People Operations Lead
Horizon3.ai
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own and evolve our People systems across Rippling, Ashby, Deel, and key integrations/connection points.
- Design and automate core employee lifecycle workflows including onboarding, offboarding, job changes, manager changes, and org updates.
- Partner with IT / Business Systems as a peer to implement improvements quickly without relying on ticket-based execution for every change.
- Build and maintain a People Analytics dashboard that provides clear, executive-ready insights (e.g., headcount, attrition, hiring, workforce trends, and operational performance).
- Improve data quality and consistency across systems by defining clean data standards, validating inputs/outputs, and closing gaps.
- Partner with the Sr. Director of People Operations and Head of IT and Security to execute on the People + company-wide AI strategy with an emphasis on real business value.
- Build AI foundations including policies, documentation, governance/guardrails, training, and enablement.
- Identify high-impact AI opportunities across People Operations and adjacent business workflows, and turn them into pilots, automation projects, or durable operating solutions.
- Help standardize how the team evaluates AI opportunities, measures success, and scales what works.
- Partner with the broader People team to support core People Operations needs (including compliance, immigration, global mobility, and employee lifecycle changes).
- Codify scalable workflows, best practices, and documentation.
- Strengthen operational readiness for growth across headcount, geography, compliance, and complexity.
- Support early foundations for IPO readiness and compliance muscle, including clean documentation, audit-friendly workflows, and strong operational controls.
Requirements
- Proven experience owning People Ops systems and automation at a scaling company
- Extensive experience working across HR systems, workflows, integrations, and process design
- Practical experience driving automation and/or AI-enabled workflows (ex: custom GPTs, scripting, workflow tooling, automation platforms)
- Strong technical and analytical skills with experience building dashboards, reporting, and data quality standards (Excel/Sheets required; BI tools a plus)
- Able to translate ambiguous business needs into scalable solutions, prioritize tradeoffs, and execute with urgency and quality
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills and comfortable influencing without needing formal authority
- You bring a product mindset to People Ops: you test, iterate, measure outcomes, and build toward long-term operational maturity
- You are naturally curious, always looking for ways to reduce friction, improve reliability, and make work simpler for employees, managers, and the People team.
Benefits
- Health, vision & dental insurance for you and your family
- Flexible vacation policy
- Generous parental leave
- Equity package in the form of stock options
- Inclusive team with diversity and inclusion culture
- Growth opportunities within a dynamic and growing team
- Collaborative environment that encourages creativity and innovation
- 100% remote work flexibility
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
automationAI-enabled workflowsdata quality standardsdashboard buildingreportingprocess designworkflow toolingscriptingcustom GPTsPeople Ops systems
Soft Skills
cross-functional partnershipinfluencing without authorityproduct mindsetcuriosityproblem-solvingprioritizationexecution with urgencyanalytical skillscommunicationadaptability