People Operations Specialist

About the role

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The role owns the day-to-day systems and processes that keep people operations running: onboarding, benefits administration, HRIS data integrity, and compliance. This is a hands-on operator role at the center of a growing organization.

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You will work closely with HR leadership, recruiting, finance, and managers to build employee programs that scale — from offer through offboarding — while keeping the employee experience sharp and the data clean.

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Key responsibilities

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• Administer the HRIS (Rippling, Workday, or Gusto) — own data integrity, workflow configuration, and reporting
• Run end-to-end onboarding: pre-boarding comms, I-9/E-Verify compliance, equipment, and first-week programming
• Manage benefits enrollment, open enrollment cycles, and vendor relationships with carriers and brokers
• Process payroll inputs, new hire/termination changes, and partner with finance on monthly close
• Maintain compliance with federal, California, and multi-state employment regulations; own audit readiness
• Build people analytics dashboards — headcount, attrition, and engagement metrics — in Looker or Sheets
• Own employee programs and events, from benefits fairs to performance review cycles

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What we are looking for

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• 3-6 years in people operations, HR generalist, or similar roles, ideally in a high-growth tech environment
• Deep hands-on experience administering an HRIS (Rippling, Workday, Gusto, or BambooHR)
• Working knowledge of California employment law, benefits administration, and payroll processes
• Strong data skills: comfortable building reports and analyses in spreadsheets or BI tools
• Excellent written communication and a track record of managing sensitive employee matters with discretion
• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Bonus: HRCI/SHRM certification, experience with multi-state or international HR, or familiarity with equity administration (Carta, Shareworks)