People Operations Manager Jobs in New York
People Operations Manager jobs in New York represent one of the most active markets in the country, with demand concentrated in finance, media, technology, and healthcare across a seniority range from associate-level generalists to senior people ops leaders. The heaviest hiring happens in New York City, with secondary clusters in Albany and Buffalo anchored by government, healthcare systems, and regional employers. Well-known organizations with consistent people operations hiring in New York include JPMorgan Chase, Pfizer, and NBCUniversal. The most in-demand specialties are HR technology implementation, employee relations, and talent operations. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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From Fivetran's founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We're proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.
About Us
Fivetran and dbt Labs have come together to build the foundation of the modern data platform, helping thousands of organizations move, transform, and trust their data. As a combined company, we're past $700M in ARR, with more than 2,500 full-time employees across more than two dozen countries, and we're still in growth mode.
We're building a durable, enduring company. A public offering is on our path, but it isn't the finish line. We're looking for leaders who want to build something that lasts well beyond any single milestone.
About the Role
We're looking for a Vice President of Total Rewards & People Operations to lead global compensation, benefits, and people operations for the combined company. This is a senior leadership role for a proven people leader. You'll build and lead a high-performing, diverse team, and you'll design the rewards and operational foundation that supports our next stage of scale.
You'll partner closely with our executive team and serve as a direct liaison to the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors. You'll bring clarity and sound judgment to some of the most important decisions we make about our people. You'll also build a people operations function that scales through great systems and tools rather than headcount. And you'll invest in your team so they use those tools strategically, not just efficiently.
Most of all, you'll help create an employee experience that feels genuinely special and maintains fairness, at global scale.
This is a full-time remote position based out of the US.
What You'll Do
Lead and build an exceptional team
- Lead, develop, and inspire a global team across compensation, benefits, people operations, and HR systems. Set a high bar for performance, growth, and inclusion.
- Build a high-performing organization with clear ownership, strong accountability, and a culture of transparency.
Invest in your team's development so they become highly strategic operators and advisors to the business.
Own global compensation strategy
- Own compensation philosophy, structure, and programs for all employees, including base pay, variable pay, and equity.
- Lead executive compensation strategy and serve as the primary liaison to the Compensation Committee and Board. Prepare materials, advise on program design, and work with external compensation consultants and counsel.
- Design and evolve equity programs appropriate. This includes equity guidelines, refresh strategy, burn rate and dilution management, and future plans.
- Bring pay practices up to public-company standards, including governance, disclosure readiness, and pay equity analysis. Keep compliance current with evolving pay transparency laws across jurisdictions.
Lead global benefits at scale
- Own the global benefits strategy across more than two dozen countries, balancing competitiveness, equity across geographies, cost discipline, and local compliance.
- Manage broker, carrier, and vendor relationships, and bring rigor to renewals, plan design, and program effectiveness.
- Harmonize benefits across the combined organization in a thoughtful, well- communicated way.
Build scalable, tech-forward people operations
- Lead people operations, HRIS, and people systems strategy. Build a highly efficient function that scales through tools, automation, and AI rather than proportional headcount growth.
- Own the global employee lifecycle, from onboarding through offboarding. Make it consistent, compliant, and memorable for employees.
- Drive data integrity and people analytics that help leaders make faster, better decisions.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, and IT on payroll, global employment entities and EOR strategy, and internal controls.
Be a strategic partner to the business
- Advise the executive team on rewards and operational decisions with pragmatism and speed, always tied to business outcomes.
- Translate complex tradeoffs into clear recommendations, and make decisions decisively.
- Communicate with employees transparently and directly about how and why we reward people the way we do.
What You'll Bring
- 10+ years of progressive experience in total rewards or people operations, including significant time leading these functions at the VP level or equivalent.
- A track record as an established, mature people leader who has built and scaled high-performing, efficient teams.
- Deep experience owning employee and executive compensation, including direct work with a Compensation Committee and Board of Directors.
