People Operations Specialist - Fully Remote

Job summary

United States
HR

Work model

Fully remote
Only United States
4 weeks ago
Job description

About The Job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position

HR Operations Expert

Type

Contract

Compensation

$55--$80/hour

Location

Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Build long-horizon people-ops tasks with deterministic rubrics to grade agent performance against verifiable ground truth.
  • Develop scenarios for employee inquiries with documented correct answers and benefits questions aligned with plan documents.
  • Construct lifecycle events scenarios, including onboarding/offboarding checklists and leave decisions with FMLA/ADA determinations.
  • Design HRIS work scenarios with data updates and benefits enrollment based on rule-based eligibility outcomes.
  • Ensure scenarios are challenging and require long sessions of focus.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 3 years in HR operations or people operations.
  • Expertise in HRIS (e.g., Workday, Rippling, BambooHR, Gusto, Justworks), leave administration (FMLA, ADA), benefits administration, or FLSA classification.
  • Comfortable with HR artifacts: policy responses, offer letters, change forms, leave decisions.
  • Clear written communication; articulate reasoning step by step and encode into deterministic rubrics.

Preferred

  • SHRM-CP / PHR certification.

Compensation & Legal

  • Hourly contractor

Application Process (Takes 20--30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
  • For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.