People Operations Partner: Scale HR Ops & Compliance

Whatnot; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Whatnot is seeking a People Operations Partner to shape and scale the employee experience as we grow. You’ll improve systems, programs, and processes that support our team, with a strong emphasis on accuracy, audit readiness, and operational excellence.

You’ll strengthen People infrastructure across compliance, payroll, time & attendance, reporting, and core HR operations, partnering with Finance, Recruiting, IT, and Legal to deliver scalable, high-quality experiences for Whatnauts.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in People Ops, HR operations, or a similar role, ideally in a fast-growing environment.
• Workday power user, comfortable handling transactions, building reports, and proactively identifying data issues.
• Experience with compliance, audits, payroll, and/or time & attendance systems.
• Think in systems and enjoy improving processes.
• Autonomy and ability to drive projects end-to-end in ambiguous environments.
• Organized, proactive, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Clear, thoughtful communication across teams.
• Take ownership and follow-through.
• Familiar with tools like Google Workspace, Slack, Zendesk, Culture Amp, Navan, and Slab or Notion, and quick to pick up new tools.
• Care deeply about creating a great experience for every Whatnaut.

Responsibilities

• Lead core People Ops operations across the employee lifecycle, including job changes, departures, and compensation updates, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
• Drive compliance and audit readiness with accurate records and documentation; support audits and strengthen processes.
• Partner on payroll and time & attendance operations with Finance and Total Rewards for accurate, well-controlled processes.
• Build and maintain Workday reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights for decision-making.
• Lead cross-functional People Ops initiatives with Recruiting, IT, Finance, Total Rewards, Legal, and People Business Partners.
• Manage People systems and data integrity; act as a Workday expert ensuring data accuracy and audit readiness.
• Drive process improvement and systems design to improve accuracy, compliance, and user experience.
• Improve the People Ops helpdesk by addressing Tier 1/2 questions and building self-service resources.
• Support the team and ensure continuity across onboarding, core operations, and systems, reporting, and compliance work.

Skills

People Ops experience

Payroll exposure

Compliance

Audits

Time & attendance

Systems thinking

Autonomy

Multi-priority management

Cross-team communication

Ownership

Tools

Workday

Job description

Whatnot is seeking a People Operations Partner to shape and scale the employee experience as we grow. You’ll improve systems, programs, and processes that support our team, with a strong emphasis on accuracy, audit readiness, and operational excellence.

You’ll strengthen People infrastructure across compliance, payroll, time & attendance, reporting, and core HR operations, partnering with Finance, Recruiting, IT, and Legal to deliver scalable, high-quality experiences for Whatnauts.