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title: 'HR Generalist at Spire'
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# HR Generalist at Spire

- **Company:** Spire
- **Location:** Washington, DC
- **Compensation:** $72k–$90k
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07
- **Apply:** https://spire.com/careers/job-openings/job/?gh_jid=8303608&gh_jid=8303608

## Job description

We're looking for a hands-on, detail-oriented HR Generalist to join our Global HR team in Washington, DC. Reporting to the Global Head of HR Operations, you'll own global onboarding and support day-to-day HR administration, including employee changes, commission plan administration, and HR systems. The role may evolve as business needs change, you'll own global onboarding and support day-to-day HR administration, including employee changes, commission plan administration, and HR systems.

You'll partner with employees, managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver a consistent employee experience, maintain accurate HR records, and help improve processes across our global organization.

## What You’ll Do as an HR Generalist

Global Onboarding & Employee Experience

- Own the global onboarding process, ensuring a consistent, organized, and welcoming experience for new employees across regions.
- Coordinate pre-onboarding activities with Talent Acquisition, hiring managers, IT, Payroll, and other stakeholders, ensuring new hire information is accurate and all required steps are completed before the employee's start date.
- Own and coordinate new hire orientation across regions, manage onboarding communications, and conduct new hire check-ins to ensure a consistent employee experience.
- Track onboarding milestones, required documentation, and outstanding actions, ensuring timely completion and resolution of issues.
- Identify opportunities to improve onboarding workflows, resources, and the overall new hire experience.

HR Administration & Employee Lifecycle

- Process routine employee changes in Rippling, including updates to employee information, job details, reporting relationships, and other employment records, ensuring accuracy and timely completion.
- Manage probationary period tracking and follow-up, including manager reminders and completion of required documentation.
- Administer Form I-9 and applicable right-to-work verification requirements, ensuring timely and accurate completion.
- Coordinate access to required labor law notices for remote U.S. employees.
- Maintain employee documentation and support consistent HR processes across regions.

Commission Plan Administration

- Prepare, distribute, and track employee commission plans, amendments, and related documentation.
- Coordinate with Payroll and relevant business teams to ensure accurate plan administration and timely communication.
- Maintain records of employee acknowledgments, outstanding actions, and completed documentation.
- Identify opportunities to streamline commission plan administration and tracking.

Employee Support & HR Systems

- Serve as a point of contact for routine employee HR inquiries, providing timely guidance on established policies, processes, and HR systems.
- Monitor HR support tickets, resolve routine requests, and coordinate with the appropriate HR team members on more complex matters.
- Assist employees and managers with Rippling navigation and HR self-service resources, escalating technical issues as needed.
- Maintain and update employee-facing HR content on internal intranet, ensuring resources remain accurate and accessible.

Process Improvement & Global HR Initiatives

- Maintain and improve HR process documentation, checklists, templates, and standard operating procedures.
- Identify opportunities to streamline administrative workflows, improve data accuracy, and enhance the employee experience.
- Support global HR initiatives, system enhancements, and operational projects in partnership with the Global HR Operations team.
- Perform other HR duties as needed, consistent with the level and scope of the role.

Key Skills:

- 2-5 years of HR Generalist, HR Operations, or People Operations experience.
- Working knowledge of U.S. employment law and HR compliance requirements.
- Strong experience working with HRIS platforms; Rippling strongly preferred.
- High degree of accuracy in maintaining employee documentation and HR data.
- Strong communication and customer-service orientation with the ability to build trust across cultures.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail.
- Experience handling confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
- Comfort working in dynamic, fast-paced environments; tech or aerospace experience a plus.

Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.

Access to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be required for this role. If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses—this is not something candidates need to have before applying. #LI-MI1 The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Final base salary for this role will be based on the location, skills, experience and qualifications. In addition to base compensation, this role may be eligible for annual equity awards and our employee benefits program, including vacation, sick, and personal time off; optional medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage; a 401(K) plan; health and wellness reimbursement program; and participation in Spire’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Salary Range $72,000—$90,000 USD

Global Perks

🛰️ Name Your Satellite Program (NYSP) 🚀 Launch Attendance 🌴 Generous Time Off Policy 🎓 Education Assistance Program 🥰 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 📈 Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) 👣 Family Leave 💪 Fitness Reimbursement 🧡 Employee Referral Program 🍉 Healthy snacks & beverages in every office

## About Spire

We improve life on Earth with data from space.

Spire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites. Its proprietary data and algorithms provide the most advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking in the world. In addition to its constellation, Spire’s data infrastructure includes a global ground station network and 24/7 operations that provide real-time global coverage of every point on Earth.

Spire is Global and our success draws upon the diverse viewpoints, skills and experiences of our employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.

To help maintain a safe and secure workplace for Spire employees, all candidates who receive a conditional offer will be required to complete a background check. This may include criminal history and employment verification.

