Founding Senior HR Generalist / People Operations Lead (ONSITE IN SF) at PulseRise Technologies

San Francisco, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

31 Jul, 26

Salary

185000.0

Posted On

02 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

HR Generalist, People Operations, California Employment Law, Rippling, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Employee Lifecycle, Compliance, Terminations, Severance Handling, HRIS, Manager Enablement, Performance Management, Startup Operations

Industry

Information Services

Description

Dear applicants, please keep in mind that applications without provided salary expectations and active LN profile will not be considered. Hope for your understanding. Location: San Francisco, CA (5 days/week) Employment Type: Full-Time Compensation: $160,000 – $185,000 Visa: Not available We are hiring our first dedicated HR leader to build and own the People function from the ground up. This is not a strategic CHRO role. This is a hands-on operational builder role. AI company building enterprise AI agents across voice, chat, and email for major B2C companies. Recently raised $61M and scaling rapidly. The company operates lean, with strong autonomy and clear commercial traction. The business is at an inflection point — scaling headcount and formalizing internal operations. You will: Own the full employee lifecycle Bring structure to informal processes Maintain compliance in California employment environment Partner closely with Finance and external counsel Build scalable HR foundations Once fundamentals are in place, the role may expand into performance management, manager enablement, and broader People initiatives. What You’ll Own End-to-end onboarding and offboarding Employment documentation and agreements Rippling (source of truth) Benefits administration and broker relationships Payroll partnership and compliance Terminations and severance handling California employment law application Building scalable HR workflows Supporting future performance and culture initiatives Must-Have Requirements 4–7 years of HR experience Prior experience as first or early HR hire at a venture-backed startup California employment law fluency HRIS fluency (Rippling preferred) Payroll fundamentals and Finance partnership experience Experience handling terminations and severance with sound judgment Based in SF Bay Area, 5 days in-office Nice to Have Rippling expertise Experience supporting sales orgs (commission structures) Multi-state or international employment exposure Performance management process design Broader People Ops experience

Responsibilities

The role involves building and owning the People function from the ground up, including managing the full employee lifecycle and bringing structure to informal processes. You will partner with Finance and external counsel to maintain compliance and build scalable HR foundations.