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Salary: USD 85,000 - 115,000 / annual
EliseAI is a venture-backed AI company ($4B valuation, $350M Series funding led by a16z and Bessemer) focused on deploying AI agents into housing and healthcare workflows to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance user experience. The company is scaling rapidly and seeking a People Operations Associate to lead onboarding and people operations infrastructure.
In this role, you will own the end-to-end onboarding experience for new hires, serving as the primary point of contact from offer through first day and beyond. You'll coordinate pre-employment background checks, I-9 verification, new hire paperwork, travel arrangements, system access setup, and laptop configuration. You'll prepare and maintain onboarding materials, training content in the LMS, and live sessions in coordination with cross-functional teams.
Beyond onboarding, you'll drive operational excellence across the people function by identifying manual, repetitive workflows and automating them using AI tools, workflow platforms, and existing systems. You'll build and maintain trackers, dashboards, and reporting tools that keep the team organized and data-informed. You'll manage HRIS transactions including new hire profiles, status changes, and offboarding; maintain accurate employee records and org charts; draft employment verification letters and offer letters; and ensure compliance with wage rate notices, labor law postings, and required training.
You'll also support immigration processes and documentation for candidates and employees, assist with compensation and benefits administration, serve as a first point of contact for employee HR questions, support managers with performance reviews and role changes, coordinate performance management cycles, and manage employee recognition programs including swag inventory and anniversary/birthday initiatives. You'll partner with Finance, Legal, and other teams on cross-functional people initiatives such as headcount planning and compliance reporting, and take on stretch projects as business needs evolve.
This is a high-growth environment where you'll move at rocket speed, own your impact with full autonomy, and help shape modern people operations at scale. The role requires working in-office from the Midtown Manhattan office 5 days per week.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 1–2 years of experience in HR Operations, Compensation and Benefits, or related field
- Proven experience with people operations fundamentals: I-9 verification, onboarding workflows, HRIS data entry, HR compliance basics
- Genuine interest in the people function and desire to grow within HR and people operations
- Strong interpersonal skills with excellent written and verbal communication
- Exceptional organization and detail orientation; strong focus on data accuracy and integrity; ability to manage multiple priorities
- Comfortable in fast-paced environments; ability to stay composed when priorities shift
- Data-savvy with proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets; able to build and maintain trackers, run reports, work with people data to surface insights
- Natural bias toward automation and process improvement; proactive in identifying opportunities to reduce manual work and build scalable systems
- Ability to apply discretion to sensitive situations and maintain high confidentiality
- Self-starter with natural curiosity and motivation to problem-solve and troubleshoot
- Comfortable interacting with and supporting employees at all organizational levels
- Tech-savvy and quick to learn new tools and systems
- Willing to work in-person from Midtown Manhattan office 5 days per week
