People Operations Specialist

About The Role The role owns the day-to-day systems and programs that keep a growing workforce running: onboarding, HRIS data integrity, benefits administration, and compliance across state lines. The position matters because scale breaks manual process — the specialist will build workflows, automate what can be automated, and give employees a consistently great experience from offer letter through offboarding. Key Responsibilities Own end-to-end onboarding for new hires, including background checks, I-9/E-Verify compliance, equipment coordination, and first-week programmingAdminister the HRIS (Rippling, BambooHR, or Workday): maintain employee records, manage workflows, and audit data for accuracyRun benefits administration open enrollment, manage carrier escalations, and field employee questions on health, 401(k), and leave policiesProcess payroll inputs, track PTO and leave of absence requests, and partner with finance on month-end people-cost reconciliationMaintain multi-state employment compliance, including new-hire registrations, poster requirements, and EEO/OSHA reportingBuild and document people-operations playbooks and self-serve resources to reduce ad-hoc ticketsSupport performance review cycles, engagement surveys, and quarterly headcount reporting for leadership What We Are Looking For 3-6 years of people operations, HR generalist, or HR coordinator experience, ideally at a scaling technology companyHands-on expertise with at least one modern HRIS (Rippling, BambooHR, Gusto, or Workday)Working knowledge of multi-state employment law basics: I-9/E-Verify, FMLA, ADA, wage-and-hour requirementsExperience running onboarding programs and benefits administration end-to-endStrong operational rigor: comfortable with Google Sheets/Excel modeling, documentation, and process automationSHRM-CP, PHR, or equivalent certification a plus; bachelor's degree in HR, business, or related field preferredBonus: experience with equity administration (Carta), payroll systems (Gusto, ADP), or building people-ops programs from scratch at a Series A-C startup