Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI, and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.
We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here.
Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.
What You'll Own and Shape
- Policy ownership, redesign and implementation
- Own the US policy set: Review, assess and modernize the US Employee Handbook and regional policies, with a firm bias toward simplicity, clarity and practical usability over complexity.
- Turn cases into better policy: When real cases show a policy no longer holds up, bring tested recommendations and drive their implementation.
- Keep policy current and audit-ready: Maintain policies across every state where we employ people, ready for internal and external audit and governance reviews, including SOX-style controls.
- Translate the law into guidance: Keep us up to date on laws and regulations that affect us and turn it into clear, accessible guidance for managers and employees across our multi-state footprint (AZ, TX, and growing remote workforce).
- Harmonize through the acquisition: Partner with the VP, P&O Operations & Rewards and the M&A working group to evaluate, align, and draft harmonized policy frameworks as Cognite integrates with Schneider Electric.
- Complex cases, compliance and employee relations
- Resolve the hard cases, end to end: Partner on challenging employee relations matters, from conflict and complaints to conduct and performance.
- Bring in Legal at the right moment: Work with internal and external counsel on specialized employment matters, litigation prevention and regulatory updates.
- Experience implementing or administering an ethics hotline, speak-up program, or formal reporting channel, and familiarity with audit readiness (SOX or similar)
- Leaves, accommodations and immigration
- Complex leaves and accommodations: Serve as the Tier-3 compliance and escalation partner for complex or disputed leaves (FMLA, Medical, Parental) and lead high-risk ADA interactive accommodation processes, partnering with People Operations who handle daily leave administration and vendor routing.
- Immigration compliance oversight: Act as the regional compliance bridge alongside Global Mobility and external immigration counsel on specialized US immigration cases and Department of Homeland Security compliance requirements
- Manager coaching and early signals
- Upskill and advise managers: In collaboration with PBPs, coach people managers on objective disciplinary documentation, fair employment practices, workplace conduct standards, and navigating difficult policy conversations.
- Turn cases into early signals: Identify regional workplace themes and systemic trends, proactively equipping PBPs and P&O leadership with data to address root causes before they escalate.
- AI-first ways of working and global collaboration
- Lead the AI shift in advisory: With accountability and responsibility for decisions, use AI tools in your everyday work.
- Build on HiBob and automation: Use HiBob and automation to simplify policy lookup, speed up delivery and improve HR insights.
- Work as one global team: Partner with colleagues across Norway, India and the US, and join the weekly case review with People Operations and PBPs. Act as a bridge between global subject matter experts and local execution, adapting global frameworks to US standards.
- Thrive in ambiguity: Navigate fast-moving, ambiguous situations with agility, resilience and a hands-on builder mindset.
What You Bring
- 8+ years of progressive HR advisory, employee relations, generalist or HRBP experience, with hands-on US case and leave experience across multiple states
- Command of FMLA, ADA, Title VII, state paid leave and wage-and-hour rules, and the judgment to know when to bring in Legal or outside counsel
- A track record of leading sensitive investigations independently and landing clear, defensible outcomes
- Demonstrated success reviewing, drafting and implementing handbooks and policies, with an emphasis on clarity, accessibility and multi-state compliance
- Experience in a scaling technology, SaaS or software company, ideally through an acquisition or integration, including policy and benefits harmonization
- The confidence to work as a senior individual contributor: you drive initiatives from strategy through delivery, own outcomes, and influence managers and PBPs
- A confident, articulate and proactive communicator with executive presence and excellent written communication
- Calm, discreet and fair under pressure
- Experience collaborating across a global matrix and with local People Operations teams, with ease working across time zones with colleagues in Norway and India
- Curiosity and a point of view on AI: you already use, or are eager to use, tools like Claude and automation to scale advisory work, you know where human judgment must stay in the loop, and you want to help set the standard.
Preferred Experience
- SHRM-SCP, SPHR or an equivalent certification, or a law degree
- Experience with HiBob or a comparable HRIS, and a ticketing tool such as Jira Service Management
- Experience building or running AI-assisted HR workflows, such as knowledge bases, case summaries or first-line answers
- Experience with an ethics hotline or speak-up program and with audit readiness (SOX or similar)
- Experience with benefits vendors, brokers or a PEO, and with immigration vendors
- Direct experience supporting HR due diligence, integration or post-merger organizational transitions
- Experience with multi-state employment
A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter
- Impact 2025
- Cognite's Industrial AI: Moonshot
- We’re globally recognized domain experts with an international presence that spans Phoenix, Houston, Oslo Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of progressive HR advisory, employee relations, generalist, or HRBP experience
- Hands-on U.S. employee relations and leave experience across multiple states
- Command of FMLA, ADA, Title VII, state paid leave, and wage-and-hour regulations
- Experience independently leading sensitive workplace investigations and producing defensible outcomes
- Experience reviewing, drafting, and implementing employee handbooks and multi-state HR policies
- Experience in a scaling technology, SaaS, or software company, ideally involving acquisition or integration
- Ability to operate as a senior individual contributor and influence managers and People Business Partners
- Excellent written communication, proactive communication skills, and executive presence
- Ability to remain calm, discreet, and fair under pressure
- Experience collaborating across a global matrix and multiple time zones
- Interest in or experience using AI tools and automation for HR advisory work
- SHRM-SCP, SPHR, equivalent certification, or law degree
- Experience with HiBob or a comparable HRIS
- Experience with Jira Service Management or a comparable ticketing tool
- Experience building or operating AI-assisted HR workflows
- Experience with an ethics hotline, speak-up program, or SOX-style audit readiness
- Experience with benefits vendors, brokers, PEOs, or immigration vendors
- Experience supporting HR due diligence, integration, or post-merger organizational transitions
- Direct experience with multi-state employment
Cognite Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cognite and has not been reviewed or approved by Cognite.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare premiums for employees and dependents are often fully covered, reducing out‑of‑pocket costs. Feedback suggests this makes the total rewards feel competitive in key markets.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers is described as generous. This signals a family‑friendly approach that many consider a standout perk.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO with a company‑wide year‑end shutdown offers ample time away from work. Flexible time‑off options are consistently highlighted across U.S. roles.
Cognite Insights
What We Do
Cognite is an AI company that delivers industrial software to improve the production efficiency of Energy, Process Manufacturing, and other industrial companies. We deliver an Industrial DataOps platform that liberates siloed data and empowers our customers to solve some of their most complex business problems with AI-powered solutions. The typical solutions we enable drive innovative new ways to approach Data Exploration, Digital Operator Rounds, Production Optimization, Turnaround Planning, and Root Cause Analysis. We do this by automating and scaling industrial data contextualization of various sources (such as time series, engineering diagrams, equipment logs, maintenance records, 3D facility models, images, large point clouds, and more). We use AI and other tools to find and map the meaningful relationships between the data across these various sources. In addition, we provide intuitive tools that enable efficient use of analytics and automated workflows, as well as prebuilt AI capabilities and a low-code industrial agent builder, Cognite Atlas AI, that enables AI to carry out more complex operations with greater accuracy.
Why Work With Us
Employees at Cognite are pushing the envelope with the latest cloud technology, scaling industrial applications across hundreds of assets, revolutionizing industrial data models, and working with robotics. Cogniters are fast, creative, and resilient. We keep the energy high and fun, learning from our mistakes and celebrating our victories together.
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