Senior People Operations Leader: Payroll & Automation

Linden Lab; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Job summary

Linden Lab seeks a Senior Manager, People Operations to own the daily employee experience and drive scalable processes. Reporting to the Director of People & Culture, you will lead the operational work while shaping how we deliver value across the organization.

You’ll collaborate with senior People leaders to design automation, improve workflows, and implement data-driven insights that reduce friction and boost effectiveness.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive People Operations experience across payroll, benefits, leaves, compliance, HR systems, and the employee lifecycle, including multi-state support and California requirements.
• 3+ years of direct management experience with a focus on development, ownership, and high standards.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day People Operations, ensuring accurate, timely, compliant, high-quality employee experience.
• Lead payroll administration and compensation changes across multi-state workforce with strong controls.
• Oversee benefits, retirement plans, leaves, and workers’ compensation administration with user-friendly management.
• Manage employee lifecycle from pre-onboarding to offboarding, coordinating systems and communications.
• Drive continuous improvement with data, feedback, and self-service enhancements.
• Design automated workflows to reduce manual tasks and improve handoffs across People.
• Optimize Paylocity and related HR systems for data integrity and integration.

Skills

People Ops strategy

Payroll management

Benefits administration

Multi-state payroll

Systems thinking

Automation & AI

Data analysis

Policy advisory

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Tools

Paylocity

Job description

Linden Lab seeks a Senior Manager, People Operations to own the daily employee experience and drive scalable processes. Reporting to the Director of People & Culture, you will lead the operational work while shaping how we deliver value across the organization.

You’ll collaborate with senior People leaders to design automation, improve workflows, and implement data-driven insights that reduce friction and boost effectiveness.