Remote HR Operations Lead — Scale People & Compliance

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Remote-friendly culture with flexible 

Dedicated professional development

Access to advanced tooling and LLMs

Opportunity to build a People function

Job summary

Ladders is seeking an HR Operations Manager to own the core HR operations infrastructure as the company scales. This remote role partners with Finance and leadership to build reliable processes across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding through offboarding, while ensuring compliance and data integrity.

The ideal candidate has hands-on HRIS experience (Rippling/Gusto/Workday), knowledge of U.S. employment law, and a builder’s mindset for scalable, data-driven HR functions in a fast-moving

Qualifications

• 4+ years of HR operations experience in fast-growing startups.
• Hands-on experience with HRIS platforms (Rippling, Gusto, or Workday).
• Knowledge of U.S. employment law and multi-state compliance.
• Ability to build scalable processes rather than one-off solutions.
• Strong attention to detail and communication skills for handling sensitive information.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and building functions from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end HR operations, including HRIS, payroll, and employee records
• Design onboarding and offboarding programs for new and departing employees
• Create and maintain HR policies and employee handbooks that are clear and actionable
• Ensure compliance with employment laws while scaling company operations
• Collaborate with Finance to manage payroll accuracy and employee lifecycle processes
• Translate people data into actionable insights and metrics for leadership
• Identify and improve manual HR processes to prevent bottlenecks

Skills

HR operations experience

US employment law

Process design

Attention to detail

Communication

Ambiguity navigation

Tools

HRIS Rippling

HRIS Gusto

HRIS Workday

Job description

Ladders is seeking an HR Operations Manager to own the core HR operations infrastructure as the company scales. This remote role partners with Finance and leadership to build reliable processes across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding through offboarding, while ensuring compliance and data integrity.

The ideal candidate has hands-on HRIS experience (Rippling/Gusto/Workday), knowledge of U.S. employment law, and a builder’s mindset for scalable, data-driven HR functions in a fast-moving