People Operations Manager (AI)

Location: Hybrid, with 3 days per week in the New York City office; fully remote candidates cannot be considered. The listing also references Tempe and San Francisco.

Salary: $120K–$160K per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global provides an advanced estate and wealth planning platform that combines proprietary AI with technical expertise for clients across the wealth spectrum.

What you will do

• Own employee relations cases end to end, including performance conversations, documentation, plans, investigations, exits, manager coaching, escalations, and collaboration with senior People leadership or outside counsel when needed.
• Run payroll across the US and international team, manage benefits with the broker and 401(k), administer open enrollment, and deliver accurate leave administration.
• Roll out compensation, promotion, performance-cycle, and benefits decisions across systems, payroll, and employee communications.
• Manage multi-state and international employment compliance, contractor classification, registrations, I-9s, and required compliance training.
• Bring Paylocity live, maintain it as the system of record, keep employee data accurate, and connect related tools.
• Execute onboarding and offboarding flawlessly while building an automated, personal system for payroll, benefits, leave, and other People programs.

Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in People Operations or HR, much of it at a fast-growing company.
• Experience running payroll, benefits, and multi-state leave for a distributed company, including the ability to explain operational failures and how they were detected.
• End-to-end ownership of employee relations cases with documentation that held up to review.
• Strong manager trust and the ability to coach managers through difficult conversations.
• Experience helping implement an HRIS or payroll system and maintaining clean data afterward.
• Experience building automations independently and demonstrating an automation created.
• Sound judgment under pressure, including the ability to challenge anyone, including the CEO, and represent the People team confidently.
• A strong employee-focused, hands-on, and builder-oriented approach.

Nice to have

• International payroll or employment experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid collaboration model with three in-office days per week in New York City.
• Collaborative and supportive environment focused on innovation and building AI-enabled tools and automation.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with low-cost premium structures.
• Company-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Company-paid parental leave upon eligibility, 401(k) matching with immediate vesting, and flexible PTO.
• Paid holidays, birthday time off, and free estate planning for life.