Sr. People & Culture Generalist

About the role

The Senior People & Culture Generalist serves as a trusted partner to leaders and employees across Kinder's, supporting the full employee lifecycle while helping build scalable People practices that enable our continued growth.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to managers on employee relations, performance management, coaching, engagement, and organizational effectiveness.
• Provide thoughtful guidance on people decisions while balancing employee experience and business needs.
• Coach leaders through difficult conversations, performance challenges, organizational change, and career development discussions.
• Help leaders build high-performing, inclusive teams.
• Partner across the employee lifecycle including onboarding, development, internal mobility, performance management, engagement, and offboarding.
• Respond thoughtfully to employee questions while maintaining confidentiality and trust.
• Help reinforce Kinder's values through everyday interactions.
• Support company-wide performance management processes.
• Partner with leaders on development planning, talent reviews, succession planning, and organizational health discussions.
• Collaborate with Recruiting to ensure smooth transitions from candidate to employee.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen leadership capability across the organization.
• Conduct employee relations conversations and workplace investigations with professionalism, empathy, and sound judgment.
• Ensure consistent application of company policies and employment practices.
• Partner with legal and leadership on sensitive employee matters when appropriate.
• Stay current on federal, state, and local employment laws and ensure compliance across People practices.
• Help design, implement, and continuously improve People programs that scale with company growth.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, eliminate friction, and improve the employee experience.
• Support initiatives across engagement, recognition, learning, culture, and organizational effectiveness.
• Contribute to cross-functional People projects and strategic initiatives.
• Analyze People metrics and trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Partner with leaders to translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Maintain accurate employee records and support People reporting as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive Human Resources or People & Culture experience with broad Generalist responsibilities.
• Experience supporting leaders in a high-growth, fast-paced organization.
• Strong employee relations and performance management experience.
• Proven ability to coach managers through complex people situations.
• Working knowledge of California and multi-state employment law preferred.
• Experience partnering across Recruiting, Learning & Development, Compensation, and People Operations.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Comfort working independently while collaborating across a highly cross-functional organization.
• Experience using HRIS platforms and leveraging People data to inform decisions.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification is a plus.