People Operations Specialist
Job details
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Posted
- Nov 1, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Nov 2, 2026
About this role
About The Role
The role owns core people operations: onboarding, HR systems administration, benefits and compliance workflows, and the policies that keep a growing workforce supported and organized. This is a high-impact role on a lean people team. The specialist will build scalable processes and systems that touch every employee, from day one through offboarding, while ensuring data accuracy across HRIS, payroll, and benefits platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Own end-to-end onboarding: prepare offer workflows in the HRIS, coordinate equipment and access provisioning, and run new-hire orientation Administer the HRIS (Rippling, BambooHR, or similar), maintaining accurate employee records, org data, and workflow automations Manage benefits enrollment cycles, open enrollment, and day-to-day employee questions around health, 401(k), and leave programs Support compliance and audit readiness: I-9/E-verify, EEO reporting, multi-state employment requirements, and policy documentation Process employment changes — new hires, transfers, terminations — and coordinate with payroll to ensure accurate and timely execution Track and report on people metrics such as headcount, attrition, time-to-productivity, and benefits utilization for leadership reviews Design and improve people processes and documentation, identifying manual work that can be automated or streamlined What We Are Looking For 3-5 years of experience in people operations, HR generalist, or HR coordinator roles, ideally at a fast-growing technology company Hands-on experience administering an HRIS (Rippling, BambooHR, Gusto, Workday, or similar) including workflow configuration and reporting Working knowledge of US employment compliance, including multi-state onboarding, I-9 requirements, and leave administration Strong attention to detail with experience handling sensitive employee data and confidential matters Comfortable operating with autonomy in a lean team and collaborating cross-functionally with finance, legal, and IT Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience Bonus: Experience with payroll administration (Gusto, ADP), equity/stock plan administration, and building people dashboards in tools like Looker or Google Sheets