Director of People & Culture

About GranicaGranica is an innovative AI research and infrastructure firm dedicated to developing reliable and steerable representations for enterprise data.We build trust through Crunch, a policy-driven health layer that ensures large tabular datasets remain efficient, reliable, and reversible. On this robust foundation, we are creating Large Tabular Models—advanced systems that learn cross-column and relational structures to provide trustworthy answers and automation, all while maintaining provenance and governance.THE ROLE:This is not just a standard People Operations role; it's your chance to develop the operational framework for a rapidly scaling company. As Granica transitions from a high-performing startup to a generational company, you will be instrumental in designing the systems, programs, and culture that will drive our success.You will oversee the entire employee experience—from onboarding and operations to engagement and development—acting as the connective tissue that empowers every team member (referred to as "Ninjas") to excel in their roles. You will be both the architect and builder: strategic enough to plan for scalability while being hands-on enough to engage in daily operations.This is a high-impact, in-office position located in Mountain View, where you will blend tactical execution with strategic influence as we grow from approximately 40 to 80 employees across various locations. You will collaborate closely with leadership to ensure our people programs are not only compliant and efficient but also reflect our core values of ownership, curiosity, and excellence.If you have admired what Laszlo Bock accomplished at Google in its formative years, this is your opportunity to play a similar role at Granica.

Join Granica as an Enterprise Account ExecutiveGranica is a pioneering AI research and infrastructure firm dedicated to creating reliable and steerable representations for enterprise data.We build trust through Crunch, our innovative policy-driven health layer that ensures large tabular datasets remain efficient, reliable, and reversible. With this robust foundation, we are developing Large Tabular Models—advanced systems that learn across columns and relational structures to provide trustworthy insights and automation while maintaining inherent provenance and governance.Transforming Data for Superior AIGranica is revolutionizing how enterprises prepare and optimize data at the foundational level of the AI stack—transforming raw information into actionable intelligence.Our technology seamlessly integrates with modern data platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, and S3-based data lakes, leading to:Over 60% reduction in storage costs and up to 60% lower compute expenditures.Threefold increase in data processing speed.20% improvement in platform efficiency.Why Your Role MattersGranica believes that vast data should drive innovation rather than incur expenses. We tackle the hidden bottlenecks in every AI and analytics stack, making data lighter, faster, and smarter, empowering teams to achieve breakthroughs instead of merely managing storage and compute costs.About UsA team of elite researchers specializing in compression, information theory, and data systems.Experienced engineers hailing from leading companies such as Pure Storage, Cohesity, Google, and top cloud teams.Supported by over $65 million from esteemed investors including Bain Capital Ventures, A* Capital, and prominent figures behind Okta, Eventbrite, Tesla, and Databricks.Your ResponsibilitiesIn the role of Enterprise Account Executive, you will spearhead the acquisition and expansion of strategic accounts throughout North America, particularly targeting organizations with extensive cloud data operations. You will guide high-impact, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from initial contact to closure, expansion, and renewal, serving as a trusted advisor to data and engineering leaders in some of the world's most innovative companies.Key responsibilities include:Managing the complete sales cycle for enterprise and upper mid-market accounts across North America....

Job Title: Principal Product Marketing ManagerLocation: Mountain View, CA - Atlanta, GA | HybridAbout Us:WitnessAI is an innovative AI security and governance platform that enterprises rely on to oversee and safeguard all AI activities. Our solution provides comprehensive, network-level visibility into every interaction, encompassing both employees and autonomous agents, even within native applications where traditional tools fall short. Unlike conventional security measures that depend on outdated keywords, our platform comprehends intent, enabling intelligent policies that mitigate emerging threats such as prompt injection while enhancing productivity. WitnessAI redefines security from a hindrance to a facilitator of your AI strategy, serving as the confidence layer for enterprise AI.The RoleWe are in search of a skilled Product Marketing Manager to shape the unified AI security and governance sector and position WitnessAI as the preeminent leader in this space. You will be responsible for crafting the product narrative and positioning, executing go-to-market strategies, and engaging with industry analysts.The AI security market is in its infancy. Buyers are still determining their evaluation criteria for AI security, and industry analysts are drafting initial market guides. This role presents a unique opportunity to influence how buyers conceptualize the problem, set evaluation standards, and ensure that WitnessAI establishes the benchmark.This position is for an individual contributor and reports to the Head of Product Marketing. You will be required to be present at our Mountain View HQ office twice a week.What You'll DoMessaging and Positioning: Define category positioning, develop the messaging framework, and create the evaluation criteria that buyers will utilize.Product Launches: Manage product launches from start to finish; we ship frequently. Take ownership of go-to-market strategies for new features, including messaging, enablement, and performance measurement.Sales Enablement: Develop tools that assist sales representatives in articulating differentiators and closing enterprise deals, including training materials, talking points, and objection handling strategies.Scale Thought Leadership: Produce high-quality content that drives the sales pipeline, including whitepapers, solution briefs, web content, and campaign assets.Market and Competitive Research: Conduct buyer research, win/loss analysis, and competitive intelligence, feeding insights back to product and sales teams.Channel and Partnerships: Support partner marketing initiatives and co-selling strategies through enablement and positioning.Executive and External Presence: Lead analyst relations and engage with industry experts.

