HR Operations Architect — Scale People Systems

january; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

January is hiring for a New York City–based HR/People Operations role that owns the employee lifecycle end to end—from offer acceptance through day one and beyond, including performance and compensation cycles, leaves, accommodations, and visa-case coordination with outside counsel.

You’ll design onboarding and offboarding, manage compliance and benefits, and build scalable HR infrastructure, including the HR tech stack and biweekly payroll, partnering with Legal, IT, and Finance to turn data

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in HR/People Operations or equivalent.
• Ability to read high-stakes situations and adapt to new facts.
• Strong communication and translator skills between employees, lawyers, and management.
• Attention to detail on legal exposure items (visa classification, leave calculations, deadlines).
• Ability to build scalable processes and own HR tech stack.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing the key moments in the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to exit.
• Owning HR’s operational core—compliance calendar, benefits administration and open enrollment, immigration and visa casework, and leave administration.
• Building the HR infrastructure that scales with the company—owning the HR tech stack, payroll every two weeks, and turning HRIS data into analytics.

Skills

HR/People Ops experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Rippling

Sequoia

Job description

January is hiring for a New York City–based HR/People Operations role that owns the employee lifecycle end to end—from offer acceptance through day one and beyond, including performance and compensation cycles, leaves, accommodations, and visa-case coordination with outside counsel.

You’ll design onboarding and offboarding, manage compliance and benefits, and build scalable HR infrastructure, including the HR tech stack and biweekly payroll, partnering with Legal, IT, and Finance to turn data