  • We are a highly collaborative team that values curiosity, critical analysis, ongoing education, knowledge sharing, candidness, caring, humor, and a mindset of urgency, kindness & respect with good intent. We thrive in a fast-paced environment where launching, learning, and iterating is part of how we work. The successful candidate will add to our team and not detract

Desirable

  • Experience working in a dual-use hardware/software or manufacturing environment
  • Familiarity with OFCCP and affirmative action compliance for federal contractors
  • Prior experience supporting non-exempt and exempt employee populations
  • Working knowledge of immigration processes and I-9 requirements
  • Systems preferences: Workday, Traliant, Optum, WEX, various global benefit portals
  • CPE certified for general ergonomics and experience providing assessments/integrating into accommodation requests
  • Physical Requirements
  • Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
  • Must be able to travel locally between office locations and walk through a factory environment with appropriate PPE

What the job involves

  • We are seeking a Senior HR Generalist who brings deep expertise in global benefits strategy and administration, leave of absence (LOA) and accommodations, and compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
  • This role is a strategic partner and operational leader who will play a pivotal role in harmonizing our employee programs globally and supporting our diverse workforce—including our office staff and factory team members
  • Global Benefits Strategy, Administration & Compliance
  • Manage and optimize U.S. health & welfare benefits, and wellness programs, with an eye on scalability and cost-effectiveness
  • Analyze current benefits and broker partners and create a long term strategy to implement over time that will achieve global harmonization and optimization. Own the implementation of the multi-year global strategy
  • Design and implement supplementary and harmonized global benefits programs across existing and future expansion entities
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for brokers and vendors, ensuring accountability, effective service delivery, and regular benchmarking
  • Run Open Enrollment and annual compliance activities
  • Leave of Absence & Accommodations
  • Oversee LOA processes for U.S. and international employees, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local leave laws (including CFRA, FMLA, and ADA)
  • Oversee and manage all accommodation requests in compliance with ADA
  • Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of leave, accommodations and benefits continuation
  • Coordinate with worker’s compensation, disability, state paid leave benefits and third-party leave administrators and develop playbooks for consistency and employee support
  • Training, Compliance & Reporting
  • Ensure compliance and complete required reporting for all U.S. and international labor and benefits laws, including, but not limited to, I-9/E-verify, Meal & Rest Break compliance, ACA, EEO-1, VETS-4212, COBRA, Non-Discrimination Testing, mandatory trainings, and OFCCP obligations as a federal contractor
  • Ownership of audits, policy development, and employee handbook updates for global compliance
  • Using Learning & Development best practices, principals and models, build employee and manager enablement training for non-standard content and ownership of administration and training planning within our training platform
  • Maintain required notices and filings (ERISA, 5500, ACA, etc.) and act as a subject matter expert for employment and benefits law changes
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Embrace a collaborative and team-oriented environment by participating in cross-training and flexing across HR functions such as onboarding, terminations, immigration, etc. as needed to support team goals and ensure seamless employee experiences
  • Partner with People Operations teammates to ensure comprehensive HR support and shared backup responsibilities across functions including People Partners, Workplace Experience, Facilities and Recruiting
  • Adept at creating and maintaining business processes and workflows; recognizing gaps and changes as the business scales. Partner with People Systems teams for complex system implementations to automate and streamline
  • Provide guidance and tailored support to both exempt and non-exempt workers, recognizing and responding to unique population needs
  • Mentor and train junior team members
  • Payroll resource for resolution of time and attendance related questions
  • Partner with People Managers, Finance and Legal as needed

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Insights

Top investors

24% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Work from home opportunities

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Feb 2023

$230m

SERIES E

Feb 2021

$171m

SERIES D

Total funding: $571m

Our take

A leader in autonomous flight, Skydio builds drones that can track and film targets while avoiding obstacles. Its products have a wide range of applications, most notably for businesses that need to undertake inspections in unsafe places. The drones are also valuable to search and rescue efforts, police forces, and the US army.

Backed by a range of top investors and strategic partners (including Andreesen Horowitz, Levitate Capital, and Next 47) Skydio sets itself apart from its competitors by marketing its products predominantly to businesses. With technology such as 3D scanning and a 360-degree superzoom mode, its drones have a wide range of applications and functionality.

The company raised funding in 2023, which has boosted its valuation to over $2 billion. It has since focussed on R&D, developing and launching the X10 model which is designed for first responders and the military, as well as enhancing its remote control and thermal imaging capabilities. As the largest American drone company, there is no reason Skydio shouldn't remain a key industry actor for years to come.

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