People Ops Generalist: Culture, Onboarding & Office Experience

Cellanome; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health plans

401(k)

Job summary

Cellanome is hiring a People Operations Generalist to manage the full employee lifecycle, benefits, payroll, and multi-state compliance. You will own office operations in Foster City, plan onsite events, and collaborate with Finance, Legal, and engineering teams to build scalable People programs and processes.

You will drive automation, design onboarding and performance cycles, and support a distributed workforce across states. A hands-on, build-oriented mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years in People Operations or HR Generalist role in a startup.
• Hands-on leave, benefits, payroll, and multi-state compliance experience.
• California employment law experience strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to run onsite events and workplace programs.
• Experience with ATS/HRIS and using AI/automation to optimize work.

Responsibilities

• Run end-to-end employee lifecycle, onboarding to offboarding.
• Plan and execute Foster City office events and activities.
• Coordinate recruiting logistics and onboarding processes with teams.

Skills

People Ops

HR compliance

California law

Event planning

Employee relations

ATS/HRIS

Automation/AI

Vendor management

Communication

Multitasking

Education

Tools

Greenhouse

Rippling

Job description

Cellanome is hiring a People Operations Generalist to manage the full employee lifecycle, benefits, payroll, and multi-state compliance. You will own office operations in Foster City, plan onsite events, and collaborate with Finance, Legal, and engineering teams to build scalable People programs and processes.

You will drive automation, design onboarding and performance cycles, and support a distributed workforce across states. A hands-on, build-oriented mindset is essential.