People Operations Manager

Nicely Co.; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicely Co. is seeking a People Operations Manager in Tulsa to strengthen employee experience, confidential people operations, policies, onboarding, development, records, and compliant practices.

You will translate company priorities into actionable plans and partner across functions to deliver measurable outcomes. As an early-stage company, you will build lightweight processes, establish scalable systems, and exercise sound judgment with appropriate autonomy while shaping how People & HR

Qualifications

• Experience in employee experience and confidential people operations.
• Ability to own scope with judgment and ownership.
• Strong written and verbal communication with cross-functional partners.
• Ability to organize ambiguous work and document decisions.
• Commitment to confidentiality and ethical conduct.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day work across employee experience, confidential people operations, policies, onboarding, development, records, and compliant practices.
• Translate the priorities of the People Operations Manager role into documented plans, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Build lightweight, repeatable processes that fit an early-stage company and can mature over time.
• Collaborate across functions to resolve dependencies and deliver complete outcomes.
• Identify risks early, recommend proportionate solutions, and escalate consequential decisions.
• Maintain accurate documentation and handle company, customer, and employee information responsibly.
• Use relevant evidence and feedback to improve quality, efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Communicate progress, constraints, priorities, and results clearly to affected teammates.

Job description

People Operations Manager

Help build Nicely Co.'s employee experience, confidential people operations, policies, onboarding, development, records, and compliant practices as People Operations Manager, with meaningful ownership in an early-stage company.

Position overview

Nicely Co. is seeking a People Operations Manager to strengthen employee experience, confidential people operations, policies, onboarding, development, records, and compliant practices. This role will turn company priorities into clear, dependable work while partnering directly with colleagues across functions.Nicely Co. is an early-stage company, so this position will help create the processes and internal systems behind the work, not merely inherit a mature playbook. The successful candidate will use sound judgment, communicate tradeoffs, and operate with appropriate autonomy.Responsibilities may evolve as the company grows. This is an opportunity to influence how the People & Human Resources function develops, establish useful standards, and leave behind systems that scale responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day work across employee experience, confidential people operations, policies, onboarding, development, records, and compliant practices.
• Translate the priorities of the People Operations Manager role into documented plans, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Build lightweight, repeatable processes that fit an early-stage company and can mature over time.
• Collaborate across functions to resolve dependencies and deliver complete outcomes.
• Identify risks early, recommend proportionate solutions, and escalate consequential decisions.
• Maintain accurate documentation and handle company, customer, and employee information responsibly.
• Use relevant evidence and feedback to improve quality, efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Communicate progress, constraints, priorities, and results clearly to affected teammates.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capability relevant to employee experience, confidential people operations, policies, onboarding, development, records, and compliant practices.
• Judgment and ownership appropriate for the People Operations Manager scope.
• Strong written and verbal communication with both specialists and cross-functional partners.
• Ability to organize ambiguous work, make progress independently, and document decisions.
• Comfort building systems in an early-stage environment where priorities may evolve.
• Commitment to ethical conduct, confidentiality, security, accessibility, and inclusive collaboration.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with modern methods and tools used in People & Human Resources.
• Experience in a startup, small business, or other resource-conscious environment.
• Evidence of improving a workflow, standard, product, service, or measurable outcome.
• Relevant education, certification, portfolio, or equivalent practical experience.
• Flexible work arrangements where applicable.
• Opportunity to help build an early-stage company.
• Direct impact on company growth and operating quality.
• Cross-functional collaboration and professional development opportunities.
• Significant ownership over assigned responsibilities.
• Opportunity for responsibilities to expand as the company grows.