People Operations Manager
People Operations Manager owning the full employee lifecycle, HRIS management, payroll support, immigration, and process automation using AI at a fast-growing AI music company. Requires 3-5+ years in People Ops/HR, strong systems and compliance experience.
About the job
What You’ll Do
- Own the full employee lifecycle, from onboarding new hires to processing job changes and managing offboarding, ensuring a consistent, high-quality experience at every stage.
- Serve as a key operational partner to Talent, IT, and Office Management.
- Manage and evolve Suno’s HRIS, including leading or supporting system migrations, maintaining accurate employee records, and ensuring ongoing compliance with documentation requirements.
- Build and maintain employee-facing information and resource pages, keeping content current and easy to navigate as the company grows.
- Partner closely with Finance and People leadership on payroll processes, ensuring timely and accurate execution and supporting the team’s ownership of payroll operations.
- Support immigration processes for employees, coordinating with external counsel and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth case management.
- Identify and drive system and workflow efficiencies across People Operations by proactively finding opportunities to automate, streamline, and scale processes through AI and modern tooling.
- Lead and contribute to People programs and cross-functional projects that improve the overall employee experience, from engagement initiatives to policy updates and beyond.
- Provide support for talent planning and headcount management as needs evolve, partnering with leadership to maintain accurate org and workforce data.
What You’ll Need
- 3–5+ years of experience in People Operations, HR, or a related generalist role, ideally in a fast-growing tech company.
- Strong analytical skills and hands-on experience managing HRIS and people systems (e.g., Rippling, ADP, BambooHR, Workday, or similar), including migrations and data integrity.
- Experience leveraging AI tools and building automated workflows to improve operational efficiency on People team.
- Solid understanding of US employment compliance, including record-keeping, I-9 requirements, and state/federal regulations.
- Exceptional organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail; you keep multiple balls in the air without dropping them.
- High comfort with ambiguity and troubleshooting; you can navigate shifting priorities and figure things out when there’s no playbook.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build trust across teams and work cross-functionally with ease.
- Experience partnering on payroll processing (not necessarily owning it); you understand how payroll works and can collaborate effectively with the team or vendor running it.
- Experience supporting immigration processes, including coordinating with external counsel, tracking case statuses, and managing documentation for visa and work authorization needs.
- Experience administering leave management programs, including medical, parental, and other statutory leaves, with working knowledge of applicable federal and state leave laws.
Perks & Benefits for Full-Time Employees
- Company Equity Package
- 401(k) with 3% Employer Match & Roth 401(k)
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (PPO w/ HSA & FSA options)
- 11 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time
- 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Creative Education Stipend
- Generous Commuter Allowance
- In-Office Lunch (5 days per week)
Skills
HRIS, Rippling, Adp, Bamboohr, Workday, Payroll, Immigration Processes, Us Employment Compliance, I-9, Leave Management, AI Tools, Process Automation
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