People and HR Lead

Job Description

Job Description

At Laminar, we're leading the charge in physical AI, reshaping process industrials and manufacturing to drive operational efficiency and sustainability for our world’s most foundational industries. Powered by our Laminar AI Co-pilot models and state-of-the-art sensors, our solutions optimize facility performance across various processes, including process manufacturing, production, water management, energy reduction, and waste minimization. Based at Greentown Labs, North America's premier cleantech innovation community, we're a woman-founded startup backed by renowned investors like Greycroft, Construct Capital, 2048 Ventures, and Flybridge Capital. Our groundbreaking technologies have earned accolades and adoption from industry giants like Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company, ABinBev, PepsiCo, Danone, T. Marzetti, and more. We're committed to unlocking untapped data for our customers, empowering them to gain a competitive edge and create Industry 4.0.

Transforming our most foundational sectors of society is hard. Very hard. But we’re building an empire. And empire building is not easy. It’s deeply fulfilling, and you will learn and grow tremendously while driving sustainable impact globally with some of the largest players that make everything we eat, use, and wear. Our culture is to foster extraordinary growth within our teammates. We believe in autonomy, ownership, empowerment, demanding excellence, being mission-driven. We believe in creativity, authenticity, and extraordinary growth. We’re looking for relentless, ambitious, creative, and exceptional people to join our team and build the factory of the future.

We're looking for a People & HR Lead who wants to do more than keep the HR trains running. You'll help build the culture, systems, and experience that make Laminar the best place to work in Boston. This role works hand-in-hand with our Technical Recruiter: while they own sourcing and hiring, you'll own everything that keeps a growing team thriving once someone joins, including a standout onboarding experience, benefits, employee relations, conflict resolution, performance, leaves, and staying ahead of state and local employment law, as we scale past 50 teammates and counting.

What You Will Do:

• Shape HR Strategy: Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with the company's goals and values.
• Champion Employee Relations: Serve as a trusted resource for managers and employees, handling conflict resolution, performance concerns, and workplace investigations with discretion and fairness.
• Administer Leaves & Accommodations: Own the end-to-end process for FMLA, parental, medical, and state-mandated leaves, ensuring accurate tracking and a smooth experience for employees.
• Stay Ahead of Compliance: Monitor and apply state and local employment law across our growing footprint, keeping policies, handbooks, and practices current as regulations change.
• Own HR Policy & Documentation: Maintain and evolve our employee handbook, policies, and procedures to match a scaling, multi-location team.
• Review current pay bands, levels, and org structure and contribute to org growth and career pathways for team members
• Draft and manage the Contract Renewal process for Contractors
• Administer Benefits: Manage open enrollment, benefits administration, and vendor relationships to ensure employees get the support they need.
• Build a Standout Onboarding Program: Design and manage employee onboarding in collaboration with team leads, marketing, and Ops so every new hire ramps fast and feels the mission from day one.
• Work with Ops for all employee Offboarding , including communication, logistics, and access.
• Support Performance Management: Partner with managers to run performance review cycles, coaching, and, when necessary, disciplinary processes and exits.
• Partner with Recruiting: Work closely with our Technical Recruiter to ensure a seamless handoff from offer acceptance through onboarding and into steady-state employment, including joining career fairs and recruiting events. Collaborate on job description development.
• Maintain HRIS: Own our HR systems of record, ensuring accurate employee data, reporting, and compliance documentation. Manage PTO process.
• Fuel Growth & Development: Design and offer professional development opportunities that help our team keep leveling up.
• Build Culture That Sticks: Foster a collaborative team, organize team building and social events, and weave company culture into everything we do.

• 5+ years of HR generalist or HR business partner experience, ideally supporting a team that scaled past 50 employees
• Deep working knowledge of employment law, including leave administration (FMLA and state equivalents) and multi-state/local compliance
• Demonstrated experience handling employee relations issues and conflict resolution with sound judgment and discretion
• Experience administering benefits and partnering with brokers/vendors
• Proficiency with HRIS systems and strong organizational skills
• High level of integrity and confidentiality in handling sensitive information
• SHRM-CP, PHR, or similar HR certification preferred
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup environment

• Direct impact on product and culture.
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability, Transportation benefit, Health and Wellness benefit, and more.
• 401k plan with employer matching
• Equity
• Competitive salary and bonus opportunities.
• Dynamic and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunities for growth and professional development.
• Access to Greentown Labs' extensive network of cleantech startups.

• • Learn about our startup journey: Our Journey
  • How we're combating climate change: AI-Powered Climate Tech

Our pay ranges are established per Pave Compensation Software. We’re also proud to offer equity in our fast-growing startup and one of the most comprehensive benefits packages among startups at our stage. Laminar pays 100% of the individual health insurance premium for HMO medical, vision, and dental, offers flexible PTO, a $90/month transportation benefit, a $65/month health and wellness benefit, FSA, 12 company-paid holidays, an employer-matching 401(k) (unheard of at this stage!), and Greentown Labs membership, among other valuable resources. (*subject to change)

Why You'll Love it Here

• A front-row seat at Greentown Labs, North America's largest cleantech innovation hub, in a Somerville neighborhood ranked one of the coolest in the world

• Real recognition: 2026 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, Gold 2026 Edison Award, Unilever Startup of the Year, Innovator Awards by both Coca-Cola and ABInBev, and more

• A team that celebrates together from rooftop lunches, ping pong matches, Lunch & Learns, and regular team events

• Competitive salary, equity, and a 401(k) with company match

• Health, dental, and vision coverage, plus short- and long-term disability and life insurance

• Flexible time off and 12 company-paid holidays

• A conference and learning budget to keep growing your craft

• Greentown Labs membership and a transportation benefit for your commute

1. Phone screen with Laminar Head of Ops or Recruiter (15-20 minutes)

2. Intro call with Hiring Manager (30 minutes)

3. On-site interview, including short tour of GTL, overview of tech, and interview/presentation with the Hiring Manager and a few team members. Depending on the role, a skills exercise that should take no longer than an hour to prep, would be sent ahead of time. We record your skills exercise to share with any team members who could not join the interview and/or with Founder's ahead of their Founder's Interview. If you are not local, we can conduct this virtually.

4. Finalists for Full-Time positions will have a Founder’s Interview in-person

Final steps:

Two professional references are requested, ideally one from your current organization and one who served as your Manager

If an Offer Letter is extended, a Background check is conducted

A recent study from LinkedIn showed that most women apply to jobs only when they meet 100% of the requirements, whereas men will hit the apply button if they hit 60%. Laminar (formerly H2Ok) is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. So, to the women and nonbinary folks out there feeling unsure if you're a perfect fit, we strongly encourage you to apply! If you're ready to play a key role in scaling a game-changing company that’s transforming the industrial sector and advancing sustainability, we want to hear from you!

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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.