People Operations Specialist

People Operations Specialist

Somerville, MA

Position summary

The Generate People and Culture team is on a mission to create an environment where Generators of all backgrounds can succeed and are enabled to contribute their best. At Generate, we thrive on innovation, push boundaries, and embrace technology. Our People and Culture team is on the forefront of pioneering HR solutions that shape the future of work. Join us on our inspiring journey as we collectively reimagine People and Culture, creating new standards in HR excellence, exceptional experiences for our Generators, and teams positioned to deliver breakthrough therapies to patients.

As a People Operations Specialist, you will play a crucial role in supporting core employee lifecycle processes, maintaining high-quality people data, responding to employee and manager questions, and helping deliver a smooth day-to-day employee experience. This role entails a strong emphasis on accuracy, responsiveness, follow-through, and comfort working in systems and processes. This is an exciting opportunity to make an impact by contributing to our inclusive culture, employee development, and supporting best practices.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct new employee orientation, including onboarding activities such as new hire preparation, first-day logistics, I-9 and E-Verify coordination, and swag distribution. Serve as the backup facilitator for benefits orientation.
• Perform Workday transactions and data entry, including promotions, terminations, worker moves, new job requisitions, contractor entry, monthly cell phone allowance updates, new hire approvals, and job requisition updates. Review integration notifications for errors.
• Administer leave-of-absence processes, including employee meetings, Workday leave updates, tracking Prudential notifications, managing wage forms, related documentation, and keeping business partners informed.
• Manage recurring People Operations administration such as weekly benefits event status reporting, monthly cell phone reimbursement maintenance, and COBRA subsidy entry for terminations.
• Maintain People Operations content in the Notion knowledge base.
• Monitor and respond to employee inquiries to the People Ops inbox and Slack inquiries.
• Serve as a primary contact for commuter benefit questions, provide new hire support related to commuter programs, approve monthly parking changes, and complete monthly spend category audits.
• Review, reconcile, and support approval of monthly benefits invoices, including auditing headcount and enrollment against billing and coordinating BCBS and Prudential bill review and approval.
• Support operational projects, such as I-9-related work and Workday offboarding documentation updates.
• Administer the recognition platform, including routine platform maintenance, user support, issue escalation, process documentation, and coordination with internal stakeholders and the vendor.
• Identify data issues, process gaps, and opportunities to improve efficiency, while escalating more complex policy or systems issues appropriately.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 2 - 4 years of relevant experience in People Operations, HR Operations, HR coordination, or a similar role; leave administration experience preferred
• Exceptional attention to detail and a strong commitment to accuracy
• Responsive, service-oriented approach with strong follow-through
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Curiosity and willingness to ask questions and learn new systems and processes
• Experience working in HR systems required; Workday experience is helpful but not required
• Comfort embracing technology, particularly in leveraging digital tools and platforms to enhance People and Culture initiatives, improve efficiency, and drive better employee experiences.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines; a high tolerance for ambiguity and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling environment.
• Desire to work in a company committed to developing the best therapies for patients

About Generate Biomedicines

We are a clinical-stage generative biology company pioneering the AI revolution in drug design and development. We are advancing a new approach to drug creation—one grounded in the ability to design proteins with defined biological intent. By integrating machine learning with large-scale experimentation, this approach aims to reduce the uncertainty, time, and cost associated with developing protein-based medicines.

Founded in 2018, we are advancing a growing pipeline of clinical and preclinical programs across multiple disease areas and protein modalities. By unifying computational design and clinical development within a single operating model, we translate this approach into clinical-stage programs and are leading a shift from traditional drug discovery toward systematic drug generation.

At Generate:Biomedicines, we collaborate across disciplines in new ways to invent and innovate. We bring diverse perspectives to a shared goal of delivering better medicines to patients in need, faster, guided by our values and leadership behaviors.

Generate:Biomedicines is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Generate:Biomedicines does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Generate:Biomedicines or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by the Company's internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Generate:Biomedicines and the Company will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

Compensation: The base salary range provided reflects our current estimate of what we anticipate paying for this position. Your actual base salary will be based on several factors, including job-related skills, experience, internal equity, relevant education or training, and market dynamics. In addition, you will be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and a competitive benefits package.

Per Year Salary Range

$71,000 - $99,000 USD