About GranicaGranica is an innovative AI research and infrastructure organization dedicated to developing reliable and steerable representations for enterprise data.We build trust through Crunch, a policy-driven health layer that optimizes large tabular datasets to ensure they remain efficient, reliable, and reversible. This foundation enables us to create Large Tabular Models—systems that learn from cross-column and relational structures to provide trustworthy answers and automated processes with inherent provenance and governance.Product Manager - Research, AI Systems & Structured DataLocation: Downtown Mountain View, CA (office-based, five days a week) Team: Research & Applied SystemsThe MissionThe Research team at Granica is pioneering foundational advancements in:Tabular data learning and large tabular modelsStructured and relational representation learningCompression-aware and efficiency-driven AIHybrid symbolic, relational, and neural systemsThe intersection of information theory, learning theory, and large-scale systemsThese initiatives are intricately linked with real production systems that process petabytes of enterprise data.As the Research Product Manager, your role will be pivotal in ensuring the coherence, efficiency, and scalability of this work—bridging people, concepts, computational resources, and systems to transform groundbreaking research into sustainable capabilities.

Job Title: Principal Product ManagerLocation: Mountain View, CA - Hybrid (2 days per week in office)About Us: At Witness AI, we have pioneered intent-based AI security solutions. Unlike traditional tools that merely track user interactions with AI, we focus on understanding their objectives—preventing jailbreaks, data breaches, and unauthorized AI usage before they cause harm. Our platform provides critical insights into AI usage within organizations, enabling security teams to proactively manage risks, investigate incidents, and enforce compliance in real-time.The Role: This is an exceptional opportunity for a Principal Product Manager to shape the future of enterprise AI security. You will define how organizations secure their AI initiatives in a rapidly evolving field. Your contributions will set industry benchmarks, and the solutions you deliver will safeguard millions of AI transactions. You will lead the AI Firewall product line and collaborate with multiple engineering scrum teams to develop solutions that meet enterprise customer needs, enhance adoption rates, and maximize customer ROI, while acting as the key communication link between field teams and engineering.What You'll Actually Do:Strategic Planning: Conduct roadmap prioritization, customer discovery calls with enterprise CISOs and security practitioners, discuss governance for generative AI, and perform competitive analysis.Execution: Oversee sprint planning, create rapid prototypes with UX teams, and develop requirements using AI-assisted tools while making real-time trade-off decisions.Customer Engagement: Review proof of concepts with strategic accounts, analyze usage metrics and adoption trends, and translate security requirements into actionable product features.Key Responsibilities:Product Strategy & Roadmap: Own the product strategy and roadmap for the AI Firewall. Determine the competitive landscape and drive prioritization based on customer insights, market trends, and business objectives.Customer & Market Insights: Lead discussions with enterprise CISOs to uncover new AI risk patterns and translate their insights into product specifications, ensuring a balance of compliance, user-friendliness, and revenue considerations.Execution & Delivery: Guide 2-3 scrum teams through sprint planning, facilitate trade-off discussions, and ensure timely product launches.User Experience: Collaborate with UX teams to develop comprehensive user stories and prototypes prior to development, ensuring clear and consistent messaging throughout the product lifecycle.

