Associate, People Operations

Willow Wealth; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (total compensation)

Health, dental & vision coverage

Unlimited PTO

401k match

Commuter benefit

Life insurance

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Willow Wealth, a leading platform for private market investing, is seeking a People Operations Associate in New York. You will execute across HR functions including culture, onboarding, employee experience, and compliance to support our people-first strategy.

Reporting to the Director, People Operations, you will help drive performance management, benefits programs, and office operations while partnering with Finance, IT, and external vendors to optimize processes and ensure scalable people

Qualifications

• True HR generalist experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 3+ years in HR across recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, and compensation/benefits.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll and benefits processing accurately and timely.
• Coordinate with Finance and IT and external vendors to optimize HR processes.
• Roll out performance, promotion, and compensation review processes.
• Collaborate with Recruiting to ensure smooth candidate hand-off to onboarding.
• Ensure HR practices comply with employment laws during hiring and termination.
• Develop, implement, and enforce compliant policies aligned with company culture.
• Engage employees on relations, culture initiatives, and process improvements.
• Benchmark and maintain compensation, benefits, and perks.
• Oversee office management, building work orders, and related admin tasks.
• Plan and support team events, happy hours, and holiday parties.

Skills

HR generalist

Payroll processing

Employee relations

Compensation & benefits

Onboarding

Office management

Event planning

Rippling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

HRIS software (Rippling)

Job description

About Willow Wealth

Willow Wealth is a leading platform for private market investing, connecting individual investors with curated opportunities across real estate, private credit, private equity, and more. Founded in 2015, the platform has grown to serve more than 500,000 members with $6.9B+ invested since inception. The company has raised over $250M from leading institutional investors, such as Redbird, Tarsadia, Mayfair, StepStone, and Edison Partners.

About Willow Wealth

Willow Wealth is a leading platform for private market investing, connecting individual investors with curated opportunities across real estate, private credit, private equity, and more. Founded in 2015, the platform has grown to serve more than 500,000 members with $6.9B+ invested since inception. The company has raised over $250M from leading institutional investors, such as Redbird, Tarsadia, Mayfair, StepStone, and Edison Partners.

About The Role

As a People Operations Associate, you will be hands‑on in helping execute across many functional areas of HR such as culture & engagement, onboarding, employee experience, employee relations, compensation & benefits, performance management, compliance, and office management.

Reporting to the Director, People Operations, you will have the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the HR team and help drive company performance and goals forward through a people‑first approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Help manage the payroll and benefits function, ensuring accurate and timely processing
• Partner with internal teams at Willow Wealth (such as Finance and IT) and external vendors to optimize our processes
• Participate in the rollout of our performance, promotion, and compensation review processes
• Collaborate with recruiting on the hand‑off from candidate to end‑to‑end onboarding experience
• Partner with external counsel to follow appropriate HR practices in compliance with the law regarding hiring and terminating
• Help develop, implement, and enforce policies that are compliant, practical, and aligned with the culture and environment we have created for our employees and to support the business
• Engage with employees on employee relations matters, cultural initiatives, and day‑to‑day process development and improvement to provide a work environment conducive to success
• Research, benchmark, and help maintain our compensation, benefits, and perks
• Manage the physical office space, including handling building work orders, lunches, snacks, and related administrative work
• Plan and support with team events, happy hours, holiday parties, etc.
  

Qualifications

• True HR generalist experience
• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of work experience in various areas of HR (recruiting experience a plus)
• Working knowledge of People Operations functional areas including hiring, terminations, employee relations, performance management, compensation, and benefits (Rippling experience a strong plus)
• Ability to support with and interest in managing the office and planning events
• Must be flexible and metric / process-driven
• The confidence to collaborate and challenge stakeholders for the right reasons when appropriate
• Comfortable in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and always evolving startup environment
• High emotional intelligence, and an ability to navigate and discuss challenging but important topics with tact
• Strong organizational skills and detail-orientation

What's In It For You

Competitive compensation package, including equity

Health, dental & vision coverage with FSA/HSA options

Unlimited PTO

401k match

Commuter benefit

Life insurance

Wellness stipend

This is a New York-based role. The base salary range for this position is USD 85,000 to 100,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications. This role is eligible for equity compensation as part of the total compensation package.