People Operations Associate in at Nitra
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Job Description
A People Operations Associate to serve as a founding member of Nitra’s People function and build the operational backbone of HR from the ground up. As a Series B company scaling toward unicorn status, we need someone who can stand up the systems, processes, and programs that allow us to hire, develop, reward, and retain exceptional people at pace — without slowing the business down.
This is a rare, high-ownership opportunity to define how a category-defining company runs its People operations. You won’t be inheriting a playbook; you’ll be writing it. You’ll own the infrastructure behind performance reviews, compensation, onboarding and offboarding, compliance, and manager and leadership enablement — partnering directly with leadership across the company. We’re looking for a high-achieving, detail-obsessed operator who treats People Ops as a discipline of systems and rigor, not just policy.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.