People and Talent Manager

OpenClinica

HR leader focusing on recruiting and employee relations at OpenClinica. Managing full cycle recruiting and core HR operations for a remote workforce.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $105,000 - $115,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own full-cycle recruiting across the organization, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, offer logistics, and closing.
Manage multiple requisitions at once while maintaining clear priorities, fast follow-through, and strong communication with hiring managers and candidates.
Conduct thoughtful recruiter screens that assess qualifications, motivation, communication style, compensation expectations, work authorization, and role alignment.
Drive candidates through the process with urgency, including timely outreach, scheduling, feedback collection, decision follow-up, and offer-stage communication.
Prepare and present qualified candidate slates to hiring managers with clear context, strengths, risks, and recommended next steps.
Own offer logistics in partnership with Finance and hiring managers, including compensation alignment, offer approvals, offer letters, and candidate close strategy.
Own ATS hygiene, requisition management, candidate stage accuracy, interview documentation, dispositioning, and recruiting workflow consistency.
Serve as a trusted HR resource for employees and managers on people-related matters, balancing employee care with business judgment.
Coach managers through performance conversations, employee concerns, corrective actions, performance improvement plans, and terminations.
Conduct employee relations reviews or investigations as needed, maintaining appropriate documentation and involving outside counsel when appropriate.
Own core HR operations, including HRIS data integrity, personnel records, onboarding and offboarding workflows, benefits administration support, and policy updates.
Maintain awareness of federal and multi-state employment law requirements for a remote workforce and recommend practical compliance improvements.
Support compensation benchmarking and market-informed hiring recommendations to improve offer competitiveness and internal consistency.
Identify and evaluate recruiting tools, HR vendors, and process improvements that help scale the people function efficiently.
Administer engagement surveys and support targeted culture, recognition, and retention initiatives as needed.
Support remote culture programming: team events, recognition, and connection
Partner with leadership to build workforce plans aligned to annual business goals and budget cycles. Identify and evaluate HR tools and vendors to scale the people function.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of progressive HR experience with significant depth in both recruiting and employee relations
Demonstrated ability to run full-cycle recruiting independently
Deep experience handling ER matters: performance management, investigations, terminations, and difficult conversations
Strong working knowledge of U.S. employment law across multiple states, with experience supporting a remote workforce
Comfortable being the sole HR team member
Sound judgment on when to resolve directly, when to escalate, and when to involve outside counsel
Hands-on experience with HRIS platforms (ADP, Rippling, Workday, or similar) and an ATS
Clear, empathetic communicator who builds trust with both employees and leadership
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

This position is eligible to participate in an annual bonus incentive.

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-cycle recruitingemployee relationsperformance managementinvestigationsterminationsHRIS platformsATS managementcompensation benchmarkingonboarding workflowsoffboarding workflows

Soft Skills

strong communicationempathetic communicatortrust buildingsound judgmentcoachingprioritizationurgencyclear context presentationemployee carebusiness judgment