Percepta
Founding People Operations Partner
$180K–$240K
New York City · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- At least 5-7+ years in People Operations or HR Operations in a high-growth environment.
About the job
Build and run the People Operations systems and processes that support Percepta’s employee lifecycle, payroll, compliance, and growth.
What you'll do
- Build and administer HRIS and connected workflows, integrations, records, and reporting.
- Manage employee lifecycle operations, including onboarding, payroll and benefits administration through a PEO, and offboarding.
- Support employment compliance, employee questions, documentation, and operational coordination with the Head of People.
What they ask for
- At least 5-7+ years in People Operations or HR Operations in a high-growth environment.
- Experience procuring, implementing, and maintaining an HRIS or adjacent People systems.
- Working knowledge and experience administering US employment practices, payroll and benefits, and broader compliance obligations.
- Strong attention to detail, data and reporting skills, communication, and comfort building processes amid ambiguity.
Nice to have
- Experience with a Professional Employer Organization (PEO), or transitioning from a PEO to in-house operations.
- Experience using or interest in learning AI tooling and lightweight automation.
Pay
$180K – $240K USD base salary
Tools
HRIS, PEO
AI focus
AI tooling is a plus; the role also calls for a bias toward automation and reducing manual work.
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