simspace-corporation - Senior People & Talent Operations Specialist

• You'll serve as a key partner to our Recruiting team, our People Program Partner, People Ops Business Partner, hiring managers, and employees while helping us maximize the value of our technology ecosystem—particularly Ashby. • We're early adopters of Ashby's People Workflows and see tremendous opportunity to continue building automations, communications, onboarding experiences, and operational efficiencies that improve both employee and administrator experiences. • The right person for this role loves connecting dots. One hour you might be building an onboarding workflow, auditing data quality, or configuring an automation in Ashby. • The next you might be analyzing adoption trends, identifying a process gap, partnering with Recruiting on preboarding logistics, or translating employee experience data into actionable recommendations. • WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR • As Senior People & Talent Operations Specialist, you will: • Own and continuously improve our preboarding and share onboarding experience across systems, communications, and operational processes • Serve as one of our internal Ashby experts, helping build, optimize, and scale People Workflows, automations, reporting, and employee lifecycle processes • Partner closely with Hiring and People teams to ensure seamless transitions from candidate to employee • Manage employee data integrity, audits, workflows, and operational processes across people systems • Create, maintain, and optimize employee communications, workflows, and automated touchpoints • Monitor program adoption and utilization, identifying opportunities to increase engagement and effectiveness • Analyze people, recruiting, onboarding, and employee experience data to identify trends and recommend improvements • Build dashboards, reports, and insights that help leaders make informed decisions • Support employee experience, learning, development, and performance programs through operational execution and process optimization • Identify process inefficiencies and implement scalable solutions that improve accuracy, consistency, and employee experience • Partner cross-functionally to support new initiatives, systems implementations, and operational improvements • Act as a trusted operational resource for employees, managers, recruiters, and leaders • WHAT MAKES SOMEONE SUCCESSFUL HERE • The strongest People & Talent Ops professionals I've worked with combine curiosity, systems thinking, business acumen, and empathy. • They understand that behind every workflow, report, automation, or process is a real human experience. They love solving problems but don't stop at fixing symptoms - they look for root causes. They notice patterns before others do. They enjoy turning complexity into simplicity. They're energized by data and analytics, but they're equally passionate about using those insights to improve employee experiences and business outcomes. • Most importantly, they operate with a high degree of ownership. They don't wait for instructions. They proactively identify opportunities, make recommendations, and help move the organization forward. • YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT IF... • 📊 You're a data nerd who loves uncovering insights, trends, and stories hidden within data. • ⚙️ You genuinely enjoy building workflows, automations, and scalable systems. • 🚀 You have deep experience with Ashby and get excited about maximizing the platform's capabilities. • 🧩 You naturally connect dots across teams, systems, processes, and employee experiences. • 🔍 You proactively identify issues, investigate root causes, and develop solutions. • 📈 You enjoy measuring adoption, analyzing effectiveness, and improving outcomes through data. • 🛠️ You think like a builder and are energized by creating processes that didn't exist before. • 🤝 You build strong partnerships and know how to influence through collaboration. • 📚 You're continuously learning and enjoy staying current on People Operations technology, analytics, and best practices. • 🌟 You balance operational excellence with a genuine passion for creating exceptional employee experiences. • YOU MIGHT NOT BE A GREAT FIT IF... • ❌ You prefer highly defined work where priorities, solutions, and next steps are always provided. • ❌ You view systems administration as maintenance rather than an opportunity for innovation and optimization. • ❌ You wait for issues to be assigned instead of proactively identifying them. • ❌ You enjoy running reports but don't enjoy translating data into recommendations and action. • ❌ You prefer executing established processes over designing and improving them. • ❌ You become frustrated when priorities shift or new challenges emerge. • ❌ You see employee experience, onboarding, learning, performance, and operations as separate functions rather than interconnected parts of the same journey.