About GranicaGranica is a pioneering AI research and infrastructure firm dedicated to creating reliable, steerable representations for enterprise data.We build trust through Crunch, a policy-driven health layer that ensures large tabular datasets are efficient, reliable, and reversible. Leveraging this foundation, we are developing Large Tabular Models—systems designed to learn cross-column and relational structures, providing trustworthy answers and automation with inherent provenance and governance.Engineering Manager – Foundational Data Systems for AILocation: Mountain View, CA (in-office, 5 days a week)Team: Foundational Data SystemsRole OverviewWe are seeking an Engineering Manager to spearhead Granica's Foundational Data Systems—the essential infrastructure layer upon which all other systems rely.You will oversee a globally distributed team of approximately 15-20 senior engineers based in the US, India, and Canada, with direct accountability for long-lived systems encompassing storage, metadata, and distributed computing. This role transcends traditional people management; it is a hands-on leadership position with significant architectural influence, responsible for crafting systems that must be accurate, durable, and efficient at an enterprise scale.The systems developed by this team are pivotal in determining Granica’s ability to convert cutting-edge research into dependable products, ensuring our customers trust the data foundations that their analytical and AI workloads rely upon.This position is perfect for a technically adept leader who is passionate about team building, designing long-lasting systems, and operating with high levels of trust and ownership.Why This Role MattersContemporary AI and analytics systems face constraints not from models, but from the inefficiency and fragility of the underlying data infrastructure. Redundant data layouts, fragile metadata, and costly execution paths lead to increased expenses, slower iterations, and operational risks.Granica’s mission is to eliminate these inefficiencies at the foundational level.We engineer self-optimizing data systems that perpetually reorganize, compress, and manage structured data to remain efficient, reliable, and reversible as it evolves. These systems act as a resilient substrate for analytics, automation, and AI workloads—where accuracy, provenance, and governance are paramount.

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic People Operations Manager to join our growing team at Cyngn Inc. In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping our organizational culture and enhancing employee engagement.Your responsibilities will include developing and implementing HR strategies, overseeing talent acquisition and retention, and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. You will collaborate closely with leadership to align human resources initiatives with business objectives.

About the Role Waymo is hiring a People Operations Program Manager in Mountain View, CA. This position focuses on improving the employee experience and supporting HR strategies across the company. The role centers on developing and delivering programs that strengthen workforce engagement and workplace culture. What You Will Do Work with cross-functional teams to launch and manage people-focused programs Analyze workforce and program data to guide HR decisions Support the employee lifecycle, including onboarding and performance management processes Ensure HR initiatives run smoothly from planning through execution What Sets You Up for Success Experience managing HR or people operations programs Strong collaboration skills across multiple teams Ability to use data to inform program direction and outcomes Commitment to building a positive and engaging workplace culture

Level AI is a dynamic Series C startup founded in 2019, located in Mountain View, California. Our mission is to redefine customer engagement by transforming contact centers into strategic assets. Utilizing our AI-native platform powered by cutting-edge technology such as Large Language Models, we extract actionable insights from customer interactions. These insights empower organizations to enhance customer experience and drive sustainable growth. Committed to continuous innovation, Level AI is recognized as one of the most adaptive and forward-thinking solutions in the industry.Our AI-driven customer service intelligence platform is tailored to improve customer experiences across businesses of all sizes. By leveraging a robust semantic engine, Level AI meticulously analyzes every support conversation within contact centers, delivering comprehensive insights that enhance quality assurance and agent performance.As a Sales Development Representative at Level AI, you will be pivotal in our sales initiatives, generating qualified leads and fostering meaningful connections with influential personas. Your expertise in prospecting, innovative outreach, and data-driven solutions will be crucial in constructing a robust sales pipeline and boosting revenue. Join us on this exciting journey as we revolutionize the AI sector and play a vital role in our company's growth!

Company OverviewID.me is revolutionizing digital identity verification, streamlining how individuals securely prove their identity online. With over 152 million users, we provide hassle-free login experiences across 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and more than 70 healthcare organizations. Our technology meets rigorous federal authentication standards and is recognized as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2/AAL2 credential service provider. At ID.me, we believe in ‘No Identity Left Behind’—ensuring everyone has access to a secure digital identity. Learn more at https://network.id.me/.The Manager of People Operations will lead the People Operations team to deliver outstanding service and promote process excellence. Reporting to the VP of Total Rewards and People Operations, you will oversee HR service delivery, ensure compliance, enhance the employee experience, and provide scalable infrastructure as ID.me continues to grow. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including Legal, Finance, Accounting, and IT, you will ensure that People Operations aligns with the company’s strategic objectives and complies with legal standards.We seek a strategic problem-solver with a commitment to operational excellence, employee support, and continuous improvement, playing a key role in shaping the employee experience and enhancing organizational performance.

Level AI, established in 2019, is a dynamic Series C startup based in Mountain View, California. We are on a mission to redefine customer engagement by transforming contact centers into strategic assets. Our innovative AI-native platform employs cutting-edge technologies, including Large Language Models, to derive actionable insights from customer interactions. By delivering these profound insights, Level AI empowers businesses to enhance customer experiences and foster sustainable growth. Our commitment to continuous innovation positions Level AI as one of the industry's most adaptive and forward-thinking solutions. Our AI-driven customer service intelligence platform is tailored to improve the customer experience for organizations of all sizes. Utilizing a robust semantic engine, Level AI meticulously analyzes every support conversation within contact centers to provide enterprise-wide insights that elevate quality assurance and agent performance. As a Senior Sales Development Representative at Level AI, you will play a pivotal role in our sales initiatives, generating qualified leads and building meaningful relationships with influential stakeholders. Your expertise in prospecting, creative outreach, and data-driven strategies will be crucial in developing a successful sales pipeline and driving revenue growth. Join us on this exciting journey as we revolutionize the AI industry and significantly contribute to our company’s expansion!

