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Job description
People Operations Manager - Confidential High-Growth AI Company - Fully Onsite
A rapidly scaling, venture-backed AI company serving top-tier financial institutions is hiring its first dedicated People Operations leader. The business is at an inflection point, with a strong product-market fit and accelerating headcount growth. This role will build the operational backbone of the People function.
This is not a maintenance HR role. It is a hands-on build role designed for someone who has operated inside a high-growth environment and understands how to design structure amid scale.
Competitive base salary + equity and benefits/perks + amazing culture and brand new offices
The Mandate
You will design and run the core people infrastructure across the employee lifecycle. This includes building repeatable processes, implementing tracking systems, and ensuring compliance across domestic and international teams. The company operates lean. This role requires someone comfortable executing independently while collaborating closely with leadership. You will report into the Head of People.
Core Responsibilities
People Infrastructure & Process Design
Build and formalize onboarding frameworks that scale with headcount growth
Create structured performance review cycles and supporting documentation
Develop compensation tracking systems and reporting frameworks
Implement and maintain internal tracker sheets for headcount planning, role changes, and workforce analytics
Establish clean, auditable workflows for promotions, transfers, and exits
Evaluate and optimize People systems (current environment includes a PEO-based stack)
Compliance & Operations
Oversee domestic and international background checks
Ensure employment compliance across multiple jurisdictions
Maintain accurate employee documentation and records
Partner with Finance on compensation updates and payroll inputs
Support benefits administration through external providers
Manager & Team Enablement
Serve as a resource for managers on performance conversations and process consistency
Build practical templates and guides to standardize management practices
Support engagement initiatives and internal communications
Cross-Functional Partnership
Collaborate with Legal, Finance, Recruiting, and executive leadership on workforce planning and operational initiatives
Lead ad hoc operational projects related to scaling the organization
Profile
5–10 years of experience in People Operations or HR Operations
Bachelor's degree required
Experience inside a startup or scale-up environment undergoing rapid growth
Demonstrated success building processes from scratch, not just maintaining them
Comfortable operating within a lean team structure
Experience supporting international employees and multi-jurisdiction compliance
Strong project management capability;
able to run initiativesend-to-end
Experience with modern HR systems (Rippling or similar strongly preferred)
Highly detail-oriented with strong discretion
Operationally minded and execution-driven
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Worksite address
city of jersey city, NJ, 07304, US
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