People Operations Manager: Payroll, Recruiting & Engagement

Keller Executive Search; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with match

Job summary

Keller Executive Search is hiring a People Operations Manager to lead all HR activities for a founder-led, multi-state organization. The role is onsite and reports to leadership, handling payroll, recruiting, onboarding, and benefits with a PEO support structure.

You will coach managers, drive performance cycles, and own employee relations while enhancing HR processes and planning company-wide events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years progressive HR or People Operations experience.
• Experience in education, fitness, retail, ecommerce or mission driven organizations.
• Has led HR/people function at a 40–200 person organization.
• Personally run payroll (3+ years; multi-state a plus).
• PEO model experience.
• Direct, hands-on employee relations experience.
• Full cycle recruiting experience (sourcing, screening, closing).
• Comfortable adopting new systems and technology quickly and independently.

Responsibilities

• Direct employee relations: coach employees and managers through performance issues, conflict, and disengagement.
• Coach and develop managers.
• Own performance review cycles end to end.
• Design and run onboarding, including a 30/60/90 framework.
• Full cycle recruiting for headquarters and field roles.
• Personally execute payroll each cycle, audit timecards and PTO, reconcile data.
• Own benefits communication and enrollment timing with the PEO.
• Plan and deliver company-wide events (retreat, all hands, year end celebration).
• Own engagement and recognition programming.
• Partner with leadership on automating and improving people processes.

Skills

Employee relations

Coaching & development

Performance management

Onboarding design

Full cycle recruiting

Payroll execution

Benefits administration

Engagement programs

HR process improvement

System adoption

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

Job description

Keller Executive Search is hiring a People Operations Manager to lead all HR activities for a founder-led, multi-state organization. The role is onsite and reports to leadership, handling payroll, recruiting, onboarding, and benefits with a PEO support structure.

You will coach managers, drive performance cycles, and own employee relations while enhancing HR processes and planning company-wide events.