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Lightmatter

Photonic computing hardware for AI acceleration

People Operations Analyst

HR Operations & Coordination +1Updated on Nov 14
Full-timeBoston, MA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Labor and Industrial Relations, Business Administration, or a related field is required.
  • At least five years of experience in People Operations or Total Rewards support in a high-growth, high-tech environment is required.
  • Hands-on Workday experience, experience handling sensitive information, and the ability to produce accurate analysis in Excel or similar tools are required.
  • Demonstrated experience using AI tools to improve HR processes, increase efficiency, and solve problems creatively is required.
  • Experience supporting onboarding, offboarding, leave of absence, and benefits processes, and providing first-line support for employee inquiries, is required.
  • The candidate must be organized, practical, and able to manage multiple priorities.
  • The candidate must demonstrate ownership and accountability, proactively drive tasks to completion, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
  • The candidate must maintain high execution velocity, translate priorities into actionable deliverables, and ensure consistent progress across projects.
  • The candidate must have strong attention to detail and produce accurate, reliable work.
  • The candidate must take ownership of responsibilities and follow through, operating with accountability.
  • The candidate must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and adapt as priorities evolve.
  • The candidate must earn trust through consistency, responsiveness, and careful handling of sensitive employee information.
  • The candidate must bring a practical, people-focused approach while keeping work moving forward.
  • The candidate must collaborate effectively across teams and functions and communicate clearly.
  • Candidates must have capacity to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end new-hire onboarding process in Workday, including pre-boarding, background checks, I-9 and compliance documentation, equipment and systems coordination, and day-one readiness.
  • Manage offboarding, including Workday terminations, final-pay and benefits coordination, exit documentation, and access and equipment return, in partnership with IT, Payroll, and managers.
  • Administer the contractor lifecycle, including onboarding, record maintenance, engagement changes and extensions, and offboarding, while ensuring worker classification and documentation remain compliant.
  • Administer medical, parental, and personal leaves, including eligibility review, employee and manager communication, coordination with carriers and vendors, tracking, and return-to-work, in compliance with federal and state requirements.
  • Serve as the Tier 1 point of contact for employee inquiries about HR policies, Workday, leave, and general People Operations questions; resolve requests directly and escalate complex or sensitive matters as appropriate.
  • Oversee recurring audits of Workday employee and contractor data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance; investigate and correct discrepancies, document findings, and recommend process improvements.
  • Support benefits administration, including enrollment and qualifying life events, employee questions, vendor and carrier coordination, and accurate, reconciled benefits data in Workday.
  • Build and maintain reporting on headcount, hiring activity, attrition, and workforce trends to support hiring and workforce decisions, partnering with Talent Acquisition.
  • Use AI tools to automate routine work, streamline workflows, improve employee self-service, and accelerate reporting and analysis while protecting employee-data confidentiality.
  • Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, Finance, IT, and Payroll, and identify process improvements as the company grows.

Desired Qualifications

  • Some compensation experience, such as benchmarking, survey participation, or salary structure maintenance.
  • Vendor management experience.

About the Company

Lightmatter

Photonic computing hardware for AI acceleration

Lightmatter develops photonic computing hardware that accelerates AI workloads using light-based processors. Its photonic supercomputers run AI tasks faster and use far less energy (about 10x faster and 90% less energy) than traditional electronic systems. The company differentiates itself by focusing on electro-photonic systems and practical AI acceleration for AI and autonomous vehicle workloads, working with universities and selling hardware, software licenses, and partnerships. Its goal is to bring scalable photonic computing to market so AI and self-driving applications can run faster, more efficiently, and at larger scale.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Series D
Total funding
$822M
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA
Founded
2017

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