Stuut
People Operations Manager
New York City · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 3 days ago
Agentic AIProject ManagementLogisticsPerformance ManagementEmployee RelationsHRISLeadershipCommunicationMentoringAccounts Payable
About the role
- You will bring structure to a fast-moving environment without slowing the company down.
- You should be comfortable moving between strategy and execution - writing the policy, fixing the workflow, coaching the manager, updating the HRIS, and improving the process for next time.
- You'll work closely with Finance, Legal, Recruiting, Leadership, and managers across the company.
Responsibilities
- You'll own the core operating infrastructure across the employee lifecycle: onboarding, performance management, employee data, people systems, compliance, documentation, manager support, and employee experience.
- This is a great fit for someone who has operated in a high-growth startup, knows what strong People Operations looks like, and is excited to build practical, scalable processes from the ground up.
- Own and improve the employee lifecycle from onboarding through offboarding.
- Build a high-quality onboarding experience that gives new hires clarity, context, and momentum from day one.
- Manage employee changes including promotions, role changes, manager changes, compensation updates, leaves, and exits.
- Identify gaps in current People Operations processes and implement simple systems that improve execution.
- Design, launch, and manage performance review cycles, including timelines, communications, templates, calibration support, and completion tracking.
- Support compensation and promotion cycle logistics, including tracking, documentation, and process coordination.
- Partner with managers on performance conversations, feedback, employee relations, and day-to-day people management questions.
- Build manager resources, templates, and playbooks that help managers operate with consistency and high judgment.
Requirements
- you can write a clear policy, manager guide, employee memo, or process doc without needing heavy editing.
- you are comfortable with spreadsheets, HRIS data, dashboards, and operational reporting.
- you know how to introduce structure without creating bureaucracy.
- You are an owner.
- You are organized and detail-oriented, but you do not confuse process with progress.
- You are comfortable in ambiguity and can turn messy problems into clear next steps.
- You are excited by AI and curious about how People teams can use AI to operate at a higher level.
- You are low ego, high intensity, and energized by working with ambitious teammates.
Nice to have
- Experience owning HR systems and workflows
- experience with Rippling or a PEO environment is strongly preferred.
Skills
- Improve systems hygiene across HRIS, payroll, benefits, documentation, and employee records.
- Use automation and AI tools to reduce manual work and make the People function more effective.
Compensation
- Top-of-market salary and equity package
Benefits
- Manage benefits administration and partner with our PEO, brokers, payroll providers, legal counsel, and other external partners as needed.
- You'll join early enough to help build the foundation and benefit from the value created.
- Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
- Medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
- Parental Leave
Company info
- You'll help shape the operating system for how Stuut hires, develops, supports, and retains great people.
- Help build the rituals, resources, and programs that make Stuut a high-trust, high-performance workplace.
- Own employee communications for People programs, including onboarding, reviews, benefits, policy changes, and engagement initiatives.
- Maintain employee guides, internal People resources, and documentation.
- Support employee engagement and connection programs that are meaningful, lightweight, and aligned with how Stuut works.
- Help the company preserve speed, ownership, and talent density as we scale.
- We are building AI agents for one of the most important workflows in finance - getting companies paid.
- We are applying AI to complex, high-value financial workflows where accuracy, trust, and execution matter.
- You'll partner closely with executives and managers as the company scales.
- We're looking for a People Operations Manager to help build and run the people systems that allow Stuut to scale.
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