# People Operations Lead

**Company:** [Furtherai](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/furtherai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $150k – $185k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** HRIS, Rippling, immigration coordination, org design, job leveling, Performance Management, people analytics, Employee Relations, Workforce Planning, hr policy development
**Posted:** 2026-07-27

> Build FurtherAI's People function from the ground up as the first People Operations Lead. Own employee lifecycle, relations, org design, performance processes, and HR systems while partnering with GTM, Engineering, Product, and Design leaders on talent and scaling decisions. Requires 5-8 years of HR/People experience with strong judgment and execution skills.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Employee relations: Serve as the first point of contact for leaves, life events, conflicts, investigations, and exits, handling each with judgment and discretion to protect both the individual and the company.
- Lifecycle & HR systems: Own the full employee lifecycle from onboarding through offboarding, coordinate immigration matters (H-1B, green cards) with outside counsel, and manage Rippling as the system of record for employee data, workflows, and reporting.
- Org design & career growth: Partner with leaders in GTM, Engineering, Product, and Design on workforce planning; build reporting structures, job architecture, leveling, and career progression paths.
- Manager development & performance: Coach first-time managers on feedback and team development; establish performance cycles and calibration processes.
- Policy, payroll & vendor ops: Maintain up-to-date documentation and policies applied consistently; manage payroll inputs, benefits administration, vendor relationships; automate workflows using modern tools and AI.
- Data & change management: Track people metrics (attrition, engagement, hiring velocity); lead the people side of reorgs and structural changes.
- Handle additional responsibilities as the People function evolves with company needs.

## What You Bring
- 5–8 years of HR/People experience spanning business partnership and hands-on People operations.
- Track record of navigating sensitive employee situations with good judgment and discretion.
- Ability to earn trust quickly with people at all levels, from new hires to founders.
- Bias toward execution: turn messy, undefined programs into reliable processes.
- Strong instincts for confidentiality and consistent policy application.
- Experience supporting both GTM and Engineering/Product/Design organizations (preferred).
- Direct ownership of an HRIS platform (Rippling preferred).
- Experience building People infrastructure from scratch at an early-stage company.
- Familiarity with org design, job leveling, and career frameworks.
- Comfort using data to inform people decisions.

## Bonus Points
- Experience running performance cycles and leading calibration conversations.
- Knowledge of compensation structuring and job leveling.
- Experience implementing or migrating an HRIS platform.
- Understanding of common immigration pathways (H-1B, green card, TN).
- Interest in learning & development.
- Experience scaling a People function through rapid startup growth and using AI tools to reduce manual HR work.

## Benefits
- Fully covered best-in-class health, dental, and vision benefits.
- Competitive compensation with meaningful stock options and company 401(k).
- Unlimited PTO.
- Outstanding in-office culture in the heart of San Francisco.
- Lunch and dinner onsite.
- Team events such as happy hours and off-sites.
- Commuter benefits.

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