People Operations Specialist - Payroll, Onboarding & Growth

7AI, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

7AI, Inc. is looking to hire its first dedicated HR Operations professional to own the employee experience from day one through annual reviews.

You will design lightweight processes and ensure flawless payroll, benefits, onboarding, and performance cycles while coaching managers. As a hands-on operator, you will maintain compliant records, partner with recruiting on offers and transitions, and iteratively improve HR touchpoints to deliver consistent, high-quality people operations in a

Qualifications

• A few years of HR operations, People operations, or HR generalist experience.
• Hands-on experience administering payroll and benefits.
• Experience running onboarding and performance review cycles.
• Comfort coaching managers and employees, including on difficult conversations.
• A track record of building lightweight processes and making them stick.
• High standards and a bias toward getting things right the first time.

Responsibilities

• Own payroll & Benefits administration process and experience for employees.
• Own onboarding end to end, so every new hire arrives to a prepared laptop, a clear first week, and a named point of contact.
• Run the performance review cycle, including timelines, templates, reminders, and follow-through with managers.
• Coach managers and employees through everyday people questions, such as feedback, expectations, and role changes.
• Keep employee records, HR systems, and compliance documentation clean and current.
• Build simple, repeatable processes where none exist yet, and improve the ones that do.
• Partner with the recruiting team on offers, start dates, promotions, and transitions.
• Look at each employee touchpoint the way we look at a customer touchpoint, and fix what falls short.

Skills

Payroll administration

Benefits administration

Onboarding

Performance reviews

People coaching

HR systems

Compliance

Tools

HRIS

Job description

7AI, Inc. is looking to hire its first dedicated HR Operations professional to own the employee experience from day one through annual reviews.

You will design lightweight processes and ensure flawless payroll, benefits, onboarding, and performance cycles while coaching managers. As a hands-on operator, you will maintain compliant records, partner with recruiting on offers and transitions, and iteratively improve HR touchpoints to deliver consistent, high-quality people operations in a