People Operations Manager

Grüns; Beaverton (OR); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits coverage

Generous PTO

Free Grüns

Well-being perks

Job summary

Grüns is seeking a hands-on People Partner to coach managers and run the operational engine of HR. You will own payroll, leaves, benefits, onboarding, and employee lifecycle end to end, while guiding policy and performance. This role supports a remote HQ with biannual off-sites.

You will steward payroll accuracy, leave administration, and benefits enrollment, ensuring compliance and culture alignment as Grüns scales in Q1 2027.

Qualifications

• 5+ years scaling HR support in a fast-growth company.
• Hands-on payroll administration experience.
• Experience running leaves (FMLA, ADA, state leaves, STD, parental) and workers' comp.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for policy, performance, and growth.
• Coach managers through feedback, documentation, and terminations.
• Run People Team 1:1s and exit interviews; surface culture themes and training gaps.
• Administer leaves and accommodation requests; oversee workers' comp.
• Own payroll accuracy across HQ, field, and international teams; resolve issues with partners.
• Own onboarding and offboarding; ensure paperwork and final pay are correct.
• Keep employee data clean to back decisions with data.
• Support Q1 2027 payroll, benefits, and retirement platform changes.
• Turn repeat work into AI-supported workflows.

Skills

Payroll administration

Employee relations

Policy coaching

Performance management

HRIS migration

Paylocity experience

Tools

Paylocity

HRIS

Job description

We're so happy you're here! Thank you for checking our job out and we hope to have the chance to meet you in our interview process!

About the role

Grüns is scaling fast, and our People team needs a hands-on partner who can coach managers and run the operational engine at the same time. You'll be the first line of support for managers and employees on policy, performance, and growth, while owning payroll, leaves, benefits, and the employee lifecycle end to end. You'll step in during a major Q1 2027 systems transition, protecting talent density, keeping pay and compliance airtight, and freeing our People leadership to focus on strategy.

This role is part of our remote HQ! We have a fully remote, high-trust work environment - and also come together on a biannual basis for amazing off-sites where we can connect IRL.

In this role, you will:

• Be the first point of contact for managers and employees on policy, performance, corrective feedback, and growth
• Coach managers on feedback, documentation, and follow-ups, with hands-on support through performance and termination situations that keep talent density high and legal risk low
• Run People Team 1:1s and exit interviews for Levels 1 and 2, and surface culture themes, flight risks, and training gaps for our quarterly People Pulse report
• Administer leaves (FMLA, ADA, state, STD, parental) and accommodation requests from start to finish, and oversee workers' comp claims
• Own payroll accuracy across HQ, field, and international teams by resolving complications directly with our partners and tracking every issue to closure
• Own benefits administration end to end: enrollments, qualifying life events, COBRA, carrier coordination, renewals, and clear employee communication
• Own onboarding and offboarding, so every new hire starts with complete paperwork and correct pay, and every exit closes out cleanly on final pay, benefits notices, and access
• Keep employee data clean (levels, titles, departments, managers, compensation) so comp, survey, and headcount decisions are always backed by accurate data
• Support employees through our Q1 2027 payroll, benefits, and retirement platform changes
• Turn repeat work into AI-supported workflows, and know when AI shouldn't be involved

We're looking for someone who:

• Has 5+ years scaling HR support, ideally on a coordinator to HRBP to HR Generalist track in a fast-growing consumer or DTC company
• Has hands-on payroll administration experience
• Has run leaves (FMLA, ADA, state leaves, STD, parental) and workers' comp end to end
• Has administered benefits: enrollments, qualifying life events, COBRA, and open enrollment
• Has a track record in employee relations and manager coaching, including performance documentation and terminations
• Has handled sensitive employee situations and exits with discretion and good judgment
• Has working knowledge of FMLA, ADA, COBRA, E-Verify, and multi-state leave and final pay laws
• Bonus: payroll or HRIS migration or acquisition integration experience, and Paylocity experience

Approach to the role:

• You bring a customer service mindset: you acknowledge fast, focus on solutions, and can't rest until every loop is closed
• You're detail-obsessed about anything that touches someone's pay
• You treat every interaction as if it could land on the front page of the NY Times
• You build real relationships and stay culture-aligned while making decisions in the best interest of Grüns
• You have extreme ownership and self-motivation, so micromanagement isn't needed because you're always 10 steps ahead
• You use AI to protect your focus for thoughtful people partnership

  Compensation & Benefits:

  At Grüns, we're committed to providing a competitive total compensation package — grounded in market data that considers our size, stage, industry, and location. For this role, the base salary range is $100,000 - $130,000 plus bonus depending on experience, paired with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the well-being and growth of our team.

  A bit about us...

  At Grüns, we believe that foundational nutrition should be simple and convenient for everyone. We're dedicated to bringing comprehensive and real nutrition to you through our gummies, formulated from 60 nutrient-dense and whole-food ingredients. Simply enjoy a grab-and-go snack pack of gummies daily whenever fits best in your schedule and wherever life takes you.

  Like you, we were disappointed. There’s an infinite number of “nutrition” companies, all focused on what’s best for them — not what’s best for you. Hundreds of products to sell you on, low-quality ingredients, and small nutrient doses. We’ve seen it all.

  So we decided it was time to fix it. No more choking on and popping pills like a pharmacy. No more clean-up and disgust from gross powders. And no more cobbling together handfuls to dozens of supplements. Grüns is comprehensive nutrition, made convenient and delicious.

  What we care about...

  Be the Best: We hold ourselves, our teams, and our partners to an incredibly high standard - and we raise the bar constantly. "We've never done this before" isn't an excuse here. It's an invitation.

  Own It: We act like our name is on the door. That means taking complete ownership of outcomes, collaborating deeply, working through roadblocks - not around them - and never waiting for someone else to solve the problem. Great owners are great partners.

  Drive Impact, Urgently: We measure impact, not effort. We work smart and hard, move fast, and use every tool at our disposal - including AI - to focus our energy where it matters most.

  Compensation & Perks:

  For every role, we aim to have highly competitive compensation and opportunity for impact and career growth.

  Everyone at Grüns works hard, but we believe in wellness and balance too.

  • super strong benefits coverage -- for you and your family
  • generous PTO
  • free Grüns
  • a few more perks centered around health and well-being that we can't wait to tell you about!