# People Ops Manager
**Company:** [Mercor](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mercor)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $140K-$160K
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** HRIS, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Employment Compliance, Performance Management, Employee Onboarding, Hr Analytics, International Payroll, Immigration Compliance, Organizational Design
**Posted:** 2025-12-07
> Manages HR systems, employee lifecycle, compliance, and operations for a global workforce in a hyper-growth startup. Requires 4-7 years in People Ops/HR with international experience and process-building expertise.
## Job Description
## Core Responsibilities

**Systems & Infrastructure**
- Manage and optimize Mercor’s HR systems (HRIS, payroll, benefits administration, and internal data infrastructure)

**Own the employee lifecycle**
- Onboarding, offboarding, promotions, role changes, and performance review cycles

**Policies and procedures**
- Establish reliable and scalable HR processes as the company grows

**Reporting & analytics**
- Headcount, retention, attrition, performance, and planning

**Compliance**
- Ensure compliance with local employment laws and requirements
- Partner with legal and finance on international payroll compliance and immigration matters
- Manage employment documentation, policies and internal compliance processes

## Additional Responsibilities
- Benefits administration: oversee benefits programs and implementation with Mercor’s benefits partner
- HR business partnership: work with leadership teams on performance management, planning, and organizational design
- Employee relations: serve as point of contact for employee relations matters

## Compensation
- Base compensation of $140 - 160k
- Generous equity grant and annual performance bonus
- $15K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area)
- $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
- $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
- Free Equinox membership
- $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
- $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
- Health, Dental, Vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match

## What We’re Looking For
- 4 - 7 years of experience in People Operations, HR, or related operational roles in fast-paced, hyper-growth technology companies
- Experience supporting international workforces (e.g. India)
- Exceptional ability to manage ambiguity and instituting structure in a dynamic environment with multiple parallel priorities
- Strong understanding of employment compliance and HR operations
- Systems-oriented – enjoy building processes and infrastructure that scale
- Possesses high integrity and discretion when managing sensitive employee data and situations
- Strong partner to leadership teams and comfortable operating with significant ownership
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