People Operations Specialist

Evlo AI; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Evlo AI is seeking a People Operations professional to own HRIS administration, onboarding, onboarding/offboarding, benefits, compliance, and the employee lifecycle from hire to exit. The role scales systems so leadership can rely on data-driven decisions and employees enjoy a consistently excellent experience.

This position partners with leadership to turn people processes into reliable workflows, supports performance cycles, and builds headcount/engagement metrics with HRIS data and BI tools.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years in people operations or HR roles at a growing tech company.
• Experience administering an HRIS (Rippling/BambooHR/Workday or similar) with workflows and reports.
• Knowledge of multi-state employment compliance, benefits administration, and payroll fundamentals.
• Strong data skills and ability to present metrics to leadership.
• Excellent written communication and judgment handling sensitive matters.
• Bachelor's degree in HR/business or equivalent experience.
• Bonus: experience with Lattice or HR certifications or international expansion.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day HRIS administration and maintain accurate records and workflows.
• Manage onboarding and offboarding end-to-end, including background checks and benefits enrollment.
• Administer benefits programs across multiple states, handle life events, and vendor issues.
• Support performance reviews and compensation planning using tools like Lattice.
• Ensure compliance with federal/state/DC requirements; audit records quarterly.
• Build and report people metrics using HRIS data and spreadsheets/BI tools.
• Serve as first point of contact for policies, benefits, and payroll questions.

Skills

Pivot tables

Formulas

Data presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Rippling

BambooHR

Workday

Lattice

Job description

About The Role

The role owns the systems and programs that keep people operations running: onboarding, HRIS data integrity, benefits administration, compliance, and the employee lifecycle from hire to exit. The work matters because the company is scaling quickly - this role turns people processes into reliable, repeatable systems so leadership can make decisions with accurate data and employees get a consistently great experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day HRIS administration (Rippling, BambooHR, or Workday), maintaining accurate employee records, org data, and workflows
• Run onboarding and offboarding end-to-end: background checks, I-9/E-Verify, equipment provisioning coordination, benefits enrollment, and orientation scheduling
• Administer benefits programs across multiple states, including open enrollment, qualifying life events, and vendor escalation
• Support performance review cycles and compensation planning in tools like Lattice, including timeline management and reporting
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and DC-specific employment requirements; audit records quarterly and flag gaps
• Build and report on people metrics - headcount, attrition, time-to-hire, engagement scores - using HRIS data and spreadsheets or BI tools
• Serve as a first point of contact for employee questions on policies, benefits, and payroll escalations

What We Are Looking For

• 3-6 years in people operations, HR generalist, or HR coordinator roles, ideally at a growing tech company
• Hands-on experience administering an HRIS (Rippling, BambooHR, Workday, or similar) including workflow and report building
• Working knowledge of multi-state employment compliance, benefits administration, and payroll fundamentals
• Strong data skills: comfortable with pivot tables, formulas, and presenting clean metrics to leadership
• Excellent written communication and judgment when handling sensitive employee matters
• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Bonus: experience with Lattice or similar performance tools, HR certifications (PHR/SHRM-CP), or supporting international expansion/EOR setups