People Operations Manager

About the Role

The People team at Polymarket is small and operates with a high bar for ownership. This is not a team where work gets diffused across layers of specialists. Everyone holds real surface area, and this role is no exception. As People Operations Manager, you'll own the full operational backbone of the employee experience, from the moment a new hire signs their offer to the day they leave.

The mandate here is operational excellence with genuine care. You'll be the person employees turn to when they have a benefits question, a payroll concern, or no idea where to find the answer. You'll also be the person making sure that question gets easier to answer next time, whether through better documentation, smarter systems, or AI-assisted self-service tools you build yourself. The work is split between heads-down system administration in Rippling and Deel, benefits and vendor management, and being a reliable, patient resource for a team that asks a lot of questions.

We need someone who already knows how People Ops works, including the compliance details, the systems administration, and the employee-facing judgment calls. There is no runway to learn the fundamentals here. If you've owned this function before and want to do it in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment, this is the role.

What You'll Do

• Own the end-to-end onboarding process for every new hire, including post-offer communication, I-9 verification, system setup in Rippling and Deel, and leading the People Ops onboarding session.

• Administer Rippling as the primary system owner, keeping employee data accurate, maintaining integrations, and optimizing workflows as the company grows.