People Operations Specialist

The role

You will serve as the backbone of the people function by managing onboarding, benefits, and leave administration. You will also manage relationships with PEO and EOR partners and maintain HRIS data integrity.

What you will do

• Be the first point of contact for employee questions regarding benefits, payroll, policies, and leave.
• Own end-to-end onboarding including background checks, work authorization, and equipment coordination.
• Run benefits and leave administration across all operating countries.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with PEO and EOR partners.
• Maintain employee records and data integrity in Rippling.
• Help build engagement initiatives, policy updates, and team events.
• Automate repetitive tasks using AI tools and HRIS workflows.

Required qualifications

• 2–4 years in HR, People Operations, or a generalist People role.
• Hands-on HRIS experience.
• Experience across the employee lifecycle including onboarding, benefits, payroll, compliance, and employee support.
• Comfort with international HR complexity and international employment law.
• Strong coordination skills with vendors and stakeholders.
• AI-native and automation-oriented.
• High ownership, high precision, and low ego.
• Startup orientation and comfort with ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Experience coordinating global immigration cases with outside counsel
• Experience working with a PEO and EORs
• Spanish or French language skills
• Rippling experience

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Dental
• Vision coverage
• Equity

About the company

HappyRobot is the infrastructure for enterprises to build and orchestrate AI workforces. They are backed by a16z, Y Combinator, Base10, Prysm Capital and Eurazeo.