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Quindar is seeking a People Operations Manager to oversee the complete employee lifecycle—from recruiting and onboarding through ongoing support and offboarding. This is a hands-on, broad role combining human resources, hiring, event planning, workplace programs, and employment compliance.
You will serve as a trusted resource for employees and managers, ensuring people practices are organized, consistent, compliant, and aligned with company culture. The role requires comfort shifting between strategic projects and day-to-day execution, with a focus on creating scalable processes that preserve a thoughtful employee experience as the company grows.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
People Operations & Employee Experience:
- Manage the full employee lifecycle: onboarding, employee changes, leave, benefits administration, and offboarding
- Serve as primary point of contact for employee questions and concerns
- Maintain accurate employee records, policies, templates, and internal documentation
- Coordinate benefits enrollment, renewals, and employee communications with brokers and vendors
- Support performance reviews, compensation reviews, engagement initiatives, and professional development
- Guide managers on employee relations and people-management questions
- Build scalable processes that maintain high-quality employee experience during growth
- Manage relationships with HR, benefits, payroll, recruiting, and employment vendors
Compliance & Risk Management:
- Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment requirements
- Coordinate required filings, notices, workplace postings, training, and recordkeeping
- Keep employee handbooks and policies current in partnership with legal counsel
- Support compliance across hiring, worker classification, compensation, leave, benefits, accommodations, and terminations
- Track employment requirement changes and recommend policy updates
- Support employment audits, diligence requests, and government/customer reporting
Recruiting & Hiring:
- Partner with hiring managers to define roles, create job descriptions, and develop hiring plans
- Manage job postings, applicant tracking, interview scheduling, and candidate communications
- Source and screen candidates for selected roles
- Design organized, equitable interview processes with scorecards and interviewer guidance
- Coordinate offers, reference checks, background checks, and pre-employment requirements
- Monitor recruiting metrics and improve time-to-hire, candidate experience, and hiring quality
- Develop talent pipelines and strengthen employer brand
Events & Culture:
- Plan and execute company offsites, team gatherings, celebrations, and employee events
- Manage event logistics: schedules, venues, travel, lodging, catering, vendors, budgets, communications
- Develop programs and rituals that strengthen connection and collaboration
- Gather employee feedback to improve events and overall employee experience
- Support internal communications and company-wide meetings
REQUIREMENTS
Must-Have:
- 4+ years of experience in people operations, human resources, recruiting, or related role
- Experience independently managing multiple stages of the employee lifecycle
- Experience in a startup, technology company, aerospace company, or other highly regulated environment
- Working knowledge of U.S. employment practices and compliance requirements
- Experience coordinating recruiting processes and delivering strong candidate experience
- Demonstrated ability to plan complex events, manage vendors, and stay within budget
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organization, follow-through, and attention to detail
- Sound judgment and ability to handle sensitive situations with empathy and discretion
- Practical, service-oriented approach paired with willingness to improve inefficient processes
- Comfort working in fast-moving environment where priorities evolve
- Proficiency with HRIS, applicant-tracking, payroll, benefits, and collaboration tools
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, refugee status, or asylee status (ITAR requirement)
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience supporting distributed, hybrid, or multi-state workforce
- Experience with professional employer organizations or employer-of-record providers
- Familiarity with immigration coordination, government contracting requirements, or security-related workforce processes
- Experience implementing or migrating HR systems
- Relevant certification (SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR)
