Senior People Operations Manager
Jerry
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the operational foundation of our People function, managing payroll, benefits, HR compliance, and immigration coordination.
- Manage a distributed People Operations support team.
- Establish workflows, quality standards, and SLAs for onboarding, payroll, and benefits.
- Drive HRIS data integrity, automation, and self-service to reduce manual work and scale operations.
- Oversee end-to-end payroll processing and manage benefits strategy.
Requirements
- 7+ years of progressive People Operations experience, including payroll, benefits, and compliance ownership at a fast-growing startup that scaled from 150 to 350 employees.
- Experience managing a distributed or offshore operations team is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of multi-state employment compliance and operational risk management.
- Experience partnering with external vendors (payroll, benefits, EOR, immigration counsel).
- High attention to detail and strong judgment handling confidential employee data.
- Strong project management skills and ability to execute against deadlines.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(K) plan with employer matching
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Wellness benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
payroll processingbenefits managementHR complianceHRIS data integrityautomationonboarding workflowsquality standardsSLAsoperational risk managementmulti-state employment compliance
Soft Skills
attention to detailjudgmentproject managementteam managementcommunication