People Ops Leader: Scale Growth & Culture

Honeydew; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid NYC office

Job summary

Honeydew is seeking a People Ops Manager to be the first point of contact for managers and employees across a critical business unit. You’ll shape structure, leveling, performance, development and compliant processes as the company scales.

This IC role has a clear path to leadership as the team grows, focusing on embedding payroll and HR systems, multi-state compliance, and delivering a thoughtful employee experience across a distributed workforce.

Qualifications

• Rapid scale experience in a tech-enabled startup (100–500+ growth).
• Hands-on payroll and systems ownership with Justworks or similar.
• Multi-state wage/leave compliance in practice across states.

Responsibilities

• Coach managers on performance, structure and headcount planning.
• Own HR fundamentals, data, leveling, and admin work for running People well.
• Audit and support compliance with partners and legal entities.

Skills

Rapid scale experience

Payroll ownership

Multi-state compliance

Business acumen

Project management

High EQ

Grit

Creative problem solving

Tools

Justworks

Job description

Honeydew is seeking a People Ops Manager to be the first point of contact for managers and employees across a critical business unit. You’ll shape structure, leveling, performance, development and compliant processes as the company scales.

This IC role has a clear path to leadership as the team grows, focusing on embedding payroll and HR systems, multi-state compliance, and delivering a thoughtful employee experience across a distributed workforce.