People Operations Consultant — Equity & Growth

The Wrap; United States; Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (RSUs)

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Job summary

Gusto is seeking an HR Consultant to drive people operations for designated small business clients. You will lead talent initiatives, onboard and coach staff, and ensure regulatory compliance while leveraging modern HR tech.

The role requires strong communication, analytics, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment. You’ll collaborate across teams, influence strategic workforce plans, and partner with leadership to deliver high performance.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of HR experience as a People Operations Specialist and/or HR Generalist across various industries and scales.

Responsibilities

• Lead the organizations you support to achieve People objectives, including attracting, hiring and onboarding great talent, developing and retaining staff, and achieving goals around helping companies stay compliant.
• Influence business and talent initiatives that support short and long-term business goals, including driving practices that enable high performance and operational excellence.
• Initiate and maintain effective communications with leadership and employees; provide coaching and guidance on matters related to performance management, offer feedback on style and behaviors to improve employee productivity and engagement.
• Engage in strategic workforce planning by assessing organizational capabilities; identify competency and talent gaps, ensure development of people resources; and introduce succession planning.
• Identify and translate current and future business needs into a comprehensive People Plans.
• Provide organizational development support through interventions such as organization design, development solutions, leadership coaching, and proactive change management.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned clients.
• Process and maintain client HR data, including employee onboarding and offboarding, help administer payroll, benefits, and other HR functions, and ensure clients stay up-to-date on HR regulations and compliance requirements.
• Provide excellent customer service

Skills

People operations

Communication

Analytics

Adaptability

Tools

HR software

Google Suite

Slack

Asana

Zoom

Job description

Gusto is seeking an HR Consultant to drive people operations for designated small business clients. You will lead talent initiatives, onboard and coach staff, and ensure regulatory compliance while leveraging modern HR tech.

The role requires strong communication, analytics, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment. You’ll collaborate across teams, influence strategic workforce plans, and partner with leadership to deliver high performance.