People Ops Generalist: High-Impact HR & Equity

Fulcrum; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Health, dental & vision

High-ownership culture

Team off-sites

Job summary

Fulcrum in San Francisco seeks an experienced People Operations Generalist to own day-to-day HR operations in a fast-growing startup. You’ll balance strategic HR initiatives with hands-on execution, ensuring smooth onboarding, payroll, benefits, and compliance across multi-state and international onboarding as needed.

You’ll work directly with managers and the founding team, build scalable HR processes, and help shape a high-trust, high-ownership culture with equity incentives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in progressive People Operations or HR.
• Experience supporting a startup or high-growth company.
• Hands-on with payroll and HRIS tooling.
• Strong knowledge of CA/ SF employment laws.
• Experience with multi-state payroll and benefits.

Responsibilities

• Manage full employee lifecycle: onboarding, offboarding, promotions, transfers, terminations.
• Own onboarding, I-9 verification, E-Verify, documentation, orientation.
• Process payroll through Gusto, including commissions and deductions.
• Administer benefits, enrollments, renewals, and vendor relationships.
• Develop and maintain HR policies, handbooks, and programs.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, CA and SF employment laws.
• Support leaves of absence and accommodations as needed.
• Maintain HR systems, records, audits, and reporting.
• Coordinate office tasks and team events; support international onboarding.

Skills

People Operations

HRIS

Gusto

Payroll

Employment law

Onboarding

Policy development

Tools

Gusto

HRIS

Job description

Fulcrum in San Francisco seeks an experienced People Operations Generalist to own day-to-day HR operations in a fast-growing startup. You’ll balance strategic HR initiatives with hands-on execution, ensuring smooth onboarding, payroll, benefits, and compliance across multi-state and international onboarding as needed.

You’ll work directly with managers and the founding team, build scalable HR processes, and help shape a high-trust, high-ownership culture with equity incentives.