Goodfire

Technology

PeopleOperationsSpecialist

$130–170k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“People Operations Specialist at Goodfire. Skills: People Operations, Employee lifecycle, HR compliance, Benefits administration. Own full employee lifecycle. Ensure smooth employee experience”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem solving

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years HR generalist/People Ops, Deep familiarity full employee lifecycle, Track record running people ops minimal oversight, Working knowledge employment law, Working knowledge compliance requirements, Working knowledge HR best practices, Experience owning benefits renewals, Experience owning open enrollment end-to-end, Exceptional attention to detail, Exceptional organizational skills, High EQ, Discretion handling confidential information, Comfortable working in ambiguity, Comfortable juggling multiple priorities, Tech fluency Google Workspace, Tech fluency Slack, Tech fluency Notion

Nice to Have

Experience early-stage startup, Experience coordinating visa processes, Experience with Justworks or similar PEO

What You'll Do.

Own full employee lifecycle

Ensure smooth employee experience

Ensure high-quality employee experience

Be go-to resource employee questions

Respond with good judgment

Administer benefits programs

Manage benefits enrollments

Manage benefits changes

Handle benefits employee inquiries

Serve as liaison benefits vendors

Coordinate visa processes

Coordinate immigration processes

Support payroll inputs

Ensure data accuracy across systems

Identify inefficiencies

Build scalable processes

Maintain compliance federal laws

Maintain compliance state laws

Maintain compliance local laws

Keep policies up to date

Keep employee records up to date

Communicate people updates

Communicate people announcements

Partner with Operations team

Step in wherever needed

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with external vendor; Partner with Operations team

Communication Scope

Clear communication; Warm communication; Consistent communication

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