Join Waymo as a People Business Partner within our Operations and Supply Chain team. In this role, you will be instrumental in aligning human resources strategies with our operational goals, fostering a culture of innovation, and driving employee engagement. You will partner with leadership to develop and implement talent management strategies that support our business objectives.

About UsAurora is on a mission to revolutionize transportation by delivering self-driving technology that is safe, efficient, and accessible for all.The Aurora Driver is set to usher in a new age of mobility and logistics, ensuring a safer, more efficient future for everyone.At Aurora, you will engage with intricate challenges alongside a team of passionate and talented individuals, advancing your expertise while broadening your knowledge. For the latest updates from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.Aurora is committed to hiring individuals with diverse backgrounds to help create a transportation ecosystem that enhances road safety, ensures timely delivery of essential goods, and improves mobility for all. We are currently seeking a Program Manager for the People Team.In this role, you will:Lead Program Strategy & Execution: Transform abstract concepts and business challenges into detailed project charters. You will define the project's objectives, rationale, and methodologies, manage timelines, and guide the team to successful completion.Embrace Ambiguity: You thrive in dynamic environments and can swiftly identify gaps and establish order amidst confusion.Facilitate Connections: Act as a vital link between the People team and the wider organization, ensuring stakeholder alignment, early identification of risks, and the prevention of silos.Excel in Change Management: Recognizing that launching a program is just the beginning, you will devise communication strategies, messaging, and adoption plans to ensure our distributed workforce fully embraces the changes you implement.

Join Aeva as an Operations Program Manager where you'll play a pivotal role in streamlining operations and driving efficiency across our teams. Your strategic mindset and project management skills will empower you to lead initiatives that enhance productivity and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our operations align with business goals and customer needs.

Waymo seeks a People Experience Partner in Mountain View, California to help shape and strengthen the employee experience. This position centers on supporting a positive workplace culture and ensuring employees feel valued throughout their time at the company. Key responsibilities Work closely with various teams to maintain and improve a supportive workplace culture Lead and coordinate initiatives that increase employee engagement and satisfaction Support programs designed to recognize and appreciate employees Help create an environment where people can contribute ideas and do their best work Location This role is based onsite in Mountain View, California, USA.

About UsAt Aurora Innovation, our vision is to revolutionize transportation by making self-driving technology safe, fast, and accessible to all.Discover the Aurora Driver — a transformative force in mobility and logistics that aims to pave the way for a safer, more efficient, and inclusive future.Join us at Aurora, where you will engage in solving complex challenges alongside a team of passionate and talented individuals, enhancing your expertise while broadening your knowledge. For the latest updates, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.We are seeking a dynamic Purchasing Operations Manager who will play a critical role in driving operational excellence within our newly integrated Global Purchasing and Supply Chain (GPSC) organization. This position will focus on evaluating process efficiency, fostering a data-driven culture with advanced analytics, and leading cross-functional enhancements. You will help transition our rapidly growing organization from manual processes to a streamlined, automated operation. As the architect of our supply chain processes, you will oversee the organizational "Playbook" and serve as the main business stakeholder for essential system improvements, ensuring all processes are scalable and compliant with SOX requirements.

Join Commure, Inc. as a Senior Operations Manager specializing in Infrastructure. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the development and execution of operational strategies that enhance our infrastructure capabilities. You will lead cross-functional teams to ensure operational excellence, drive efficiency, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.Your responsibilities will include managing infrastructure projects from conception to delivery, optimizing processes, and collaborating with various departments to align operations with business objectives.

The Sales Operations Manager at dnanexus focuses on improving sales processes and supporting operational efficiency. This position works alongside sales teams to help them perform at their best and contribute to the company’s growth. Role overview This role centers on refining workflows and removing obstacles that slow down sales activity. The Sales Operations Manager will coordinate with team members to identify areas for improvement and put solutions in place. Collaboration Regular interaction with sales staff is a key part of this job. The position requires working together to set goals, track progress, and ensure everyone has the tools and information needed to succeed. Location This position is based in Mountain View.

Join Commure as a Technical Operations Manager in Payer Operations, where you will play a pivotal role in optimizing our operational processes. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our technology solutions, ensuring seamless integration and performance. Your expertise will drive the efficiency of our payer operations, ultimately improving service delivery to our clients.