HR Generalist

The HR Generalist supports the HR Business Partner by managing day-to-day HR operations, including employee relations, performance management, talent acquisition, and ensuring compliance with company policies and labor laws. This position is responsible for optimizing HR processes, administering compensation and benefits, maintaining accurate employee records, and providing data-driven insights to support business decisions, while also contributing to the alignment of HR initiatives with organizational goals.

Through close collaboration with the HRBP, the HR Generalist will contribute to key initiatives focused on employee engagement, retention, talent development, and overall organizational effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Employee Relations: Assist HRBP in address general employee concerns, resolve conflicts, and foster a positive work culture. Support the investigation of employee complaints or policy violations, ensuring all actions are conducted fairly, objectively, and in compliance with company policies and legal standards. Help ensure consistent application of policies across teams, offering guidance to managers on best practices for employee relations and performance management.
  
  
• Performance Management: Assist in the planning, coordination, and execution of the annual performance review process for Sr.Manager level and below. This includes tracking performance evaluations, ensuring timely completion, and providing guidance to managers and employees. Analyze performance data to identify trends and insights, and collaborate with managers to implement performance improvement and disciplinary initiatives. Support the development of individual development plans (IDPs) and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

• Compensation & Benefits Support: Guide employees and managers on compensation inquiries, benefits enrollment, and issue resolution. Assist with compensation adjustments and ensure employees are informed of available benefits. Collaborate with managers on compensation planning, performance-based pay, salary reviews, bonuses, and promotions, while providing insights on industry compensation benchmarks to ensure consistency and fairness.
  
  
• HR Data & Reporting: Provide managers with accurate HR reports and insights to support informed decision-making in areas such as performance management, workforce planning, retention, and compensation. Use data to identify trends, ensure policy compliance, and help managers align talent strategies with business goals.

• Training & Development: Help coordinate and facilitate training programs and career development initiatives aligned with department and/or business goals.
  
  
• HR Projects & Initiatives: Support the HRBP in implementing HR strategies, cultural initiatives, and change management efforts as needed.

• HR Compliance & Policy: Assist in the development, communication, and enforcement of HR policies and procedures. Ensure employees and managers are informed of policy updates and that changes are consistently applied across the organization. Provide guidance on policy interpretation to promote fair and consistent practices that support a compliant and respectful work environment.

• Talent Acquisition: Collaborate with supervisor/managers team to align talent needs with workforce strategy, define job requirements, and guide decision-making around selection and internal mobility. Ensure hiring practices support diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, while monitoring recruitment metrics to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of HR experience, preferably in a generalist role.
• Strong understanding of HR policies, employment laws, and best practices.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality and professionalism.
• Proficiency in HRIS systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
  
  

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

For more information, visit www.natera.com.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents. 

Link: https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents/

Please be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @natera.com email domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. Natera takes cyber crimes seriously, and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes.

For more information:
- BBB announcement on job scams 
- FBI Cyber Crime resource page