- Experience leading global benefits across many countries in a complex, multinational environment.
- Experience overseeing people operations and HR technology, with a strong point of view on building functions that scale through systems.
- Strong enterprise experience at a company of our size or larger, ideally in high-growth B2B software or technology.
How You Operate
- Authentic and direct. You say what you mean, build trust through candor, and model transparency for your team and the company.
- Fast and decisive. You move with urgency, make clear calls with imperfect information, and adjust quickly when needed.
- Wise and pragmatic. You bring deep expertise and sound logic, and you know when "great and shipped" beats "perfect and pending."
- People-first leader. You measure your success by the strength of your team and the experience of our employees.
- Builder's mindset. You're energized by growth and focused on building for the long term, not a single milestone.
#LI-REMOTE #LI-SR1
Perks and Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
- Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off.
- RSU stock grants*
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
- May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information
Click here to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.
We're honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we're proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.
Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.
To learn more about Fivetran's culture and what it's like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.
To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can read our statement here.
We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don't hesitate to submit your request by filling out this form. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.
From Fivetran's founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We're proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.
About Us
Fivetran and dbt Labs have come together to build the foundation of the modern data platform, helping thousands of organizations move, transform, and trust their data. As a combined company, we're past $700M in ARR, with more than 2,500 full-time employees across more than two dozen countries, and we're still in growth mode.
We're building a durable, enduring company. A public offering is on our path, but it isn't the finish line. We're looking for leaders who want to build something that lasts well beyond any single milestone.
About the Role
We're looking for a Vice President of Total Rewards & People Operations to lead global compensation, benefits, and people operations for the combined company. This is a senior leadership role for a proven people leader. You'll build and lead a high-performing, diverse team, and you'll design the rewards and operational foundation that supports our next stage of scale.
You'll partner closely with our executive team and serve as a direct liaison to the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors. You'll bring clarity and sound judgment to some of the most important decisions we make about our people. You'll also build a people operations function that scales through great systems and tools rather than headcount. And you'll invest in your team so they use those tools strategically, not just efficiently.
Most of all, you'll help create an employee experience that feels genuinely special and maintains fairness, at global scale.
This is a full-time remote position based out of the US.
What You'll Do
Lead and build an exceptional team
- Lead, develop, and inspire a global team across compensation, benefits, people operations, and HR systems. Set a high bar for performance, growth, and inclusion.
- Build a high-performing organization with clear ownership, strong accountability, and a culture of transparency.
Invest in your team's development so they become highly strategic operators and advisors to the business.
Own global compensation strategy
- Own compensation philosophy, structure, and programs for all employees, including base pay, variable pay, and equity.
- Lead executive compensation strategy and serve as the primary liaison to the Compensation Committee and Board. Prepare materials, advise on program design, and work with external compensation consultants and counsel.
- Design and evolve equity programs appropriate. This includes equity guidelines, refresh strategy, burn rate and dilution management, and future plans.
- Bring pay practices up to public-company standards, including governance, disclosure readiness, and pay equity analysis. Keep compliance current with evolving pay transparency laws across jurisdictions.
Lead global benefits at scale
- Own the global benefits strategy across more than two dozen countries, balancing competitiveness, equity across geographies, cost discipline, and local compliance.
- Manage broker, carrier, and vendor relationships, and bring rigor to renewals, plan design, and program effectiveness.
- Harmonize benefits across the combined organization in a thoughtful, well- communicated way.
Build scalable, tech-forward people operations
- Lead people operations, HRIS, and people systems strategy. Build a highly efficient function that scales through tools, automation, and AI rather than proportional headcount growth.
- Own the global employee lifecycle, from onboarding through offboarding. Make it consistent, compliant, and memorable for employees.
- Drive data integrity and people analytics that help leaders make faster, better decisions.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, and IT on payroll, global employment entities and EOR strategy, and internal controls.
Be a strategic partner to the business
- Advise the executive team on rewards and operational decisions with pragmatism and speed, always tied to business outcomes.
