People Operations Manager (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Denver, Colorado

Salary: $95,000–$135,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops technology that supports customers’ space missions.

What you will do

• Manage the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, employee changes, leave, benefits administration, performance processes, and offboarding.
• Maintain employee records, policies, documentation, HR systems, and relationships with HR, payroll, benefits, recruiting, and employment vendors.
• Coordinate recruiting operations, including job postings, applicant tracking, interviews, candidate communications, offers, reference checks, and background checks.
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment requirements, including filings, notices, training, recordkeeping, policies, and audits.
• Plan and execute company offsites, team gatherings, celebrations, and internal events, managing venues, travel, lodging, catering, vendors, budgets, and communications.
• Support managers and employees with employee relations, people-management questions, internal communications, and scalable workplace programs.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in people operations, human resources, recruiting, or a related role.
• Experience independently managing multiple stages of the employee lifecycle and coordinating recruiting processes.
• Working knowledge of U.S. employment practices and compliance requirements.
• Experience planning complex events, managing vendors, and working within budgets.
• Strong communication, organization, follow-through, attention to detail, judgment, empathy, and discretion.
• Proficiency with HRIS, applicant-tracking, payroll, benefits, and collaboration tools.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting distributed, hybrid, or multi-state workforces.
• Experience with a professional employer organization or employer-of-record provider.
• Familiarity with immigration coordination, government contracting requirements, or security-related workforce processes.
• Experience implementing or migrating HR systems.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or another relevant certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Small team with direct impact on space missions and customer success.
• Employees must take at least 15 days off annually; unlimited PTO and most U.S. federal holidays are provided.
• Quarterly health and wellness benefits and comprehensive health insurance, with 100% employee coverage.
• 4% 401(k) match.
• Four-day company offsite held annually.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, asylees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under U.S. Government export regulations.