Talent Ops Lead, Healthcare & Acquisitions

Special; New York; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Special is hiring a People and Talent Operations Manager to recruit great people, onboard new employees, and bring acquired businesses onto shared systems. You'll work across Special and Figure Health, with most of your time focused on Figure Health as our healthcare team grows.

This hands-on role blends recruiting and people operations, roughly 50/50, prioritizing acquisitions and hiring needs. You will source candidates, coordinate offers, and ensure smooth onboarding on Rippling.

Qualifications

• Approximately five years of experience in people operations, recruiting, or a combined role.
• Direct experience sourcing candidates and conducting initial screens.
• Hands-on experience with Rippling or a comparable HR and payroll platform.
• Strong organization, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple searches and onboarding timelines.

Responsibilities

• Build our talent pipeline by sourcing and engaging candidates for nursing, clinical, engineering, and corporate roles across Figure Health and Special.
• Run the top of the recruiting funnel: initial screens, coordinate interviews, keep records, inform hiring managers and candidates.
• Coordinate offers: prepare and send letters, manage signatures, guide candidates through joining.
• Own employee onboarding: set up in Rippling, coordinate tool access, deliver a welcoming onboarding experience.
• Support acquisition integration: migrate employee information and payroll onto Rippling across acquired businesses.
• Keep people operations organized: maintain records, coordinate benefits, serve as a first contact for routine questions.
• Build repeatable processes: create checklists, templates, and workflows for hires and acquisitions.

Skills

People operations

Recruiting

Onboarding

HR systems

Stakeholder management

Tools

Rippling

Job description

Special is hiring a People and Talent Operations Manager to recruit great people, onboard new employees, and bring acquired businesses onto shared systems. You'll work across Special and Figure Health, with most of your time focused on Figure Health as our healthcare team grows.

This hands-on role blends recruiting and people operations, roughly 50/50, prioritizing acquisitions and hiring needs. You will source candidates, coordinate offers, and ensure smooth onboarding on Rippling.