Manager, People Programs

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of Upstart’s mid-year and year-end performance review cycles, coordinating timelines, systems readiness, communications, stakeholder inputs, launch activities, and cross-functional dependencies to create a clear and effective experience for Upstarters and managers.
• Manage the Pulse program in partnership with People Analytics, HRBPs, and senior leaders, coordinating survey readiness, launch, response tracking, results distribution, action-planning logistics, and follow-through.
• Partner across Internal Communications, Learning and Development, Technology, and the broader People Team to support employee-facing AI adoption, communications, enablement, experimentation, and change management.
• Create integrated program plans and operating rhythms that establish clear ownership, surface dependencies and risks, support timely decisions, and keep cross-functional partners moving toward shared outcomes.
• Support additional high-priority, nontechnical People programs as capacity and business needs allow.

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