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# Senior HR Manager and Business Partner at Coram AI

- **Company:** Coram AI
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-26
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/coram-ai/2613ecde-ea26-4e08-975d-d8b0d4a6e031

## Job description

At Coram AI, we’re reimagining video security for the modern world. Our cloud-native platform uses computer vision and AI to help businesses stay safe, make smarter decisions, and move faster; from real-time alerts to seamless clip sharing and multi-site visibility.

You’ll be joining an ambitious, fast-moving team that values clarity, craftsmanship, and impact. Every person here has a voice, ships meaningful work, and helps shape how AI can make the world safer and more connected.

The role: We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on HR Director and Business Partner to own and scale our HR operations as Coram continues to grow across the U.S., UK, and India.

This is a broad HR leadership role for someone who has experience across the full employee lifecycle. You’ll inherit many of our existing HR operations and programs, quickly learn what we have in place, and take ownership of refining and scaling them as the company grows.

You’ll oversee areas including payroll, compliance, employee relations, performance management, compensation adjustments, policies, benefits, and broader people operations. You’ll also manage a small, distributed HR team and partner closely with leadership across the organization.

Responsibilities:

- Own and continuously improve day-to-day HR operations across Coram, building scalable processes without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy
- Manage, develop, and build a small HR team of approximately 2–3 people, potentially distributed across multiple countries and time zones
- Learn Coram’s existing HR infrastructure, systems, policies, and programs and identify opportunities to strengthen and scale them
- Oversee payroll, benefits, employee administration, onboarding, offboarding, and other core HR operations
- Own and refine performance management, including performance cycles, employee feedback, manager enablement, and performance improvement
- Partner with leadership on compensation, promotions, leveling, organizational changes, and other employee matters
- Advise managers on complex employee relations issues and lead internal investigations, ensuring fair, consistent, and well-documented resolutions
- Own HR compliance across Coram, monitoring federal, state, and local employment requirements and ensuring policies and practices evolve as the company grows
- Maintain and continuously update employee handbooks, HR policies, and SOPs across the states and countries where Coram operates
- Oversee key HR compliance audits and reporting, including payroll, I-9s, benefits, workplace safety, EEO-1, OSHA, and ACA requirements
- Partner closely with Finance, Recruiting, and company leadership on headcount planning and broader people initiatives
- Evaluate and optimize our HR technology stack, leveraging automation, integrations, and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and scalability
- Use HR data and employee feedback to identify trends, surface issues, and help leadership make informed people decisions
- Remain hands-on and willing to jump into the details when needed

Skills and qualifications:

- 8+ years of progressive HR experience with broad exposure across multiple HR functions
- Experience working within a growing organization of approximately 200–500 employees, where you’ve had responsibility across multiple facets of HR
- Experience managing and developing a team of approximately 2–3+ people
- Strong experience across HR operations, employee relations, performance management, compensation, payroll, benefits, compliance, and employee lifecycle management
- Experience owning or significantly contributing to performance management and compensation review processes
- Experience supporting employees and managers across multiple locations and time zones
- Proven experience managing employment compliance across multiple states, with specific familiarity in complex regulatory environments (e.g., California, New York, Illinois).
- Experience using modern HR technology, including HRIS, payroll, benefits, performance management, and other people systems
- Comfortable leveraging automation, integrations, AI, and emerging technologies to streamline HR workflows and reduce manual work
- Strong judgment and the ability to independently navigate complex employee and organizational situations
- Experience partnering directly with executives and senior leaders
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving priorities
- Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder-management skills
- Resilient in challenging and fast-paced environments
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to influence at all levels
- Ability to work in an onsite environment
- Flexibility to occasionally work outside traditional hours to support employees and team members across the UK and India

Nice-to-haves:

- Active HR certification with a compliance focus (e.g., SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, PHR/SPHR, or SHRM Specialty Certificate in Employment Law)
- Experience working within a high-growth technology or startup environment
- Experience supporting an international employee population
- Direct HR experience supporting teams in the UK and/or India
- Experience managing a distributed or international HR team
- Experience helping an organization scale through the 200–500+ employee stage
- Experience implementing, migrating, or optimizing HR technology and systems
- Experience building or significantly improving performance management, compensation, leveling, or promotion frameworks
- Experience using AI and automation to modernize HR operations

We're on a mission to transform a $50B+ legacy industry by bringing the power of cutting-edge multimodal LLMs and computer vision to real-world security and operations. From firearm detection to intelligent access control, our AI-native platform turns every camera and sensor into a smart system that enhances safety, efficiency, and awareness.

Founded by Ashesh Jain (ex-Lyft Level 5, PhD Cornell) and Peter Ondruska (ex-Lyft, PhD Oxford), Coram AI is backed by Ansa Capital, Battery Ventures, Mosaic, 8VC and Up Partners, have raised over $65M, and were named to the CB Insights AI 100 as one of the most promising AI companies in the world. If you're excited to work on mission-critical AI that makes an impact in the real world, we’d love to meet you.

