Senior People Operations Manager

TL;DR

Senior People Operations Manager: Lead operational foundation of People function owning payroll, benefits, HR compliance, employment taxes, HR systems, immigration, and global workforce operations with an accent on EOR management and distributed team leadership. Focus on driving process automation, ensuring compliance, and scaling operations for high-growth.

Location: Fully remote from AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, MA, NC, NJ, NY, NV, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, or Ontario, Canada; or onsite/hybrid from Palo Alto, New York, or Toronto.

Salary: $150K – $200K • Offers Equity

Company

America’s first super app simplifying car ownership with AI/ML, serving 5M+ customers in insurance, financing, maintenance; $240M funded pre-IPO startup.

What you will do

• Lead distributed People Ops team (2 Philippines-based reports): coach, set priorities, ensure accuracy and service delivery.
• Own end-to-end payroll, benefits administration, open enrollment, vendor management, and year-end reporting (W-2s).
• Manage global operations including EOR partnerships, contract updates, cost forecasting with Finance.
• Oversee compliance calendar, audits, regulatory risks across federal/state/local levels.
• Drive HRIS data integrity, automation, self-service, and AI tools to optimize HR processes.
• Coordinate employee lifecycle (onboarding/offboarding), immigration filings, visa tracking with IT/Legal.

Requirements

• 7+ years progressive People Operations experience including payroll, benefits, compliance at fast-growing startup (150-350 employees scale).
• Experience managing distributed/offshore operations team strongly preferred.
• Strong multi-state US employment compliance and operational risk management knowledge.
• Partnering with vendors (payroll, benefits, EOR, immigration counsel).
• High attention to detail, judgment with confidential data, strong project management.

Nice to have

• Experience with EOR platforms (Deel, Remote, Rippling Global, Oyster, Papaya).
• Familiarity with immigration processes and vendor coordination.
• High-growth startup environment experience.
• HRIS expertise and process automation comfort.

Culture & Benefits

• Pre-IPO startup with $240M funding, 40X revenue growth, talent-dense environment from Nvidia, McKinsey.
• Comprehensive benefits: health/dental/vision, PTO, parental leave, 401(k) matching, wellness.
• Equity opportunities, career acceleration in $2T market disruption.
• Fully remote options in specified states/provinces or hybrid/onsite in key offices.