People Operations Lead: Systems & Automation

Valon Technologies; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation: $160K-$200K base + 401k

Health & well‑being benefits

Commuter benefits

Company orientation & learning

Team outings budgets

Generous time off

Baby bonding time

Job summary

Valon Technologies is seeking a senior People Operations Lead in New York to own onboarding, offboarding, payroll, and HRIS governance. You will drive multi‑state payroll, benefits, and immigration processes, while coaching the team and automating workflows with no‑code/AI tools.

You’ll partner with IT, Legal, Finance, and Recruiting to scale People Ops, improve data integrity, and deliver efficient employee experiences across the lifecycle. This hands‑on role shapes the People Ops roadmap.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in People Operations, HR Operations, or a related function.
• Meaningful experience owning broad People Ops responsibilities in a scaling organization.
• Deep, hands‑on experience administering and optimizing Rippling.
• Strong experience with benefits administration, renewals, enrollment, vendors, and employee support.
• Experience coordinating immigration and work authorization processes with outside counsel or an immigration provider.
• Hands‑on experience owning end‑to‑end multi‑state payroll, including payroll taxes, registrations, and account management.
• Experience with HRIS data integrity, compliance, documentation, and employee lifecycle operations.
• Demonstrated examples of building and implementing automation in People workflows.
• Experience coaching or developing People Ops teammates.
• Strong cross‑functional judgment and communication skills.
• High discretion, attention to detail, and comfort handling sensitive employee information.
• A hands‑on operating style: you enjoy improving the system while still doing the work.

Responsibilities

• Own onboarding from signed offer through a smooth new-hire experience.
• Manage offboarding, transfers, leaves of absence, employment changes, contractor processes, and other lifecycle events.
• Ensure employee data, documentation, and cross‑functional handoffs are accurate and timely.
• Build clear, consistent processes that work for employees, managers, and internal partners.

Skills

People Ops

HR Operations

Rippling administration

Payroll management

Immigration coordination

Automation/AI in HR

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership/coaching

Tools

Rippling

HRIS

Job description

Valon Technologies is seeking a senior People Operations Lead in New York to own onboarding, offboarding, payroll, and HRIS governance. You will drive multi‑state payroll, benefits, and immigration processes, while coaching the team and automating workflows with no‑code/AI tools.

You’ll partner with IT, Legal, Finance, and Recruiting to scale People Ops, improve data integrity, and deliver efficient employee experiences across the lifecycle. This hands‑on role shapes the People Ops roadmap.