People Operations Manager (US)
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Before you apply
Salary$70k – $150k
LocationNew York
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
SeniorityMid
Experience3+ yrs
DepartmentPeople
EquityIncluded
Company size201–500 people
PostedOct 20, 2026 · 2w ago
Verified live2d ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
3+ years of People Ops, HR, or Operations experience, ideally startup or scale-up
Knowledge about US labor law, payroll, and collective agreements
Structured, hands-on working style
AI and automation/workflow skills
People-first, low ego. You thrive under intensity
Strong English skills
Skills
AI
automation/workflow
Benefits
Paid relocation
Health insurance
About fonio
We grew from $1M to $10M ARR in under 12 months and now serve 10,000+ customers.
Fonio is Europe’s market leader for AI phone agents for SMBs. Now we’re expanding globally and into new products.
We move fast, take ownership, give direct feedback, and avoid politics and unnecessary meetings.
Join one of world’s fastest-growing companies.
Your Role
About the role
You own everything after a candidate signs, from contracts through offboarding, and automate as much of it as possible. We are looking for someone to build the structural backbone to enable rapid scaling.
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Contracts & onboarding: Manage employment contracts for all employees (direct and indirect employment), organize equipment, accounts, workspaces, and support relocation of international colleagues.
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HR tooling & automation: introduce and own an HRIS tool, automate workflows across systems.
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Payroll: Organize and own internal payroll processes, including variable compensation calculation of all sales teams.
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Compliance & people legal: Support international hiring, time-tracking, collective agreements, international taxation topics, etc.
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Compensation: Manage and monitor compensation bands across teams/countries.
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Events & culture: Organize internal and external events (hackathons, off-sites, etc.)
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Offboarding: Manage offboarding of employees.
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Later, people development: Design feedback cycles, L&D, career development (e.g. SDR academy).
What to Expect
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Solo, end-to-end ownership of everything people operations.
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Hands-on operational work to build the foundation for automation/scaling.
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Direct impact: your work has immediate influence on the culture of fonio.
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Flat hierarchies: close collaboration across departments.
What You Bring
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3+ year of People Ops, HR, or Operations experience, ideally startup or scale-up.
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Knowledge about US labor law, payroll, and collective agreements
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Structured, hands-on working style.
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AI and automation/workflow skills.
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People-first, low ego. You thrive under intensity.
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Strong English skills.
What We Offer
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$70,000–$150,000 salary depending on experience + Equity
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Hardware of your choice
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Regular team offsites
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Paid relocation to Vienna for approximately two months
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Work from our New York office with an ambitious team
Hiring Process
1.
20 min intro call
2.
30 min skill interview
3.
20 min culture call
How we hire?
We’re AI-native, including in hiring. AI helps us to remain efficient, but people make every decision.
Legal
fonio is an equal opportunity employer. We hire for talent and ownership, whatever your background is.
Need an adjustment in the process? Just tell us.
Please send your CV in English. Then knock us off our feet 🚀