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Remote People and Culture Associate jobs are open across tech startups, SaaS companies, and distributed professional services firms that run fully remote or hybrid teams. Companies hiring remotely right now include M+R, Metrie, and GoodPop. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Director of PeopleCulture
Location: Remote (United States)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
Compensation: $140,000 – $150,000 annually
Travel: Approximately 1–2 times per year
About the Role
At GoodPop, our people and culture are at the heart of who we are and how we work. We're looking for an experienced, thoughtful, and hands-on Director of PeopleCulture to lead our People function and ensure our team continues to feel supported, connected, and empowered to do their best work.
This role combines strategic People leadership with the day-to-day ownership of HR operations, talent acquisition, payroll, benefits, and employee experience. Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to leadership while also personally executing the programs and processes that keep our organization running smoothly.
As a team of one supporting a small, predominantly remote workforce, you'll need to be comfortable moving between big-picture strategy and the details that matter. One day, you may be advising leadership on organizational planning or compensation; the next, you'll be running payroll, interviewing candidates, planning a company gathering, or sending a thoughtful gift to an employee celebrating a personal milestone.
You'll inherit an established People infrastructure, with the opportunity to maintain, strengthen, and thoughtfully evolve our practices as the business grows.
What You'll Do
People StrategyLeadership
- Partner directly with the CEO and leadership team to align People priorities with business objectives, organizational needs, and GoodPop's culture.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on organizational effectiveness, employee relations, workforce planning, compensation, and talent management.
- Provide practical, thoughtful guidance on sensitive employee matters, balancing employee experience, business needs, and compliance.
- Own and continuously improve HR policies, programs, and practices that support a growing, multi-state organization.
- Support organizational planning, employee development, and strategic People initiatives.
- Establish and communicate meaningful People metrics, trends, and recommendations to leadership.
- Balance long-term strategic priorities with the hands-on responsibilities of leading a standalone People function.
Culture, EngagementEmployee Experience
- Champion GoodPop's culture and create meaningful experiences that help employees feel connected, recognized, and valued.
- Own employee recognition, celebrations, and personal milestones, including birthdays, anniversaries, new babies, personal achievements, and important life events.
- Personally coordinate employee gifts, care packages, and thoughtful gestures during celebrations and difficult moments.
- Plan and execute company gatherings, team-building activities, employee engagement initiatives, and signature events, including Camp GoodPop.
- Develop creative ways to foster connection, collaboration, and belonging across a predominantly remote workforce.
- Lead employee engagement surveys, gather feedback, and partner with leadership on actionable improvements.
- Serve as an approachable, trusted resource for employees, helping create a positive and supportive employee experience.
People Operations, PayrollBenefits
- Own and personally execute the full payroll process through Insperity, ensuring timely and accurate processing, reconciliation, and issue resolution.
- Manage day-to-day People operations, including employee records, employment changes, onboarding, offboarding, and HR documentation.
- Administer employee benefits, retirement programs, and leave processes through Insperity, including open enrollment, employee communications, and ongoing support.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for employee questions related to payroll, benefits, policies, and employment matters.
- Maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws across GoodPop's multi-state workforce.
- Manage relationships with Insperity and other external People-related vendors and partners.
- Maintain accurate, organized, and efficient People processes, systems, and employee records.
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and enhance the employee experience without creating unnecessary complexity.
Talent AcquisitionDevelopment
- Own the full-cycle recruiting process, including job postings, candidate sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer development, and hiring support.
- Partner with hiring managers to identify talent needs, establish hiring strategies, and deliver an efficient, positive candidate experience.
- Manage external recruiting partners when additional or specialized hiring support is needed.
- Lead new-hire onboarding and integration, helping employees feel welcomed, informed, and connected from day one.
- Own the annual performance management process, including review cycles, manager guidance, employee feedback, and follow-through.
- Coach managers on performance conversations, employee development, documentation, and navigating challenging situations.
- Support compensation benchmarking, salary planning, talent development, and succession planning as organizational needs evolve.
Internal CommunicationsEvents
- Own internal People communications, including employee announcements, newsletters, policy updates, and culture-related messaging.
- Partner with leadership to ensure important organizational information is communicated clearly, thoughtfully, and consistently.
- Coordinate company meetings, retreats, and team events, including event planning, vendor management, budgets, and logistics.
- Support cross-functional initiatives and special projects that strengthen employee engagement and organizational effectiveness.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of progressive Human Resources or PeopleCulture experience, including experience in a senior HR leadership or HR business partner role.
- Demonstrated success independently managing a broad People function, ideally within a small or growing organization.
- Hands-on experience processing payroll, administering benefits, and managing HR operations; experience with Insperity or a similar PEO is strongly preferred.
- Direct experience managing full-cycle recruiting, including proactive candidate sourcing and hiring manager partnership.
- Strong knowledge of federal and multi-state employment laws, employee relations, and HR best practices.
- Experience partnering directly with executives and providing sound guidance on complex People matters.
- Proven ability to develop and execute employee engagement, culture, and recognition initiatives, ideally within a remote or distributed workforce.
- Experience managing performance review cycles, compensation planning, and employee development programs.
- Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, follow-through, and the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, judgment, and discretion.
- A genuine interest in employee experience and a willingness to personally execute both strategic initiatives and day-to-day responsibilities.
- Experience in a consumer brand, CPG, or similarly dynamic business environment is preferred.
You'll Thrive Here If You...
- Enjoy being both a strategic thought partner and a hands-on operator.
- Believe the little things matter, whether that's helping a leader navigate a difficult conversation or remembering to celebrate an employee's milestone.
- Are comfortable owning an entire People function and taking initiatives from idea through execution.
- Love building relationships and creating thoughtful experiences that make employees feel valued.
- Can shift comfortably between business priorities, operational responsibilities, and employee needs.
- Bring creativity, resourcefulness, empathy, and sound judgment to your work.
- Appreciate established processes but are always looking for thoughtful ways to make things better.
- Understand that creating a strong culture requires both intentional programs and everyday actions.
What Success Looks Like
The successful Director of PeopleCulture will create a People function that runs smoothly, supports the business, and reflects the values and culture that make GoodPop special.
Employees will feel connected, supported, and informed. Leaders will have a trusted partner to help navigate People decisions. Payroll, benefits, recruiting, and core HR operations will be handled accurately and consistently. And GoodPop's unique culture will continue to thrive as the organization evolves.
Director of PeopleCulture
Location: Remote (United States)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
Compensation: $140,000 – $150,000 annually
Travel: Approximately 1–2 times per year
About the Role
At GoodPop, our people and culture are at the heart of who we are and how we work. We're looking for an experienced, thoughtful, and hands-on Director of PeopleCulture to lead our People function and ensure our team continues to feel supported, connected, and empowered to do their best work.
This role combines strategic People leadership with the day-to-day ownership of HR operations, talent acquisition, payroll, benefits, and employee experience. Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to leadership while also personally executing the programs and processes that keep our organization running smoothly.
As a team of one supporting a small, predominantly remote workforce, you'll need to be comfortable moving between big-picture strategy and the details that matter. One day, you may be advising leadership on organizational planning or compensation; the next, you'll be running payroll, interviewing candidates, planning a company gathering, or sending a thoughtful gift to an employee celebrating a personal milestone.
You'll inherit an established People infrastructure, with the opportunity to maintain, strengthen, and thoughtfully evolve our practices as the business grows.
What You'll Do
People StrategyLeadership
- Partner directly with the CEO and leadership team to align People priorities with business objectives, organizational needs, and GoodPop's culture.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on organizational effectiveness, employee relations, workforce planning, compensation, and talent management.
- Provide practical, thoughtful guidance on sensitive employee matters, balancing employee experience, business needs, and compliance.
- Own and continuously improve HR policies, programs, and practices that support a growing, multi-state organization.
- Support organizational planning, employee development, and strategic People initiatives.
- Establish and communicate meaningful People metrics, trends, and recommendations to leadership.
- Balance long-term strategic priorities with the hands-on responsibilities of leading a standalone People function.
Culture, EngagementEmployee Experience
- Champion GoodPop's culture and create meaningful experiences that help employees feel connected, recognized, and valued.
- Own employee recognition, celebrations, and personal milestones, including birthdays, anniversaries, new babies, personal achievements, and important life events.
- Personally coordinate employee gifts, care packages, and thoughtful gestures during celebrations and difficult moments.
- Plan and execute company gatherings, team-building activities, employee engagement initiatives, and signature events, including Camp GoodPop.
- Develop creative ways to foster connection, collaboration, and belonging across a predominantly remote workforce.
- Lead employee engagement surveys, gather feedback, and partner with leadership on actionable improvements.
- Serve as an approachable, trusted resource for employees, helping create a positive and supportive employee experience.
People Operations, PayrollBenefits
- Own and personally execute the full payroll process through Insperity, ensuring timely and accurate processing, reconciliation, and issue resolution.
- Manage day-to-day People operations, including employee records, employment changes, onboarding, offboarding, and HR documentation.
- Administer employee benefits, retirement programs, and leave processes through Insperity, including open enrollment, employee communications, and ongoing support.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for employee questions related to payroll, benefits, policies, and employment matters.
- Maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws across GoodPop's multi-state workforce.
- Manage relationships with Insperity and other external People-related vendors and partners.
- Maintain accurate, organized, and efficient People processes, systems, and employee records.
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and enhance the employee experience without creating unnecessary complexity.
Talent AcquisitionDevelopment
- Own the full-cycle recruiting process, including job postings, candidate sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer development, and hiring support.
- Partner with hiring managers to identify talent needs, establish hiring strategies, and deliver an efficient, positive candidate experience.
- Manage external recruiting partners when additional or specialized hiring support is needed.
- Lead new-hire onboarding and integration, helping employees feel welcomed, informed, and connected from day one.
- Own the annual performance management process, including review cycles, manager guidance, employee feedback, and follow-through.
- Coach managers on performance conversations, employee development, documentation, and navigating challenging situations.
- Support compensation benchmarking, salary planning, talent development, and succession planning as organizational needs evolve.