Please take a moment to review [Spire's Global Data Privacy Notice for Employees, Contractors, Candidates and Visitors](https://spire.com/global-data-privacy-notice/), as well as [Spire's Privacy Policy.](https://spire.com/privacy-policy/)

Kindly be advised that communication regarding your application may come from @spire.com, @recruiting.spire.com, or from Candidate.fyi (our scheduling tool).

## About Spire

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A space-powered data and intelligence company that designs, builds, and operates its own satellite constellation to collect and process Earth observation data from space, turning it into actionable insights for government and commercial customers [spire.com](https://spire.com/).
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: SPIR) – indicated by an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) that allows employees to purchase Spire shares [spire.com/careers](https://spire.com/careers/).
- **Headquarters**: Global offices in Washington DC (USA), Boulder (USA), Luxembourg, and Munich (Germany); primary operational headquarters not explicitly stated in provided sources [spire.com/about-us](https://spire.com/about-us/).
- **Founded**: Not publicly available in provided sources (commonly reported as 2012).
- **Founders**: Not publicly available in provided sources (commonly reported as Peter Platzer, Jeroen Cappaert, and Joel Spark).

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Earth observation / space‑based data analytics / satellite intelligence.
- **Target customers**: B2G (government / defense / national security) and B2B (aviation, weather & climate, maritime, logistics). Customers include federal agencies and commercial enterprises.
- **Mission**: “To inspire, lead, and create the business of Earth observation for the benefit of all.” [spire.com/careers](https://spire.com/careers/)

## Products & Services
- **Space‑Based Aviation Intelligence (ADS‑B)** – Real‑time flight tracking and analytics for operational efficiency and safety, including the EURIALO project to mitigate GPS jamming [spire.com](https://spire.com/).
- **Weather & Climate Data** – Global atmospheric data collected by radio occultation and other sensors, used for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and risk assessment [spire.com](https://spire.com/).
- **Maritime Tracking (AIS)** – Vessel position and movement data for logistics, security, and environmental monitoring [implied from “transforming global logistics” on about‑us page].
- **Government & Defense Solutions** – Custom intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data feeds for national security customers [spire.com](https://spire.com/).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available in provided sources.
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not disclosed in provided sources.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly available in provided sources.
- **Growth Signals**: Active hiring across multiple engineering, sales, and program management roles; continuous expansion of satellite constellation (LEMUR satellites); participation in government contracts (e.g., EURIALO) [spire.com/careers/job-openings](https://spire.com/careers/job-openings/).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertical Integration**: Designs, builds, and operates its own nanosatellites, ground stations, and software infrastructure, providing end‑to‑end control over data quality and latency [spire.com](https://spire.com/).
- **Global Coverage**: A large constellation of low‑Earth orbit satellites enables frequent revisit times and near‑global data collection [spire.com](https://spire.com/).
- **Speed & Agility**: Company culture emphasizes a “faster” and “unbounded” approach, allowing rapid iteration and deployment of new products [spire.com/careers](https://spire.com/careers/).

## Strategic Focus
- Expand government and defense sales (e.g., U.S. Federal Sales Director, Business Development Manager for Federal ISR) [spire.com/careers/job-openings](https://spire.com/careers/job-openings/).
- Deepen weather and climate analytics through product management and RF engineering investments [spire.com/careers/job-openings](https://spire.com/careers/job-openings/).
- Continue to enhance aviation intelligence offerings, especially in GPS jamming mitigation and flight path optimization [spire.com](https://spire.com/).
- Grow the global workforce to reflect the company’s international customer base and operational footprint [spire.com/careers](https://spire.com/careers/).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: “Global,” “Unbounded,” “Faster,” “Reliable” – employees collaborate across time zones and continents; diversity is valued (employees from over 45 countries) [spire.com/careers](https://spire.com/careers/).
- **Benefits**:
  - Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  - Generous family leave and flexible time‑off policy
  - Fitness reimbursement and healthy snacks/beverages
  - Learning & development support
  - Unique “Name Your Own Satellite” perk and VIP launch attendance [spire.com/careers](https://spire.com/careers/).
- **Work Model**: Hybrid / in‑office presence at locations in Washington DC, Boulder, Luxembourg, and Munich; some remote roles available (e.g., “Remote – Based in Europe”) [spire.com/careers/job-openings](https://spire.com/careers/job-openings/).
- **Engineering Focus**: Heavy investment in RF engineering, spacecraft software, back‑end development, and systems engineering; many senior‑level openings indicate a focus on experienced talent [spire.com/careers/job-openings](https://spire.com/careers/job-openings/).

## Sources
1. [spire.com](https://spire.com/) – Homepage: “Turning space data into actionable insights”
2. [spire.com/about-us](https://spire.com/about-us/) – About Us: mission, leadership, locations
3. [spire.com/careers](https://spire.com/careers/) – Careers page: values, benefits, culture
4. [spire.com/careers/job-openings](https://spire.com/careers/job-openings/) – Job openings: active roles, departments
5. [linkedin.com/company/spireglobal](https://www.linkedin.com/company/spireglobal) – LinkedIn company page (used for verification)

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