Position Summary
The HR Generalist is the operational backbone of ECN's HR function, owning the day-to-day work that keeps a 28 site, PE-backed clinical trial network running cleanly. This role partners closely with the Senior Director of HR to build and maintain the infrastructure, compliance, and employee experience across a distributed workforce spanning three time zones. The person in this seat is hands-on, organized, credible with managers and employees, and comfortable working in an environment where the HR function is actively being stood up.
Key Responsibilities
The HR Generalist is the operational backbone of ECN's HR function, owning the day-to-day work that keeps a 28 site, PE-backed clinical trial network running cleanly. This role partners closely with the Senior Director of HR to build and maintain the infrastructure, compliance, and employee experience across a distributed workforce spanning three time zones. The person in this seat is hands-on, organized, credible with managers and employees, and comfortable working in an environment where the HR function is actively being stood up.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end onboarding for new hires across all sites, ensuring a clean, welcoming, and compliant experience.
- Maintain and improve HR documentation, personnel files, and HRIS data integrity within ADP Workforce Now.
- Manage compliance tracking across federal, state, and multi-state requirements, with particular attention to California employment law.
- Serve as first point of contact for employee relations inquiries. Triage, document, and escalate appropriately.
- Administer benefits programs and support annual open enrollment.
- Partner with payroll on employee data changes, status updates, and cross-functional reporting.
- Support policy development, handbook maintenance, and rollout of HR communications across 28 sites.
- Contribute to HR reporting, metrics, and dashboards for leadership review.
- Build and deliver manager and employee-facing training and presentations on HR topics.
- Partner with the Senior Director of HR on special projects as the HR function continues to mature.
- 5+ years of HR generalist experience across the core functions (onboarding, ER, compliance, benefits, HRIS).
- Experience supporting a multi-site or distributed workforce across multiple time zones.
- Demonstrated experience in multi-state employment compliance.
- Experience and advanced proficiency with ADP Workforce Now (WFN).
- Strong presentation and written communication skills.
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment.
- Proficiency with ATS platforms.
- PE-backed or portfolio company experience.
- Clinical research, healthcare, or life sciences industry experience.
- California employment law experience.