HR & Talent Coordinator
Janux Therapeutics
Summary
Janux Therapeutics is seeking an HR & Talent Coordinator to support a wide range of Human Resources and Talent Acquisition activities. This role is at the center of the employee experience, helping create a seamless journey from candidate interviews through onboarding and beyond. We are looking for a highly organized, service-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced biotech environment and is eager to learn all aspects of Human Resources. The ideal candidate enjoys building relationships, solving problems, managing details, and supporting employees and candidates with professionalism and care. This is an excellent opportunity for an HR professional seeking broad exposure across talent acquisition, onboarding, employee experience, HR operations, benefits, and people programs. The role reports to the Head of Human Resources and works closely with employees, hiring managers, executive assistants, and external partners across the organization.
Job description
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition Support
- Coordinate complex interview schedules across multiple functions and levels, partnering closely with hiring teams and executive assistants to ensure a seamless candidate experience.
- Prepare interview schedules, candidate briefing materials, candidate packets, and confidentiality agreements (CDAs).
- Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates during onsite interviews, ensuring a welcoming and professional experience.
- Greet, escort, and support candidates throughout onsite interview days.
- Manage interview logistics including conference room reservations, agendas, catering, and virtual meeting coordination.
Human Resources Operations
- Coordinate and facilitate new hire onboarding activities, including orientation scheduling and onboarding logistics.
- Maintain employee records and ensure documentation is complete, accurate, and compliant.
- Enter and audit employee data within HR systems.
- Assist employees by answering basic HR and benefits questions or directing them to appropriate resources.
- Support employee recognition and employee engagement initiatives.
- Prepare reports, metrics, and audits from HR systems.
- Process state unemployment claims, and other HR administrative requests.
- Assist with compliance-related reporting, documentation, and audits.
HR Programs and Employee Experience
- Assist with employee events, All-Hands meetings, onboarding programs, and employee experience initiatives.
- Help maintain HR policies, procedures, and internal resources.
- Participate in continuous improvement efforts to enhance HR processes and employee experience.
- Take on special projects and additional responsibilities as the HR function evolves and grows.
Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in HR, TA, people operations, or similar role with hands-on ownership across multiple HR and TA functions.
- Experience scheduling a high volume of candidate and roles within an ATS (Lever preferred).
- Experience working in an HRIS (ADP Workforce Now preferred).
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive employee and candidate information.
- Comfortable in an on-site environment and face-to-face candidate and employee interaction.
- Experience supporting HR or recruiting functions within biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, or other fast-growing organizations.
- Familiarity with employee onboarding, benefits administration, HR operations, or recruiting coordination.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in HR, TA, people operations, or similar role with hands-on ownership across multiple HR and TA functions.
- Experience scheduling a high volume of candidate and roles within an ATS (Lever preferred).
- Experience working in an HRIS (ADP Workforce Now preferred).
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive employee and candidate information.
- Comfortable in an on-site environment and face-to-face candidate and employee interaction.
- Experience supporting HR or recruiting functions within biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, or other fast-growing organizations.
- Familiarity with employee onboarding, benefits administration, HR operations, or recruiting coordination.
Benefits
- Annual bonus program
- Incentive stock option plan
- 401(k) plan
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- HSA
- FSA
- Supplemental insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- Relocation assistance
Company overview
Janux Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of novel T cell engager immunotherapies for cancer treatment. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company has developed a proprietary Tumor Activated T Cell Engager (TRACTr) platform designed to create safer and more effective cancer therapies. Janux's innovative approach focuses on developing conditionally activated T cell engagers that remain inactive in healthy tissues but become activated specifically within the tumor microenvironment, potentially reducing systemic toxicity while maintaining potent anti-tumor activity. The company's lead candidate, JANX007, is a PSMA-targeted T cell engager currently in clinical development for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Janux's pipeline also includes other solid tumor targets, leveraging their platform technology to address significant unmet medical needs in oncology. The company has attracted substantial venture capital funding and strategic partnerships, positioning itself at the forefront of next-generation immuno-oncology therapeutics development.