Manager, People Operations

Ohr; Lafayette (CO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohr in the Greater Denver/Boulder area seeks a Manager, People Operations for a 6-month temporary position with intent to convert to permanent. You will own end-to-end people operations for the Colorado HQ and a growing nationwide remote workforce, partnering with the Head of People & Talent to stand up the site and onboard roughly 50 local hires by mid-2027.

Responsibilities include onboarding/offboarding, HRIS, payroll via a PEO, and multi-state compliance, plus serving as HRBP to managers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in people operations or HR generalist roles, with HRBP experience in a startup or hyper-growth company.
• Working knowledge of multi-state employment compliance, with Colorado experience strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience administering a PEO (TriNet or similar), benefits, and payroll.
• Meticulous and process-minded, with the judgment to handle sensitive matters well.
• A warm, direct communicator who people trust.
• Fluent with modern HR tools, and comfortable using AI and automation to work more effectively.
• Based in the Greater Denver / Boulder area, or willing to commute.

Responsibilities

• Own people operations: Run the employee lifecycle end to end, including onboarding, offboarding, employee records, HRIS administration, and day-to-day employee support.
• Stand up the Colorado worksite: Establish policies, programs, postings, leave practices, and people operations required for the new Colorado headquarters, preparing the site to onboard ~50 local hires through Q2–Q3 2027.
• Administer the PEO relationship: Serve as Ohr’s primary operator within our PEO for payroll, benefits administration, open enrollment, and employee inquiries.
• Manage multi-state people operations: Coordinate requirements across our remote and hybrid workforce, including state registrations, leave, pay transparency, and policy alignment, partnering with our PEO and outside experts as needed.
• Serve as HRBP: Be a trusted partner to managers and employees on performance, employee relations, policy interpretation, and workplace questions, with sound judgment and discretion.
• Build systems that scale: Document and improve people processes so they hold up as headcount grows.

Skills

People ops

HRBP

HRIS

Payroll

Tools

TriNet

Job description

You’ve been carrying an urgency to make an impact. Join to give it velocity.

01 The role | 6-Month Temporary Position, with Intent to Convert

Chemistry is the invisible layer of all critical industries, and the old supply chain is being weaponized. We don’t refine petroleum. We create the molecules that matter most — from the atom up.

Backed by $40MM in Series A funding, Ohr is building its new headquarters in Greater Denver-Boulder, Colorado, and we are seeking a Manager, People Operations to build the people infrastructure that a new worksite and growing national team require. You will own end-to-end people operations and support managers and employees across our Colorado headquarters and remote workforce nationwide, working hand in hand with the Head of People & Talent to establish our Colorado worksite and onboard roughly 50 local hires by mid-2027. This is a 6-month temporary engagement designed to convert. Once the facility is open and running, this role is intended to become a permanent full-time position based in our Colorado space in 2027.

The kind of people this work demands

Our mission demands more than great science. It requires a particular kind of team — visionary builders, hustlers, scientists, operators. Together, we carry both the technical depth to make the chemistry work and the commercial instinct to make the business thrive. People are our engine. Collaboration is our multiplier.

02 What you’ll design and build

• Own people operations: Run the employee lifecycle end to end, including onboarding, offboarding, employee records, HRIS administration, and day-to-day employee support
• Stand up the Colorado worksite: Partner with the Head of People & Talent to establish the policies, programs, postings, leave practices, and people operations required for our new Colorado headquarters, preparing the site to onboard ~50 local hires through Q2–Q3 2027
• Administer the PEO relationship: Serve as Ohr’s primary operator within our PEO for payroll, benefits administration, open enrollment, and employee inquiries
• Manage multi-state people operations: Coordinate requirements across our remote and hybrid workforce, including state registrations, leave, pay transparency, and policy alignment, partnering with our PEO and outside experts as needed
• Serve as HRBP: Be a trusted partner to managers and employees on performance, employee relations, policy interpretation, and workplace questions, with sound judgment and discretion
• Build systems that scale: Document and improve people processes so they hold up as headcount grows

03 What you bring with you

• 5+ years in people operations or HR generalist roles, with HRBP experience in a startup or hyper-growth company
• Working knowledge of multi-state employment compliance, with Colorado experience strongly preferred
• Hands-on experience administering a PEO (TriNet or similar), benefits, and payroll
• Meticulous and process-minded, with the judgment to handle sensitive matters well
• A warm, direct communicator who people trust
• Fluent with modern HR tools, and comfortable using AI and automation to work more effectively
• Based in the Greater Denver / Boulder area, or willing to commute

Additive

• Experience opening a new worksite or supporting a company through a relocation
• Experience in life sciences, chemistry, or manufacturing environments
• SHRM-CP, PHR, or similar

04 Working requirements

Ability to work hybrid in the Greater Denver / Boulder area now, and regularly onsite at our Colorado headquarters once open. Ability to travel locally using a personal vehicle as needed.

05 Compensation & benefits

$48–$58/hr during the temp term; $90K–$110K base + equity on conversion. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, experience, and qualifications.

Eligible for Ohr’s benefits through our PEO, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), and paid time off, upon conversion to permanent employment, subject to plan eligibility and waiting periods.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Ohr is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Ohr

We are the integrators of industrial alchemy. Ohr exists because the molecules that matter most deserve a better origin story. Welcome to Creationary Chemistry™.

Our chemistry is not abstract. It powers rockets, secures industries, and sustains societies. We measure success not just by immediate impact, but by the durable, clean, and scalable systems we deploy. From rocket-grade fuels and highly stable energetics to rare-earth extractants, we use biocatalysis and primordial chemistry to create carbon chains of desirable length and shape, eliminating the environmental and geopolitical risks of oil and its refining.

With early revenue, we’ve already demonstrated key technical milestones across our initial product suite and are now focused on scaling toward production and real-world deployment. Creationary Chemistry™ offers a generational opportunity to build small, distributed chemical generators instead of billion-dollar refineries.

BE A CREATIONARY.