- Translate complex tradeoffs into clear recommendations, and make decisions decisively.
- Communicate with employees transparently and directly about how and why we reward people the way we do.
What You'll Bring
- 10+ years of progressive experience in total rewards or people operations, including significant time leading these functions at the VP level or equivalent.
- A track record as an established, mature people leader who has built and scaled high-performing, efficient teams.
- Deep experience owning employee and executive compensation, including direct work with a Compensation Committee and Board of Directors.
- Experience leading global benefits across many countries in a complex, multinational environment.
- Experience overseeing people operations and HR technology, with a strong point of view on building functions that scale through systems.
- Strong enterprise experience at a company of our size or larger, ideally in high-growth B2B software or technology.
How You Operate
- Authentic and direct. You say what you mean, build trust through candor, and model transparency for your team and the company.
- Fast and decisive. You move with urgency, make clear calls with imperfect information, and adjust quickly when needed.
- Wise and pragmatic. You bring deep expertise and sound logic, and you know when "great and shipped" beats "perfect and pending."
- People-first leader. You measure your success by the strength of your team and the experience of our employees.
- Builder's mindset. You're energized by growth and focused on building for the long term, not a single milestone.
#LI-REMOTE #LI-SR1
Perks and Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
- Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off.
- RSU stock grants*
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
- May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information
Click here to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.
We're honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we're proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.
Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.
To learn more about Fivetran's culture and what it's like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.
To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can read our statement here.
We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don't hesitate to submit your request by filling out this form. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Chemicals & Materials
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in people operations manager jobs across New York.
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field required
- Three or more years of HR generalist or people operations experience in a professional setting
- Working knowledge of New York State and New York City employment law and leave regulations
- Experience with HRIS platforms such as Workday, BambooHR, or ADP Workforce Now
- PHR or SHRM-CP certification preferred by many mid-size and enterprise New York employers
- Strong employee relations skills with experience managing performance and conflict resolution processes
People Operations Manager Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a people operations manager in New York?
Most people operations managers in New York enter the role through a bachelor's degree in human resources or business, followed by several years as an HR generalist or coordinator. New York does not require a state-issued license for this role, but employers across the city and state consistently favor candidates with SHRM-CP or PHR certification. Familiarity with New York City-specific employment requirements, including the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act and pay transparency rules, strengthens any application significantly.
How much do people operations managers make in New York?
People operations managers in New York earn a median of about $176,650 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $105,380 for the lowest 10% to over $321,880 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire people operations managers in New York?
Employers hiring people operations managers in New York right now include Target, Walmart, and Kaleida Health, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. New York's density of financial services firms, large media companies, and major healthcare networks means openings appear consistently across a wide range of industries throughout the year.
Which New York cities have the most people operations manager jobs?
The cities with the most people operations manager openings in New York are New York, Brooklyn, and Buffalo. New York City dominates by volume given its concentration of corporate headquarters, financial institutions, and media companies, while Albany sees steady demand driven by state government agencies and regional healthcare systems, and Buffalo's growing technology and healthcare sectors support a consistent share of openings outside the metro.
Are there remote people operations manager jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than many HR-adjacent roles, since people operations work is heavily systems-based and documentation-driven. About 45% of people operations manager openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the role's strong fit with distributed work arrangements. Functions like HRIS administration, policy development, and onboarding coordination are the most commonly performed remotely, while employee relations and on-site engagement work typically require in-person presence.
How can I get hired as a people operations manager in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an HR coordinator or HR generalist role at a mid-size New York employer, where broader responsibilities create a faster route to people operations work than large corporate entry programs. Many New York-based companies in tech and media, including those headquartered in the Flatiron District and Hudson Yards corridors, hire HR associates directly from business or communications programs. Building familiarity with New York City employment law and earning a SHRM-CP certification early makes candidates considerably more competitive for promotion into a manager-level role.
Where can I find and apply to people operations manager jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to people operations manager jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across New York City, Albany, Buffalo, and other markets in the state. Search the listings for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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