Lila Sciences Verified

Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Research

Senior Manager, Human Resources

San Francisco, Ca UsaFull TimeSenior$140,000–$172,667 /yrPosted 2 months ago

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Role summary

Lila Sciences is seeking a Senior HR Manager for its HRBP team in San Francisco. This role will partner with managers to provide HR guidance on talent management, employee relations, performance, and team effectiveness. Responsibilities include coaching managers, leading HR programs like performance reviews and compensation planning, and serving as the on-site HR presence for the SF office. The ideal candidate has 7-9 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 3 years in an HRBP or generalist role, strong knowledge of HR disciplines and employment law (especially California), and experience handling HR operations. Familiarity with HRIS, organizational development, and AI tools is a plus. The role requires 3 days per week onsite.

Your Impact at LILA

Lila is looking for a Senior HR Manager to join the HRBP team and serve as a trusted people partner to assigned managers and client groups at our San Francisco office. You will lead execution of core people programs, advise managers on employee relations and team effectiveness, and help build a strong, consistent culture as the organization scales. You bring enough experience to work with meaningful independence and to start shaping how HR programs operate on the ground — with room to grow into a broader strategic advisory capacity over time.

What You'll Be Building

Partner with assigned managers to provide hands-on HR guidance on talent management, employee relations, performance management, and team effectiveness

Coach managers on people leadership, navigating difficult conversations, and developing their teams

Lead execution of core HR programs including performance review cycles, compensation planning, and engagement initiatives

Serve as the on-site HR presence for the SF office, supporting employee-facing touchpoints including onboarding, offboarding, and in-person HR needs

Manage operational HR processes specific to the California office

Identify trends in people data and employee feedback to surface insights and recommend action

Collaborate cross-functionally with HR, Legal, and Finance to ensure consistency and compliance across people processes

Contribute to the continuous improvement of people programs and processes as the HR function matures

What You’ll Need to Succeed

7–9 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 3 years in an HRBP, HR generalist, or client-facing HR role

Experience handling HR operational tasks including onboarding administration, I-9 compliance, and new hire processes

Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with managers and leaders across an organization

Strong knowledge of core HR disciplines including performance management and employment law fundamentals, with familiarity with California employment law a plus

Experience coaching managers through complex or sensitive people situations with minimal oversight

Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment where priorities shift quickly

Strong judgment and discretion when handling confidential matters

Ability to work 3 days per week onsite at our San Francisco, CA location

Bonus Points For

Experience supporting technical or scientific organizations, particularly in biotech, AI, or deeptech

Familiarity with HRIS and people tools such as HiBob, Udemy, Greenhouse, or similar platforms

Background in organizational development, change management, or culture-building initiatives

Experience in a startup or high-growth company where HR processes and infrastructure were still being built

Comfort using AI tools to improve and scale people processes and programs

Compensation

We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.

U.S. Benefits. Full-time U.S. employees receive a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life and disability insurance; flexible time off with generous company wide holidays; paid parental leave; an educational assistance program; commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office based employees; and a company subsidized lunch program.

International Benefits. Full-time employees outside the U.S. receive a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region. USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions; international salaries are set to local market.

Expected Base Salary Range

$140,000—$172,667 USD

About LILA

Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.

LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy. Learn more at www.lila.ai.

Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply.

We’re All In

Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Information you provide during your application process will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.

A Note to Agencies

Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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