People Operations Generalist

ABOUT US: Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.

In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

ABOUT THE ROLE: As a People Operations Generalist, you'll be the backbone of Notion's employee experience, owning the critical touchpoints that make our team members feel supported throughout their journey. From the moment someone accepts their offer through their growth and transitions at Notion, you'll ensure every process runs smoothly - managing onboarding, compliance, HRIS transactions, offboarding, and more. You'll partner closely with cross-functional teams including Recruiting, Legal, Finance, People Partners, and IT to deliver seamless operational execution.

This role requires someone who thrives on operational excellence, can juggle competing priorities, and genuinely cares about executing high quality work. WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE: - Support new hire onboarding - onboard new hires to our HRIS, verify background checks, complete I-9 verifications, and E-Verify. Ensure all new employees are set up for Day 1.

• Support offboarding - process terminations in our HRIS, draft separation paperwork, and partner with People Partners, IT, and other cross-functional teams on critical offboarding logistics - Act as the initial point of contact for employees. Triage and resolve questions or requests submitted to our People Operations ticketing system - Manage the day-to-day transactions in our HRIS - Be a reliable partner to cross-functional teams, including Recruiting, Legal, Finance, People Partners, and IT on all things People Operations - Manage compliance - SOC2, maintain employee files, support regular audits, etc. - Support processing onboarding, extensions, and offboardings for contingent workers - Support and lead ad-hoc projects that improve our processes and operations - Support an employee experience that is thoughtful and consistent SKILLS YOU'LL NEED TO BRING: - 3+ years of experience in People Operations, HR Operations, or a similar role in a fast-paced, growing company - Strong working knowledge of Workday (HCM) and comfort operating across multiple People tools and systems.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive employee data with discretion - Service-oriented mindset with strong triage and prioritization skills - Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills - proven ability to partner effectively with Recruiting, Legal, Finance, IT, and People Partners to coordinate seamless employee experiences and resolve complex operational challenges - Effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills - You don’t need to be an AI expert, but you’re curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results. NICE TO HAVES: - Experience supporting contingent workforce operations - Experience supporting a global workforce We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.

If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you. Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated base salary range for this role is $136,000 - $152,000 per year.

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