About the role
What to Expect Heron Power is a startup building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and cost-effective hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products. We believe no one person knows everything. We learn together, build together, and solve hard problems from first principles. You’ll work in a fast-moving, deeply technical environment where ownership and impact are real. Job Overview We are seeking a People Operations Lead to serve as Heron Power’s first dedicated HR hire. Reporting to the VP of Finance & Operations, you will help build the people operations foundation for a company scaling from R&D into manufacturing. You will own HR operations, payroll administration,
benefits, compliance, employee relations, and manager support, while implementing the systems and policies needed to support a growing non-exempt and hourly workforce. This is a hands-on, high impact role that will influence Heron Power’s culture for years to come. How You Will Contribute Employee Lifecycle Own employee onboarding, background checks, immigration with outside counsel, I-9 verification, and new hire orientation Manage offboarding, including final pay coordination, exit interviews, systems deprovisioning, and documentation Coordinate performance review cycles, promotions, job changes, and salary adjustments in partnership with Finance and leadership Support contractor onboarding, renewals, and offboarding in partnership with Legal and Finance Payroll,
Benefits & Systems Prepare payroll for salaried and hourly employees in partnership with Finance Lead
benefits evaluation, annual renewals, open enrollment, and day-to-day administration Manage HR systems and lead necessary transitions and integrations in partnership with IT Build scalable timekeeping, attendance, scheduling, and wage-and-hour processes ahead of manufacturing ramp HR Business Partnership & Compliance Serve as the first point of contact for employee relations, manager coaching, performance concerns, investigations, and HR cases Maintain the employee handbook, HR policies, required trainings, employee records, and compliance calendar Partner with Compliance/EHS on workers’