Remote People Operations Lead — Payroll, Benefits & Growth

Grüns; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Biannual off-sites

Comprehensive benefits

Generous PTO

Free Grüns perks

Job summary

Grüns is scaling fast and seeks a hands-on People partner to coach managers and run payroll, leaves, and benefits end to end. You will own the employee lifecycle and support a Q1 2027 systems transition, protecting talent density and ensuring compliance across HQ, field, and international teams.

This is a fully remote role with biannual off-sites to connect IRL. The role requires 5+ years in scaling HR support, payroll experience, and knowledge of multi-state leaves, COBRA, and E‑Verify.

Qualifications

• 5+ years scaling HR support in a fast-growing company
• Hands-on payroll administration experience
• Experience with leaves: FMLA, ADA, state leaves, STD, parental
• Benefits administration experience: enrollments, qualifying life events, COBRA, open enrollment
• Employee relations and manager coaching, including documentation and terminations
• Discretion handling sensitive employee situations and exits
• Knowledge of FMLA, ADA, COBRA, E-Verify, multi-state leave laws
• Bonus: payroll/HRIS migration or acquisition integration; Paylocity experience

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for managers and employees on policy, performance, and growth
• Coach managers through feedback, documentation, and follow-ups during performance and termination situations
• Run People Team 1:1s and exit interviews for Levels 1 and 2; surface culture themes and training gaps
• Administer leaves (FMLA, ADA, state, STD, parental) and accommodation requests; oversee workers' comp claims
• Own payroll accuracy across HQ, field, and international teams; resolve issues with partners
• Own benefits administration end to end: enrollments, life events, COBRA, renewals, communications
• Own onboarding and offboarding to ensure complete paperwork and correct pay
• Maintain clean employee data for accurate compensation and headcount decisions
• Support payroll/benefits changes during Q1 2027 platform transition
• Turn repeat work into AI-supported workflows and know when to avoid AI

Skills

HR support

Payroll administration

Employee relations

Manager coaching

FMLA/ADA/COBRA knowledge

HRIS/Paylocity experience

Tools

Paylocity

Job description

Grüns is scaling fast and seeks a hands-on People partner to coach managers and run payroll, leaves, and benefits end to end. You will own the employee lifecycle and support a Q1 2027 systems transition, protecting talent density and ensuring compliance across HQ, field, and international teams.

This is a fully remote role with biannual off-sites to connect IRL. The role requires 5+ years in scaling HR support, payroll experience, and knowledge of multi-state leaves, COBRA, and E‑Verify.