People Operations Lead - Remote, Payroll & Growth

Grüns; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Grüns

Generous PTO

Health benefits

Job summary

Grüns is seeking a hands-on HR partner to coach managers and run the operational engine, owning payroll, leaves, benefits, and the employee lifecycle end-to-end. You’ll be first line of support on policy and growth, while protecting talent density during a Q1 2027 systems transition.

You’ll join a fully remote HQ with a high-trust culture and biannual off-sites. You bring 5+ years of scaling HR support, payroll experience, and a knack for confidential handling of sensitive situations while

Qualifications

• 5+ years scaling HR support, ideally from coordinator to HRBP to HR Generalist
• Hands-on payroll administration experience
• Experience with leaves (FMLA, ADA, state leaves, STD, parental) and workers' comp
• Administration of benefits: enrollments, qualifying life events, COBRA, open enrollment
• Track record in employee relations and manager coaching, incl. performance docs and terminations
• Ability to handle sensitive employee situations with discretion
• Knowledge of FMLA, ADA, COBRA, E‑Verify, multi-state leave and final pay laws
• Bonus: payroll or HRIS migration / Paylocity experience

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for managers and employees on policy and growth
• Coach managers on feedback and documentation with hands-on support in performance and termination
• Run People Team 1:1s and exit interviews; surface culture themes and training gaps
• Administer leaves (FMLA, ADA, state leaves, STD, parental) and workers' comp claims
• Own payroll accuracy across HQ, field, and international teams; resolve complications with partners
• Own benefits administration end to end: enrollments, life events, COBRA, renewals
• Own onboarding and offboarding to ensure complete paperwork and correct pay
• Keep employee data clean (levels, titles, departments, managers, compensation)
• Support payroll/benefits platform changes in Q1 2027
• Turn repeat work into AI-supported workflows

Skills

Payroll administration

Employee relations

HR policy coaching

Manager coaching

Data-driven HR

Tools

Paylocity

HRIS systems

Job description

Grüns is seeking a hands-on HR partner to coach managers and run the operational engine, owning payroll, leaves, benefits, and the employee lifecycle end-to-end. You’ll be first line of support on policy and growth, while protecting talent density during a Q1 2027 systems transition.

You’ll join a fully remote HQ with a high-trust culture and biannual off-sites. You bring 5+ years of scaling HR support, payroll experience, and a knack for confidential handling of sensitive situations while