The People & Talent Manager is a key member of the People team responsible for delivering high-quality HR support across the employee lifecycle while partnering with leaders to attract, develop, and retain top talent. This role combines hands-on ownership of talent acquisition with broad HR responsibilities including employee relations, performance management, onboarding, compliance, benefits administration, and HR operations. This role will be split 50/50 on HR & Recruiting tasks and will fluctuate based on the needs of the team & organization.
The ideal candidate is proactive, solutions-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. This individual will serve as a trusted partner to managers and employees while helping build scalable people processes that support Heartbeat Health's continued growth.
What You'll Own:
Own full-cycle recruiting for clinical, corporate, and operational positions from requisition through offer acceptance.
Partner with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies, define hiring profiles, and drive efficient hiring processes.
Source, screen, interview, and manage candidate pipelines while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience.
Coordinate interviews, facilitate hiring decisions, and manage offer preparation and pre-employment activities.
Track recruiting metrics and identify opportunities to improve hiring efficiency and quality.
Support workforce planning and succession planning initiatives.
HR Business Partnership & Employee RelationsServe as the primary HR partner for assigned departments, providing guidance on employee relations, performance management, coaching, and policy interpretation.
Advise managers on employee performance issues, corrective action, documentation, and conflict resolution.
Support investigations and recommend appropriate resolutions while maintaining confidentiality and consistency.
Coach leaders on employee development, engagement, and best management practices.
Partner with leadership to foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
HR OperationsManage onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure a seamless employee experience.
Maintain employee records and HRIS data accuracy while ensuring compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
Administer HR processes including employee status changes, promotions, compensation updates, and organizational changes.
Support benefits administration, leave of absence coordination, and employee questions regarding HR programs.
Assist with payroll coordination and ensure timely processing of personnel changes.
Develop and maintain HR documentation, SOPs, and internal resources.
Performance & Employee DevelopmentSupport performance review cycles, goal-setting processes, and talent development initiatives.
Assist managers in creating performance improvement plans and development plans as needed.
Coordinate learning and development initiatives, compliance training, and new manager education.
Support employee engagement initiatives, recognition programs, and company culture efforts.
What You'll Bring:
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
7+ years of progressive HR & recruiting experience with increasing responsibility, including experience partnering directly with managers.
Experience managing full-cycle recruiting across multiple functions and levels.
Strong knowledge of employee relations, performance management, HR operations, and employment law.
Experience supporting healthcare, telehealth, or other regulated industries.
Experience supporting multi-state employment practices and compliance.
Experience with benefits administration, leave management, and HR compliance.
Strong interpersonal, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth, remote environment.
Sense of humor a must
About Our Culture:
We are mission-driven: we're revolutionizing the way cardiovascular care is delivered
We are fast-paced & agile: we move quickly, iterate often, and value experimentation
- We are remote-first: flexibility, autonomy, and trust are at the core of how we operate
- We care about diversity: diversity allows us to build an excellent patient experience
We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years of progressive HR and recruiting experience with increasing responsibility
- Experience managing full-cycle recruiting across multiple functions and levels
- Experience partnering directly with managers on HR and talent initiatives
- Strong knowledge of employee relations, performance management, HR operations, and employment law
- Experience supporting healthcare, telehealth, or other regulated industries
- Experience supporting multi-state employment practices and compliance
- Experience with benefits administration, leave management, and HR compliance
- Strong interpersonal, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth, remote environment
- Sense of humor
What We Do
Heartbeat Health is a venture-backed health tech startup in New York. We are working to deliver the most effective, efficient, and engaging virtual heart care in the world. By 2030, over 40% of the US population will have heart disease, with direct and indirect costs approaching $1 trillion USD. Heart disease may be the most important health crisis we confront in our time. Heartbeat addresses this problem via virtual cardiology services that include diagnostic interpretation, telecardiology, and procedural referrals to bring virtual-first care to cardiology, and improve the outcomes and efficiency for cardiac patients. Our team consists of passionate and proven physicians, engineers, scientists, designers, and founders attacking this problem from first principles, applying human-centered design, and developing evidence-based AI to solve this global issue. We collaborate with the American College of Cardiology, and we have been recognized as one of the 150 most promising digital health startups by CB Insights. We recently closed our Series B funding and are backed by Echo Health Ventures, Optum Ventures, DaVita Venture Group, .406 Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Designer Fund, and Max Ventures. We’ve been featured in TechCrunch, CNBC, Fast Company, and Forbes.
Why Work With Us
We are revolutionizing the way cardiovascular care is delivered and you can be part of that journey!
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