Founding People Ops Lead | HR Generalist (SF, Onsite)

HireNow Staffing Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k)

Commuter benefits

Catered lunch

Wellness stipend

Job summary

HireNow Staffing (Direct Placement Partner) seeks a Founding Senior HR Generalist / People Operations Lead in San Francisco's Dogpatch. This full-time role will be the company’s first dedicated HR leader, owning day-to-day People Operations and building scalable processes to support rapid growth.

You will manage compliance, HR systems, payroll coordination, and benefits administration while advising cross-functional teams across the business.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of HR/People Operations experience
• First or second HR hire in a Series A/B startup
• Experience with $10M+ funding
• Strong knowledge of California employment law
• Experience managing employee lifecycle programs
• HRIS experience (Rippling desirable)
• Payroll administration familiarity
• Benefits administration and vendor relations
• Experience handling employee transitions and terminations
• Excellent organizational and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Own the complete employee lifecycle including onboarding, role changes, promotions, transfers, offboarding, and separation processes.
• Maintain employment records, offer documents, agreements, policy acknowledgments, and compliance docs.
• Primary owner of HRIS, ensuring data accuracy and audit readiness.
• Partner with external counsel, benefits providers, payroll partners, and HR vendors.
• Apply California employment law to workplace decisions.
• Coordinate transitions, performance actions, terminations, and severance processes.
• Lead benefits administration including healthcare and retirement plans.
• Collaborate with Finance to ensure payroll accuracy and reporting.
• Design and improve HR workflows to support growth.
• Expand People Ops initiatives like manager enablement and employee engagement.

Skills

HRIS administration

Payroll coordination

Benefits administration

California employment law

Employee lifecycle management

Independent work

Communication

Vendor management

Tools

Rippling

Job description

HireNow Staffing (Direct Placement Partner) seeks a Founding Senior HR Generalist / People Operations Lead in San Francisco's Dogpatch. This full-time role will be the company’s first dedicated HR leader, owning day-to-day People Operations and building scalable processes to support rapid growth.

You will manage compliance, HR systems, payroll coordination, and benefits administration while advising cross-functional teams across the business.