Performance and Development Specialist

Applied Intuition Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive defense trucking construction mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure operating systems and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers as well as the United States military and its allies trust the companys solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale California with offices in Washington D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach Florida; Ann Arbor Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at .

We are an in-office company and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

Applied Intuition is looking for a Performance & Development Specialist to design and scale the systems that help employees and managers grow and do their best work. You will build intuitive performance and development initiatives along with supporting manager training models ensuring they remain highly execution-oriented and consistent with our corporate values. You will have the autonomy to revise and build what is needed from the ground up with the judgment to know when a program needs more rigor and when it needs to get out of peoples way.

Youll sit within the People Center of Excellence and partner closely with business leaders and People Business Partners to make sure every program you design actually works for the teams using it not just on paper.

• Design implement and scale performance and development programs - from goal-setting through reviews and calibration as a cohesive company-wide system rather than a set of disconnected processes

• Think creatively about program design: build mechanisms that are simple intuitive and a light lift for leaders to run while still generating the rigor and signal the business needs to measure performance

• Ground every program in Applied Intuitions broader performance operations and philosophy so performance and development feel like a natural extension of how the company already works not an added layer of process

• Build a repeatable yet flexible model to train managers covering compliance training interview training and manager development that can flex to different team needs without losing a consistent core.

• Own the selection and use of L&D platforms to deliver track and report on manager training completion and effectiveness across the People team.

• Partner with People Business Partners and other Centers of Excellence to identify manager skill gaps and translate them into targeted scalable training content.

• Partner cross-functionally with Legal Finance internal applications and Engineering teams to ensure programs align with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

• Own performance and development policy design interpretation and compliance including labor and employment law requirements that impact day-to-day operations

• Bachelors degree and 5 years of experience in people operations HR generalist or people program management roles with demonstrated stakeholder management experience ideally including performance management or L&D program ownership

• Proven track record of designing and scaling performance and development or training programs that were adopted company-wide including manager training models delivered and tracked through an L&D platform

• Successful experience building tools and resources using technology to increase program efficiency and ease of use for leaders and employees

• Strong program management background with the ability to design and optimize processes integrate feedback and communicate outcomes across all levels

• Experience partnering closely with business leaders People Business Partners and other Centers of Excellence to design programs that hold up in practice not just in theory

• Solid understanding of HR policies labor and employment law and compliance requirements as they relate to performance management

• Strong analytical mindset with experience using data to drive program improvements and decision-making

• Experience in high-growth technology companies particularly in automotive or autonomous vehicle industries.

• Direct involvement in scaling startups from early-stage to larger organizational structures.

• Hands-on experience with performance management systems LMS/L&D platforms and people analytics tools.

• Background in change management or organizational development

• Experience working with large datasets

Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently the parties agree that as applicable they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a) 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that as applicable they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471 Appendix A to Subpart A) relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

FOR US-BASED ROLES: Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions. Reasonable accommodations are available requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request.
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