## About Coram AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Coram AI provides an AI-native physical security platform that unifies video security, access control, guest management, and emergency response into a single system.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Sunnyvale, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Ashesh Jain (CEO, former head of autonomy for Lyft’s self-driving division) and Peter Ondruska (former head of AI research at Lyft and Toyota’s Woven division)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Physical Security / AI Security Software
- **Target Customers**: B2B — serves school districts, healthcare organizations, manufacturers, government agencies, places of worship, hospitality groups, retailers, and Fortune 500 enterprises.
- **Mission/Purpose**: Bring modern AI to physical security to help organizations identify risks earlier, investigate faster, and respond before incidents escalate — without requiring costly rip-and-replace of existing camera infrastructure.

## Products & Services
- **AI-Native Physical Security Platform**: A cloud-based, unified platform that integrates video security, access control, guest management, and emergency management. Works with any existing IP camera — no rip-and-replace required.
- **Video Security**: AI-powered video monitoring with real-time alerts for weapons, falls, and PPE violations, plus natural language video search and "Deep Investigation" agents that autonomously generate reports across cameras and data.
- **Access Control**: Integrates with 99% of existing access control infrastructure; enables tailgating detection, forced door alerts, and remote door control from anywhere.
- **Guest Management**: Streamlined visitor check-in with ID-based background checks, pre-approved visitor lists, and real-time visitor movement tracking linked to video events.
- **Emergency Management**: Built-in panic buttons, mobile triggers, and alert workflows; integrates with emergency services for coordinated response; compliant with Alyssa’s Law requirements.

## Market Standing
- **Latest Funding**: $35 million Series B (announced June 2026), co-led by **Ansa Capital** and **Battery Ventures**, with participation from UP.Partners, 8VC, and Mosaic Ventures.
- **Total Funding**: $66 million (Series A of $13.8 million in 2025, plus Series B).
- **Revenue Growth**: 4x revenue jump and tripling of customer base since the Series A round.
- **Customer Base**: Over 1,500 sites across the U.S. and Canada, including Fortune 500 companies, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Hershey’s Ice Cream, World YMCA, Lakepointe Church, large school districts, healthcare providers, manufacturers, and municipalities.
- **Team Size**: ~100 employees (as of mid-2026), with +128.8% YoY headcount growth.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-First Architecture**: Founded by AI researchers from Lyft’s and Zoox’s autonomous driving divisions — Coram applies the same computer vision and AI that helps cars understand the physical world to physical security.
- **No Rip-and-Replace**: Works with 99% of existing IP cameras and access control infrastructure, dramatically lowering deployment cost and friction.
- **Unified Platform**: Consolidates video, access, visitors, and emergency response into one system — eliminating the need to stitch together separate tools.
- **Deep Investigation Agents**: Autonomous AI agents that analyze video, access events, and visitor activity across cameras and time — reducing investigation times from hours/weeks to minutes.
- **Strong Traction with Complex Verticals**: Proven in security-sensitive environments like schools, hospitals, manufacturing, churches, and government.

## Strategic Focus
- **Sales Expansion**: Aggressively growing sales capacity to meet demand that is outpacing the team.
- **AI Product Development**: Continued investment in AI research, including the new "Deep Investigation" autonomous agents.
- **Customer Success**: Scaling the customer success organization to support rapid customer base growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Cutting-Edge AI Work**: Engineering roles involve applying state-of-the-art computer vision, NLP, and autonomous agent technology to real-world physical security problems.
- **High Growth Stage**: Series B, 4x revenue growth, 128% headcount growth YoY — employees join early in a hypergrowth trajectory.
- **Open Positions (20 active)**: Roles across engineering (Infrastructure, AI, C++), product management, sales, marketing, growth, and strategic finance.
- **Founding Team Pedigree**: Co-founders from Lyft’s autonomous driving division (acquired by Toyota/Woven) and Zoox — strong technical leadership and autonomy/AI expertise.
- **Culture**: Described as an "AI-native" culture — the company is built by engineers and researchers who value automation, efficiency, and modern technology.
- **Hybrid/Remote**: Based in Sunnyvale, CA; roles may offer hybrid or remote flexibility depending on position.
- **Key Perks**: Opportunity to shape the physical security industry with AI, work on mission-critical safety technology used by schools and hospitals, and contribute to a platform that helps prevent incidents rather than just documenting them.

## Sources
1. [coram.ai](https://www.coram.ai/)
2. [ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/coram-ai)
3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/coram-ai)
4. [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/coram-ai)
5. [morningstar.com](https://www.morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20260610812247/coram-ai-raises-35-million-series-b-to-accelerate-the-future-of-ai-native-physical-security)

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