People Operations Manager

Keller Executive Search•Torrance, CA

6d•$100,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

A family-owned, founder-led company with over 70 employees in the training and consumer products space is seeking a People Operations Manager. This is a department of one role, with support from a PEO for benefits and payroll infrastructure. The position is fully onsite, five days a week.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
5+ years progressive HR or People Operations experience
Background in education, fitness, retail, ecommerce, or another mission-driven organization
Has been the entire HR/people function at a 40 to 200 person organization
Personally run payroll (3+ years preferred, multi-state a plus)
PEO model experience
Direct, hands-on employee relations experience
Full cycle recruiting experience (sourced, screened, and closed candidates)
Comfortable adopting new systems and technology quickly and independently

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting a non-desk workforce
Experience planning company-wide events
HRIS ownership experience
Experience improving or automating HR processes; familiarity with AI-assisted tools
PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP

Responsibilities

Direct employee relations: coaching employees and managers through performance issues, conflict, and disengagement
Coaching and developing managers
Owning performance review cycles end to end
Designing and running onboarding, including a 30/60/90 framework
Full cycle recruiting for headquarters and field roles
Personally executing payroll each cycle, auditing timecards and PTO, reconciling data
Owning benefits communication and enrollment timing with the PEO
Planning and delivering company-wide events (retreat, all hands, year end celebration)
Owning engagement and recognition programming
Partnering with leadership on automating and improving people processes