People Operations Leader: Scale HR, Payroll & Benefits

Aptiora; Ciudad de México; Hybrid; MXN 650,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Watershed is expanding its engineering leadership to drive a core product area in AI-enabled sustainability. You will manage a fast-paced team with high ownership, collaborating closely with product, research, and infrastructure to ship impactful features.

The role involves leading People Operations in a scaling organization, overseeing HRIS, payroll, benefits, and compliance across geographies, including the US, UK, and Mexico.

Qualifications

• Experience in People Operations / HR operations in scaling orgs.
• Leading teams or hands-on player-coach in small high-output People function.
• Deep HRIS experience including configuration, governance, workflows, reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering team.
• Bridge product ambition with research and infrastructure realities.
• Oversee benefits and payroll operations across geographies.

Skills

People operations

HR operations

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

HRIS (Rippling)

Payroll systems

Vendor management tools

Job description

Watershed is expanding its engineering leadership to drive a core product area in AI-enabled sustainability. You will manage a fast-paced team with high ownership, collaborating closely with product, research, and infrastructure to ship impactful features.

The role involves leading People Operations in a scaling organization, overseeing HRIS, payroll, benefits, and compliance across geographies, including the US, UK, and Mexico.