People Operations Associate — Scale & Compliance

Nourish; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nourish is hiring a People Ops Associate to support the full employee lifecycle across all 50 states. You’ll partner with People, Talent, Finance and Clinical teams to enable onboarding, leave, compliance and HRIS operations in a fast-growing health-tech environment.

Open to NYC-based or remote candidates, this full-time role emphasizes proactive process improvements, sensitive information handling, and growth into policy creation and merit-cycle administration as Nourish scales.

Qualifications

• 2+ years as a People Ops generalist in a high-growth startup or similar environment.
• Hands-on onboarding/off-boarding experience, leave administration incl. FMLA, and HRIS tooling.
• Working knowledge of employment laws across multiple states.
• Self-starter with strong ownership, organized, detail-oriented, and able to handle many requests.
• High EQ, good judgment, and discretion with sensitive information.
• Clear, empathetic communication translating policy into plain language.
• Comfort with ambiguity and building processes in a fast-changing environment.
• Bonus: Health-tech experience, ADP experience, Sparrow leave vendor, SHRM cert.

Responsibilities

• Employee support: act as first contact for People Ops questions on leave, payroll, policies.
• Onboarding and off-boarding: manage end-to-end processes, data entry, and approvals.
• Leave administration: handle leaves with vendor support, stay updated on rules.
• HRIS administration: maintain records, process changes, generate reports.
• Compliance: pull reports, liaise with agencies to meet deadlines across 50 states.
• Workflow ownership: own recurring workflows and streamline as Nourish scales.
• Discretion: handle sensitive information with care and confidentiality.
• Room to grow: later take on policy creation, performance cycles, and immigration support.

Skills

People Ops generalist

Onboarding & off-boarding

Leave administration (FMLA)

HRIS administration

Compliance knowledge (state & federal)

Communication & empathy

Ownership & initiative

Tools

HRIS tools

Job description

Nourish is hiring a People Ops Associate to support the full employee lifecycle across all 50 states. You’ll partner with People, Talent, Finance and Clinical teams to enable onboarding, leave, compliance and HRIS operations in a fast-growing health-tech environment.

Open to NYC-based or remote candidates, this full-time role emphasizes proactive process improvements, sensitive information handling, and growth into policy creation and merit-cycle administration as Nourish scales.