Performance and Development Specialist

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and scale cohesive performance and development programs, including goal-setting, reviews, and calibration.
• Build simple, intuitive mechanisms for leaders that provide necessary business rigor without adding excessive process.
• Develop repeatable manager training models covering compliance, interviewing, and leadership development.
• Own the selection and management of L&D platforms to track and report on training effectiveness.
• Partner with People Business Partners and other Centers of Excellence to identify and address manager skill gaps.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, and Engineering to ensure program alignment with business and regulatory needs.
• Manage performance and development policy design, interpretation, and compliance with labor and employment laws.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in people operations, HR, or people program management.
• Proven track record of designing and scaling company-wide performance, development, or training programs.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management and partnering with business leaders.
• Strong program management skills with the ability to optimize processes and communicate outcomes.
• Solid understanding of HR policies, labor and employment law, and compliance requirements.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience using data to drive program improvements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high-growth technology companies, particularly in the automotive or autonomous vehicle industries.
• Experience scaling startups from early-stage to larger organizational structures.
• Hands-on experience with performance management systems, LMS/L&D platforms, and people analytics tools.
• Background in change management or organizational development.
• Experience working with large datasets.

About the Company

Applied Intuition is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017, the company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet, servicing the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries.