HR Generalist

The Role

We are looking for an HR Generalist to help support our growing business.  This role will be responsible for driving people focused initiatives throughout the life-cycle of our employees, which may include:  Onboarding/Off-boarding, Operations, Benefits Administration, Compensation, Career path/levels, Employee Engagement, Training and Development, Immigration, and Policies.  This is an opportunity for someone who is a self-starter, intellectually curious, and passionate about building people practices that scale with the business.  This role will report to the Head of HR.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with associates and leaders on all aspects of HR to support the business, our associates, and our leaders
• Learning & Development: Help to build a continuous learning culture by creating learning paths related to development opportunities, including manager development, recruiting/interviewing skills, leadership/executive presence, etc.
• Benefits Administration: You will manage all aspects of benefits administration, including design, broker engagement, market reviews, compliance and administration.
• Associate Experience: You will partner with members of the team to enhance and/or develop a best in class associate experience throughout their engagement with Akoya
• Policy/Procedures: Review, develop and implement HR policies and procedures in accordance with legal and statutory requirements
• Immigration: You will partner with our Immigration Attorney and act as the liaison between employees and legal team for all concerns related to immigration and VISA’s
• HRIS Management:  Maintains employee data and files in compliance with records retention policy and applicable legal requirements
• Other projects as needed

The Experience You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources (or similar field) or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 years working to help scale HR/People processes and initiatives to enable business growth
• Technical knowledge and experience supporting a variety of People disciplines, including benefits administration, performance management, manager/employee development, employee engagement, career path/structures, and employee relations
• Passion for building and enhancing both processes and programs to create best in class experience for associates throughout their life-cycle with Akoya
• Self-starter – highly proactive and ‘plugged in’ to the wider HR community
• Data driven - Has worked on data quality, data integrity and reporting dashboards
• Tech savvy, with an understanding of HRIS implementations and processes (ADP Workforce Now and Greenhouse Recruiting experience preferred). 
• Proficient in HR compliance matters across a variety of states, including Massachusetts and California
• Strong written/verbal communication skills
• Strong bias for action, a keen sense of urgency and the ability to drive impactful results