[Hiring] HR Generalist @Zillow

Role Description

The HR Generalist serves an important role for the organization as a link between ESC operations and HR Business Partners (HRBPs). You’ll take in, sort and resolve routine but nuanced HR work:

• Manager coaching
• Performance management
• Annual review
• Project support across multiple areas

You will get to:

• Serve as a frontline point of contact for managers, coaching them through nuanced HR questions with guidance based on policy, practice and risk.
• Run detailed inquiries with employees and ask the right follow-up questions to gather the facts, timeline, and route it to the right team to support.
• Partner with HRBPs to execute people and talent strategies, including performance, annual review, and position management efforts, ensuring operational details are managed end-to-end.
• Participate in HRBP team meetings, talent forums, and relevant syncs to stay current on business context and bring insights back into ESC operations.
• Coordinate with partners to ensure end-to-end case completeness and smooth employee and manager experience across teams.

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.

In California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC the standard base pay range for this role is $86,200.00 - $137,800.00 annually. This base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations.

In Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia the standard base pay range for this role is $81,900.00 - $130,900.00 annually. The base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations.

In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. Employees in this role will not be paid below the salary threshold for exempt employees in the state where they reside.

Qualifications

• 2+ years HR experience in shared services, employee service centers, employee relations, HR operations, or HR generalist roles
• Experience conducting employee or manager inquiries and documenting them clearly and objectively
• Sound judgment in triaging, routing and escalating work based on complexity, risk and business context
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create clear guidance
• Proficiency with Workday (or similar HRIS) and ServiceNow (or similar tools)

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in an HR shared services / tiered support model or similar model where routing, SLAs, and escalation accuracy are core to success.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini) to improve workflows, documentation or analysis
• Experience supporting organizational change, re-leveling, or job profile work as a project contributor (project management, documentation, stakeholder prep) alongside HRBPs and COEs

Who you are

• Comfortable in the gray space - you enjoy working through situations with multiple stakeholders and turning ambiguous requests into clear next steps.
• Energized by coaching managers in a way that balances employee experience, fairness and risk.
• Organized and focused on execution. You juggle many requests and close the loop with clean documentation.
• Systems, data, and AI-savvy. You’re excited to use AI tools to work faster, spot patterns and find better ways to support managers and employees.
• A trusted collaborator across teammates who is comfortable working both through tickets and through real-time collaboration (instant messages and live calls).
• Enjoy creating or iterating on SOPs, playbooks, and triage rules based on case pattern analysis and partner feedback.
• Highly discrete and reliable when working with sensitive or confidential information related to performance, employee relations, or organizational changes.

Company Description

At Zillow, we’re reimagining how people move—through the real estate market and through their careers. As the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., we help people navigate buying, selling, financing and renting with greater ease and confidence.

How we work is a key part of that transformation. Through Cloud HQ, our strategic approach to distributed work, most employees have the flexibility to work from wherever they’re most productive—enabling us to move fast, stay connected and deliver on our people promise.

Zillow is honored to be recognized among the best workplaces in the U.S. Zillow was named one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2026, and included on TIME’s America’s Best Companies 2026 list, reflecting our commitment to creating an innovative, inclusive, and engaging culture where employees are empowered to grow.

No matter where you sit in the organization, your work will help drive innovation, support our customers, and move the industry—and your career—forward, together.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are 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.