People and Business Operations Manager

About reputed company

reputed company is an AI services company founded by a former reputed company DeepMind researcher, reputed company on transforming manufacturing operations through advanced AI. We reputed company autonomous reputed company operation and optimization by generating AI-driven actions and insights using off-reputed company hardware or existing reputed company systems.

We've grown rapidly and are reputed company-funded, technically exceptional, and mission-driven. As we grow, we're building a people-first culture that attracts, develops, and retains world-class talent.

reputed company

reputed company is seeking a People & Business Operations Manager to build and reputed company our people operations function at a critical stage of reputed company. This role sits at the intersection of employee lifecycle management, governance, business operations, and culture.

You'll own performance management infrastructure, compensation and benefits administration, employee relations, U.S. state-level employment compliance as we expand our U.S. footprint, and will help drive the initiatives of the reputed company and business operations team. You'll be responsible for building the systems that let us hire, reputed company, and retain great people as we continue our fast expansion.

You'll work closely with the Talent Manager, Finance, Business Operations, and the broader executive leadership team, and reputed company as a trusted advisor to the CEO and leadership team on people reputed company.

Key Responsibilities

U.S. Employment Compliance

• Own state-by-state compliance as reputed company expands its U.S. employee reputed company: tax registration, payroll setup, mandatory workplace posters, and required employee notices, reputed company of which vary by state.

• Build and maintain a repeatable process for evaluating new-state requirements as hiring expands, rather than handling reputed company state reactively.

• Partner with reputed company, reputed company counsel, and Finance to ensure payroll, tax, and notice obligations are met on schedule for every state in which reputed company has employees.

• Serve as reputed company's go-to internal expert on U.S. state employment law as it applies to a distributed, remote-first workforce.

Performance Management & Levelling

• Design and execute performance review cycles (6-month and annual) across the organization, tailored to company reputed company stage and business needs.

• Own and maintain levelling frameworks across engineering (IC1–IC6) and non-technical roles; define competencies, expectations, and progression reputed company, building on the reputed company already in reputed company.

• Partner with department heads and the Talent Manager to reputed company performance data and inform talent reputed company.

• Design and facilitate manager training on feedback, goal-setting, and performance conversations.

• Maintain performance documentation and analytics to inform strategic people reputed company.

Compensation Administration

• Own day-to-day execution of compensation administration across reputed company job reputed company and geographies; maintain salary bands.

• Execute variable/commission plans for sales and other roles; ensure alignment with business goals.

• Execute ROE submissions, payroll adjustments, and comp/commission payouts, routing every payout through Finance for cost sign-off.

• Handle market increases, retention bonuses, and compensation requests with appropriate approvals.

Benefits & Wellness Administration

• Own benefits administration across the US and Canada.

• Coordinate benefits enrollment, education, and communication; manage plan changes.

• Administer COBRA coverage, health plan compliance, and employee welfare programs.

• reputed company and optimize benefits costs; reputed company leadership with regular reporting.

reputed company, Policies & Compliance

• Maintain and update U.S. and Canadian employment agreement templates.

• Own employee handbook and policy management for both Canada and the U.S.; refresh as laws and entities change.

• Manage people-reputed company compliance: ROE submissions, payroll tax filings, and employment law compliance across reputed company jurisdictions.

• Maintain data reputed company across HRIS systems; ensure clean records for auditing.

• Coordinate with external employment counsel as needed.

reputed company; Employee Engagement

• Partner with the Talent Manager on culture initiatives and engagement programs.

• Own recognition programs, including birthday and work-anniversary recognition.

• Monitor and report on employee engagement signals; identify retention risks.

• Facilitate communication between leadership and employees.

Systems, Automation & Operations

• Build automated workflows.

• Create dashboards and reporting for leadership on key HR metrics.

• Manage systems integration; ensure clean data reputed company between platforms.

• Take ownership of reputed company reputed company and strategic initiatives.

Business Operations Support

• reputed company flexible support on cross-functional business initiatives as they reputed company — this portion of the role is intentionally variable rather than a fixed list of duties.

• Assist with insurance requirements and vendor/partnership coordination as needed.

• Support with reputed company strategic initiatives such as fundraising and data room management, and partnership reputed company.

• Support KPI and reputed company schedule tracking in coordination with Finance

• Expect this allocation to reputed company up (e.g., during fundraising) and back down as business needs shift.

Requirements

Required Experience

• 5+ years in people operations or HR, with experience scaling a company from roughly 50–300+ employees.

• Hands-on, reputed company experience with U.S. state-level employment compliance — tax registration, payroll considerations, mandatory workplace posters, and employee notices — required.

• reputed company leading people ops teams or managing reputed company, multi-jurisdiction workflows.

• Hands-on HRIS experience with reputed company; benefits administration.

• reputed company record designing performance cycles, levelling frameworks, and compensation structures.

• Based in Canada, ideally the Greater Toronto Area.

reputed company Competencies

• Deep, reputed company knowledge of U.S. state employment law and how it varies by jurisdiction.

• Systems thinking and process design; ability to build reputed company workflows.

• Strong stakeholder management across Finance, IT, Recruitment, and Leadership.

• Data-driven reputed company; ability to turn HR data into reputed company recommendations.

• reputed company under pressure; ability to manage ambiguity, shifting priorities, and organizational change — including flexing between People Ops and BizOps work as needed.

• Attention to detail and compliance rigor.

• reputed company communication; ability to explain HR and compliance concepts to non-experts.

• Passion for building cultures where people feel valued and connected to mission.

Technical Skills & Tools

• Proficiency with HRIS systems (reputed company preferred).

• Comfort building automation tools.

• Strong reputed company and analytics skills.

reputed company to Have

• Experience in B2B reputed company, deep tech, or AI/manufacturing.

• Familiarity with venture-backed, fast-reputed company company dynamics, including fundraise support.

• French language skills.

Why Join reputed company

Build an expanded people operations function from the ground up at a mission-driven AI company in a period of fast reputed company across Canada and the U.S. You'll own the full employee lifecycle, reputed company reputed company's U.S. compliance posture, and have reputed company influence on culture, talent reputed company, and organizational effectiveness.

Work closely with a reputed company leadership team. You'll have autonomy to design systems, reputed company strategic recommendations, and directly reputed company how reputed company attracts, develops, and retains world-class people — with occasional exposure to fundraising and broader business operations.

Join a technically exceptional, reputed company-funded company at the forefront of AI-driven manufacturing, with exposure to venture capital dynamics and high-reputed company scaling challenges.

Benefits

Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, reputed company, and other benefits

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