Internal CommunicationsEvents
- Own internal People communications, including employee announcements, newsletters, policy updates, and culture-related messaging.
- Partner with leadership to ensure important organizational information is communicated clearly, thoughtfully, and consistently.
- Coordinate company meetings, retreats, and team events, including event planning, vendor management, budgets, and logistics.
- Support cross-functional initiatives and special projects that strengthen employee engagement and organizational effectiveness.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of progressive Human Resources or PeopleCulture experience, including experience in a senior HR leadership or HR business partner role.
- Demonstrated success independently managing a broad People function, ideally within a small or growing organization.
- Hands-on experience processing payroll, administering benefits, and managing HR operations; experience with Insperity or a similar PEO is strongly preferred.
- Direct experience managing full-cycle recruiting, including proactive candidate sourcing and hiring manager partnership.
- Strong knowledge of federal and multi-state employment laws, employee relations, and HR best practices.
- Experience partnering directly with executives and providing sound guidance on complex People matters.
- Proven ability to develop and execute employee engagement, culture, and recognition initiatives, ideally within a remote or distributed workforce.
- Experience managing performance review cycles, compensation planning, and employee development programs.
- Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, follow-through, and the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, judgment, and discretion.
- A genuine interest in employee experience and a willingness to personally execute both strategic initiatives and day-to-day responsibilities.
- Experience in a consumer brand, CPG, or similarly dynamic business environment is preferred.
You'll Thrive Here If You...
- Enjoy being both a strategic thought partner and a hands-on operator.
- Believe the little things matter, whether that's helping a leader navigate a difficult conversation or remembering to celebrate an employee's milestone.
- Are comfortable owning an entire People function and taking initiatives from idea through execution.
- Love building relationships and creating thoughtful experiences that make employees feel valued.
- Can shift comfortably between business priorities, operational responsibilities, and employee needs.
- Bring creativity, resourcefulness, empathy, and sound judgment to your work.
- Appreciate established processes but are always looking for thoughtful ways to make things better.
- Understand that creating a strong culture requires both intentional programs and everyday actions.
What Success Looks Like
The successful Director of PeopleCulture will create a People function that runs smoothly, supports the business, and reflects the values and culture that make GoodPop special.
Employees will feel connected, supported, and informed. Leaders will have a trusted partner to help navigate People decisions. Payroll, benefits, recruiting, and core HR operations will be handled accurately and consistently. And GoodPop's unique culture will continue to thrive as the organization evolves.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Non-Profit & Social Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote people and culture associate jobs.
- One to three years of HR, people operations, or talent coordination experience
- Proficiency with an HRIS platform such as Workday, BambooHR, or ADP
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
- Experience supporting onboarding, offboarding, and employee lifecycle processes
- SHRM-CP, PHR, or equivalent HR certification preferred or in progress
- Strong working knowledge of employment law fundamentals and HR compliance basics
Tips for Your Remote People and Culture Associate Job Search
Show async HR skills upfront
Remote employers want people and culture associates who can run onboarding, benefits communications, and employee check-ins entirely in writing. Call out specific tools you've used, such as Slack, Notion, or an HRIS platform, and describe how you managed a process without in-person contact.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote people and culture associate openings from companies hiring across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through unrelated postings.
Demonstrate self-directed people operations work
Remote hiring managers screen for candidates who can own a people and culture process end to end without daily supervision. Your resume and cover letter should show a specific program you built, ran, or improved, with a concrete outcome, not just tasks you supported.
Prepare for the remote interview format
Remote people and culture interviews almost always test how well you communicate and problem-solve in a virtual setting. Practice describing employee relations or onboarding scenarios clearly on video, since the interview itself doubles as an audition for how you'll work day to day.
Remote People and Culture Associate Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote people and culture associate job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed teams in tech, SaaS, and professional services, since those employers hire people and culture associates remotely most often. Remote hiring managers screen hard for written communication, async collaboration skills, and the ability to run HR processes independently without in-person oversight. Candidates who demonstrate experience with HRIS platforms, digital onboarding workflows, and virtual employee engagement programs stand out from the field.
Which companies hire remote people and culture associates?
Remote people and culture associate roles are posted by M+R, Metrie, and GoodPop and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first firms and distributed teams in software, healthcare technology, and professional services are the most consistent hirers of this role across the U.S.
Can you get a remote people and culture associate job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level people and culture roles are harder to land because employers expect you to manage HR processes independently from day one. Remote-first startups and small distributed teams are the most open to entry-level candidates. Showing completed HR coursework, volunteer people operations work, or proficiency with HRIS tools and async communication platforms can substitute for formal experience and open the door.
Do you need a degree for remote people and culture associate jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh demonstrated HR skills, hands-on experience with people operations tools, and a record of running programs like onboarding or benefits administration more heavily than a specific credential. A degree in human resources or a related field helps with competitive openings, but certifications and practical experience with remote HR workflows can be equally compelling to distributed-team employers.
Which industries hire the most remote people and culture associates?
Most remote people and culture associate openings sit in Non-Profit & Social Services, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those sectors hire people and culture associates remotely because their distributed teams need dedicated HR support without requiring on-site presence.
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