People Operations Lead: Payroll, Benefits & Systems (NYC)

novig.us; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% health premiums covered

Dental & Vision coverage 99%

401(k) with 4% company match

HSA + $1,080 annual company contrib.

Transit stipend $50/month

Lunch stipend $27/day NYC office

Dinner stipend $35/day NYC office

Meaningful equity for every employee

Job summary

Novig is building America’s #1 sports prediction market in NYC, seeking a People Operations Manager to own payroll, benefits, HRIS, and compliance. You’ll manage payroll for 120+ employees across states, optimize Rippling, and partner with Finance and Legal to automate workflows and data integrity.

The role demands hands-on payroll and benefits administration, multi-state experience, and strong HRIS proficiency as the business scales in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of People or HR Operations experience, ideally in a highly regulated industry, with hands-on multi-state payroll and benefits administration.
• Strong HRIS and payroll expertise; Rippling experience is strongly preferred.
• Detail-oriented, systems-minded, and able to own recurring operational work end to end.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day payroll administration for 120+ employees across multiple states, including employee changes, deductions, taxes, reimbursements, and payroll audits
• Partner with Finance on payroll reconciliation, reporting, and reimbursements
• Review employee tax withholdings and payroll calculations for accuracy
• Own benefits administration, including enrollments, qualifying life events, terminations, COBRA, HSA, and 401(k)
• Support benefits renewals, open enrollment, audits, and vendor implementations
• Own the administration and optimization of Rippling and other People systems
• Build and maintain automated workflows across onboarding, offboarding, payroll, benefits, compliance, and employee changes
• Maintain accurate employee data, personnel records, and required documentation
• Find manual processes and systematically automate or improve them

Skills

Payroll administration

HR operations

HRIS

Rippling

Multi-state payroll

Automation

Tools

Rippling

HRIS

Job description

Novig is building America’s #1 sports prediction market in NYC, seeking a People Operations Manager to own payroll, benefits, HRIS, and compliance. You’ll manage payroll for 120+ employees across states, optimize Rippling, and partner with Finance and Legal to automate workflows and data integrity.

The role demands hands-on payroll and benefits administration, multi-state experience, and strong HRIS proficiency as the business scales in a regulated environment.