People Operations Specialist

Evlo AI; Chicago (IL); Vor Ort; USD 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Evlo AI in Chicago is seeking a People Operations professional to own the operational backbone of onboarding, HRIS administration, benefits and payroll coordination, and compliance for a fast-growing tech company.

You will act as the connective tissue between HR, finance, and engineering leadership, translating headcount growth into clean systems, smooth processes, and a great employee experience from day one.

Qualifikationen

• Onboarding, HRIS administration, benefits and payroll coordination, and compliance.
• Experience with multi-state employment compliance and leave administration.
• Strong data reporting and analytics capabilities and ability to present metrics to leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Bonus: experience with equity administration (Carta/Shareworks) or OKR tooling is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Administer and continuously improve the HRIS (Workday, Rippling, BambooHR, or Gusto) with data accuracy and clean integrations.
• Own onboarding and offboarding end-to-end: provisioning, paperwork, orientation scheduling, and equipment logistics.
• Coordinate benefits enrollment, open enrollment cycles, and vendor relationships; serve as the first point of contact for employee questions.
• Support performance review cycles, engagement surveys, and people analytics—building dashboards and reporting in Culture Amp or Looker.
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment requirements across multi-state workforces, including EEO, I-9, and leave administration.
• Partner with recruiters and finance on headcount planning, offer administration, and new-hire data handoffs.
• Document, audit, and refine people processes—turning tribal knowledge into scalable playbooks.

Kenntnisse

HRIS proficiency

Data analytics

Multistate compliance knowledge

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Workday

Rippling

BambooHR

Gusto

Culture Amp

Looker

Jobbeschreibung

About The Role

The role owns the operational backbone of the people function — onboarding, HRIS administration, benefits and payroll coordination, and compliance — for a fast-growing technology company.

About The Role

The role owns the operational backbone of the people function — onboarding, HRIS administration, benefits and payroll coordination, and compliance — for a fast-growing technology company. You will act as the connective tissue between HR, finance, and engineering leadership, translating headcount growth into clean systems, smooth processes, and a great employee experience from day one.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and continuously improve the HRIS (Rippling, Gusto, Workday, or similar), ensuring data accuracy, automation, and clean integrations with payroll and benefits platforms
• Own the onboarding and offboarding experience end-to-end: provisioning, paperwork, orientation scheduling, and equipment logistics
• Coordinate benefits enrollment, open enrollment cycles, and vendor relationships; serve as the first point of contact for employee questions
• Support performance review cycles, engagement surveys, and people analytics — building dashboards and reporting in tools like Culture Amp or Looker
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment requirements across multi-state workforces, including EEO, I-9, and leave administration
• Partner with recruiters and finance on headcount planning, offer administration, and new-hire data handoffs
• Document, audit, and refine people processes — turning tribal knowledge into scalable playbooks

What We Are Looking For

• 3-6 years of experience in People Operations, HR generalist, or people-team roles, ideally in a high-growth tech environment
• Hands-on expertise with at least one major HRIS (Workday, Rippling, BambooHR, or Gusto) including reporting and workflow automation
• Working knowledge of multi-state employment compliance, benefits administration, and payroll fundamentals
• Strong data skills: comfortable building reports in Excel/Google Sheets and presenting people metrics to leadership
• Excellent written communication and a service-oriented approach to employee experience
• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Bonus: experience with equity administration (Carta, Shareworks), OKR tooling, or building people ops functions from the ground up