People Operations Generalist

Code Metal, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Flexible hybrid work arrangement

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Paid Time Off (Uncapped Vacation, plus

Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

Job summary

Code Metal, Inc. is seeking a proactive People Operations professional to own onboarding, offboarding, and HR processes as the company scales in the United States.

You'll manage benefits, compliance across states, and the transition from PEO to HRIS, building reports and automations to streamline workflows while supporting managers and employees with clear, confidential communication. Relocation assistance and a flexible hybrid schedule are offered.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in People Operations or HR generalist roles at a fast growing startup
• Experience executing at least one people program end to end, such as open enrollment, a review cycle, or onboarding
• Excellent verbal & written communications and a discreet handling of confidential information
• Working knowledge of U.S. employment compliance across multiple states, including Massachusetts & California
• Hands-on experience running core HR/People operations on a PEO or HRIS
• Experience in defense, government contracting, or other regulated environments
• Experience running communications for people programs (rollouts, all-hands, manager toolkits)
• Automation, no-code, or AI tools (Zapier, Google Apps Script) to streamline processes

Responsibilities

• Own onboarding, offboarding, job changes, and background checks from signed offer to last day
• Keep Justworks and employee roster accurate for downstream data integrity
• Run operating side of our twice-a-year feedback cycle and compensation reviews
• Administer benefits and leave, open enrollment, and benefits execution
• Ensure compliance when hiring in new states (I-9s, postings, trainings, handbooks)
• Support transition from PEO to HRIS and document/automate workflows
• Build headcount, org, and program reports
• Provide a trusted resource, document processes, and flag root causes when questions reoccur

Skills

People Operations

HR Generalist

Communication

Data storytelling

Policy compliance

Automation tools

Tools

HRIS

PEO

Google Sheets

Job description

• This role is for a builder. Many of our processes are still young, and you will have the agency and space to improve them and document them so they scale
• Employee lifecycle execution. Own onboarding, offboarding, job changes, and background checks from signed offer to last day. Keep Justworks and our employee roster accurate so every system downstream can trust the data
• Execute our people programs. Run the operating side of our twice a year feedback cycle, compensation reviews, and new hire onboarding: timelines, manager packets, reminders, and the follow through that closes each cycle cleanly
• Administer benefits and leave. Be the first stop for benefits questions, run open enrollment and benefits execution, and manage leaves of absence
• Keep us compliant as we hire in new states. Own I-9s, required postings and trainings, state registrations, and handbook and policy updates. Partner with Security and our Facility Security Officer so our records meet the standards our government work requires
• Build the systems we’ll grow on. Help evaluate the transition from PEO to HRIS, roll out new systems, and turn manual steps into documented, automated workflows
• Turn people data into answers. Build and maintain headcount, org, and program reports
• Be a trusted resource. Answer employee and manager questions with discretion, document processes, notice patterns, and fix the root cause when the same question comes up twice

Benefits

• Relocation assistance for qualifying employees
• Flexible hybrid work arrangement
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Paid Time Off (Uncapped Vacation, plus Sick & Public Holidays)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

• 4+ years in People Operations or HR generalist roles, including time at a fast growing startup
• You’ve run execution for at least one people program end to end, such as open enrollment, a review cycle, or an onboarding program
• Excellent verbal & written communications and a warm, clear, and accessible communication and employee engagement style
• Working knowledge of U.S. employment compliance across multiple states, including Massachusetts & California
• Strong judgment and discretion with confidential information, including knowing when to follow a policy and when to flag an exception
• Hands on experience running core HR/People operations on a PEO or HRIS
• Comfort in Google Sheets, reconciling data across systems and building reports, and storytelling with data
• You’ve helped select or implement an HRIS or other complex software tool
• Experience at a defense, government contracting, or other regulated company
• Experience running communications for people programs, for example, rollouts, all hands segments, or manager toolkits
• Automation, no code, or AI tools (Zapier, Google Apps Script, and the like) that take manual work off the team’s plate