People Enablement Partner

Orbital

People Enablement Partner designing scalable solutions to support and retain talent at AI startup. Collaborating with managers and shaping People Products with impactful insights.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $135,000 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with managers across the business to diagnose team challenges, surfacing deep insights that will shape our People Product roadmap.
Enable managers to confidently handle performance, conduct, and team issues through effective coaching, guidance, and accessible resources.
Apply product management principles, such as user research, problem framing, roadmap prioritization, MVP testing and tracking outcomes, when designing new People processes.
Design and implement scalable People Products that support employees at all stages, create measurable business outcomes, and scale effectively with the business.
Own the People Product lifecycle end-to-end: from identifying the foundational problem and designing the solution, through to successful rollout and adoption.
Serve as a trusted advisor on US employment matters, including multi-state compliance, FMLA administration, leaves of absence, and day-to-day employee relations.
Identify patterns that signal where new solutions are needed and translate insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
Find ways to measure outcomes that highlight impact and identify where we still need to improve.
Iterate on what you build based on real-world feedback; nothing is set and forget.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have relevant experience in People Partnering and/or People Operations with strength on one side combined with desire to build in the other.
You have a strong working knowledge of US federal and state employment laws (e.g. FLSA, Title VII, ADA, ADEA, EEO, wage and hour, worker classification).
Comfortable with at-will employment and managing separations across multiple states, or confident picking up new state requirements as we expand.
You have hands-on experience with FMLA administration and other leave of absence processes (e.g. state paid family leave programs, ADA accommodations, parental leave), including advising managers and supporting employees through the full leave lifecycle.
You enjoy working closely with managers as well as building scalable people initiatives and have the ability to transform insights into real business impact.
You have strong communication and relationship-building skills combined with good judgment and discretion when working with sensitive employee matters and issues.
You care deeply about employee experience and business impact, and want to find ways to combine these in a meaningful way.
You thrive in ambiguity where we don't always have all the answers and rewriting People Playbooks excites you.
You combine strategic thinking with a pragmatic, hands-on approach, operating comfortably across proactive projects while building foundational processes.
You embrace technology and AI, and actively look for ways they can help you and others work smarter.
You understand the nuances between urgent and important and how to prioritize accordingly.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401k match and equity options in a fast-growing start-up.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
Rest and Recharge: 20 days paid holiday (plus public holidays), so you can rest, recharge, and take care of what matters most to you.
Generous parental leave policy designed to support all parents and caregivers in balancing family and work life, in addition to any state-mandated paid family leave entitlements.
Professional equipment and personal development budget along with training opportunities to learn and develop your skills.
Pre-tax commuter benefits to help you get to and from the office.
Regular team off-sites, shared lunches, and social events, with something for everyone.

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Hard Skills & Tools

People OperationsRoadmap PrioritizationUser ResearchMVP TestingPerformance ManagementConduct ManagementTeam Issue ResolutionData AnalysisLeave of Absence ProcessesEmployee Relations

Soft Skills

CoachingRelationship BuildingJudgmentDiscretionStrategic Thinking