[Hiring] Senior People Generalist @VRChat

Role Description

This role is for someone who runs toward operational excellence and the moments that actually shape how a company works: a well-run performance cycle, an insight that changes how a leader makes a decision, an employee who felt seen because someone followed through.

• You are fluent at both ends of the work.
• You care deeply about how a remote, globally distributed team actually feels to work in.
• You'll be the operational backbone of the People function and the data layer underneath it.
• Operationally, you set a high bar for yourself — the details matter to you, and it shows.
• You'll partner closely with the Head of People, owning a wide surface area independently while knowing when to pull someone in.

Role & Team Impact

As our Senior People Generalist, you'll be a trusted partner to managers and a coach to team members throughout their employee lifecycle. You own the infrastructure and the programs that make the function run well every day.

What You'll Own

• Manager and Team Member Partnership
  • Be a day-to-day partner for managers across the company on people questions, team dynamics, and coaching needs.
  • Partner with the Head of People on employee relations across the team, with case-by-case judgment on who leads.
  • Coach managers and team members through tough conversations and the people matters that come up.
• People Operations
  • Own our core people processes end to end: onboarding, offboarding, benefits administration, compliance documentation, and HR systems.
  • Identify and implement workflow automations and AI tools that create real leverage and resolve problems across People functions.
  • Own internal communications across People programs, policy updates, and initiatives, and bring change management experience when processes shift.
• People Programs and Enablement
  • Own the operational layer of our performance cycles: setup, timelines, and completion tracking.
  • Build manager enablement resources managers reach for and be the first call for day-to-day people questions.
  • Own employee engagement end to end: survey administration, data analysis, and surfacing what the data actually says.
• People Analytics and Reporting
  • Build and maintain people dashboards and trackers covering People data.
  • Produce insight-led summaries from data; help us understand what we are seeing, not just what the numbers say.
  • Lend a hand to Recruiting when needed on coordination and candidate experience.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of progressive HR experience in a generalist, HRBP, or hybrid HRBP / People Ops role.
• Sound judgment in employment law and employee relations fundamentals.
• Comfort owning a People Ops stack.
• Strong analytical skills, with fluency in spreadsheets and reporting tools.
• Strong written communicator, comfortable building documentation that scales.
• Hands-on, day-to-day experience using AI tools in your HR work.
• Experience supporting globally distributed teams across multiple employment models and regions.
• Fast and iterative; comfortable putting a v1 in front of stakeholders and improving from there.
• Empathetic and decisive; thoughtful in how you weigh tradeoffs, confident in the call you land on.
• Earns trust through follow-through.
• Genuinely aligned with how we work: bold enough to experiment, willing to engage in healthy debate and then commit fully, collaborative by default, and motivated by outcomes.

Nice to Have

• Background in gaming, social platforms, creator economy, or VR/AR — bonus if you understand that the product IS the community.
• A genuine track record of fostering belonging across a diverse, global workforce.
• You've spent time in VRChat, or you're curious about social VR and what it means for how people connect.

Benefits

• Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company.
• Health Benefits.
• 401K for US & RRSP for Canadian Employees.
• Stock Options.
• Generous paid holiday schedule.
• Unlimited/Flexible vacation time.
• Paid parental leave benefits.