People Operations Specialist

Who We Are

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves more than 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

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About The Role

The People Operations Specialist will serve as a Motive culture ambassador, contributing to a positive employee experience from day one. This role implements and supports human resources programs, policies, and practices, ensuring our processes run smoothly and efficiently. Responsibilities include supporting New Hire Orientation, onboarding, and offboarding, responding to employee service requests within SLA timeframes, and managing HRIS data and workflows.

What You’ll Do

• Provide operational support for HR programs and assist employees and internal teams with various policies and practices.
• Oversee new hire orientation, onboarding, and offboarding to promote a positive employee experience.
• Efficiently handle employee service requests within established SLAs, addressing inquiries and finding effective solutions to a global team.
• Proactively manage HRIS data quality, run audit reports and monitor workflows for opportunities to reduce complexity and ensure accuracy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance and streamline HR processes for greater efficiency and scalability, including exploring and leveraging AI tools and solutions.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• A solid understanding of HR operations, including how a strong onboarding program contributes to a positive employee experience.
• Highly resourceful and detail-oriented, with excellent time management and clear communication habits, ensuring process adherence and effective problem-solving.
• Exceptional self-direction, demonstrating proactive initiative, accountability, and comfort with autonomy in a remote work environment.
• 2-3 years of experience in an HR Generalist, HR Operations, or similar role, preferably in the technology industry, with 2+ years of Workday experience.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent HR experience, coupled with a commitment to confidentiality and the ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams.
  
  

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