Job description
About Turing
Based in Palo Alto, California, Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems. Turing helps customers in two ways: working with the world’s leading AI labs to advance frontier model capabilities in thinking, reasoning, coding, agentic behavior, multimodality, multilingualism, STEM and frontier knowledge; and leveraging that expertise to build real-world AI systems that solve mission-critical priorities for Fortune 500 companies and government institutions. Turing has received numerous awards, including Forbes’s “One of America’s Best Startup Employers,” #1 on The Information’s annual list of “Most Promising B2B Companies,” and Fast Company’s annual list of the “World’s Most Innovative Companies.” Turing’s leadership team includes AI technologists from industry giants Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter, McKinsey, Bain, Stanford, Caltech, and MIT. For more information on Turing, visit www.turing.com. For information on upcoming Turing AGI Icons events, visit go.turing.com/agi-icons.
Role Overview Join Turing as our strategic and globally-minded People Operations Specialist to join our People team to help us deliver a seamless team member experience and support a strong, scalable people foundation. As a key member of our People team, you’ll own and improve processes and touchpoints across the employee lifecycle. You’ll ensure every team member—from new hire to alum—feels supported, informed, and valued.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and improve the employee lifecycle processes: onboarding, offboarding, and everything in between.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with IT, Finance, and hiring managers to ensure smooth employee transitions and system access.
- Work cross-functionally to send offer letters, conduct background checks, process I-9 verifications, and ensure access is issued.
- Manage workflows for documentation: offer letters, promotion letters, policy updates, and other official communications.
- Monitor compliance with country, state, and local employment laws and recommend updates to policies, reporting and procedures.
- Support performance management and employee development programs.
- Maintain accurate team member records.
- Serve as the first point of contact for team member inquiries related to HR policies, benefits, and workplace issues, escalating when appropriate.
Qualifications
- 2–4 years of experience in HR, People Ops, or a related role—ideally in a startup or tech environment.
- Familiarity with HRIS systems (HiBob a plus).
- Understanding of employment law and HR best practices.
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and organized with excellent problem-solving skills.
- Empathetic, collaborative, and passionate about creating great team member experiences.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-changing priorities in a startup environment.
- Experience supporting a distributed or remote-first team
Ideal Candidate
- Mission-Aligned: Inspired by Turing’s vision to unleash the world’s untapped human potential
- Proactive and Strategic: A self-starter who can navigate ambiguity and drive outcomes
- People-Centric: Demonstrates empathy and excellent communication in high-stakes scenarios
Advantages of joining Turing:
- Amazing work culture (Super collaborative & supportive work environment; 5 days a week)
- Awesome colleagues (Surround yourself with top talent from Meta, Google, LinkedIn etc. as well as people with deep startup experience)
- Competitive compensation
- Flexible working hours
- Full-time remote opportunity
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Turing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. At Turing we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace and celebrate authenticity, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For applicants from the European Union, please review Turing’s GDPR notice here.
