People Operations Associate

Your responsibilities will include

• Build core People Ops infrastructure — stand up and own the HRIS, employee records, policies, and the workflows and documentation that keep a fast-growing org running cleanly and compliantly.
• Design and run performance review cycles — build a structured, defensible performance management process end to end, including calibration, manager guidance, and the cadence and tooling behind it.
• Own compensation analysis and structure — support benchmarking, leveling frameworks, and compensation bands; help operationalize merit, promotion, and equity processes with consistency and rigor.
• Create a world-class onboarding experience — design and run structured onboarding so every new hire ramps quickly, understands the bar, and feels set up to win from day one.
• Manage offboarding — run a thoughtful, compliant offboarding process that protects the company and treats departing team members with respect.
• Drive team enablement and manager and leadership training — build and coordinate programs that level up managers and leaders, from new-manager fundamentals to ongoing development.
• Own HR compliance — maintain compliance with federal, state, and multi-state employment requirements, including leave, classification, and recordkeeping, and keep policies current as we scale.
• Build people analytics and reporting — establish the metrics, dashboards, and reporting that give leadership visibility into headcount, retention, performance, and the health of the org.
• Be a trusted point of contact — serve as a go-to resource for employees and managers on People matters, handling sensitive situations with discretion, judgment, and care.
• Partner cross-functionally — work closely with leadership, recruiting, finance, and operations to ensure People programs reinforce the way the business actually runs.

You have

• 3+ years of experience in People Operations, HR, or a closely related operations role, ideally at a startup or high-growth environment.
• A track record of building processes and infrastructure from scratch — you’ve created systems where none existed, not just maintained existing ones.
• Hands-on experience across the People Ops stack: HRIS administration, performance review cycles, onboarding/offboarding, and compliance.
• Comfort working with data and analysis — you can pull, structure, and reason about compensation benchmarks, headcount, and people metrics, and turn them into clear recommendations.
• Strong working knowledge of US employment law and HR compliance, including multi-state considerations.

We offer

• Equity - Everyone at Nitra is an owner. When the company wins, you win
• Competitive Salary - You’re the best of the best, and your salary will reflect your experience and reward your contributions to Nitra
• Health Care - Your health comes first. We offer comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance options.
• Retirement Benefits - Your financial stability matters to us so we provide a generous employer 401K match
• Nitra maintains a hybrid work policy, with team members working from the office four days per week and Wednesdays designated as a work-from-home day.