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Senior Manager, People Operations (Payroll, Benefits & Analytics)

Highwire · California, United States; Massachusetts, United States; New Jersey, United States; New York, United States

Posted 6 days ago · $100,000 to $125,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
6 days
Highwire 's roles stay open a median of 43 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
90% of Highwire 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Highwire
high
45 stale, 0 reposted of 92 open
Hiring momentum
152 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Highwire 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Highwire .

About this role

The Senior Manager, People Operations will oversee payroll, benefits, and analytics for Highwire's multistate workforce. This role involves managing payroll processes, benefits program design, and people analytics while ensuring compliance and effective communication with employees. The ideal candidate will blend technical expertise with strategic insight to enhance the People function and support organizational growth.

Our read on this posting4.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
5/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Highwire as an employer.

What you need

  • At least seven years of progressive experience across multistate payroll, payroll tax, benefits, leave administration, HR systems, people analytics and People–Finance operations
  • Direct, hands-on experience processing and administering multistate payroll through Rippling
  • Experience managing a payroll-provider relationship
  • Deep knowledge of multistate payroll and payroll tax requirements
  • Demonstrated experience leading benefits plan design, renewals, financial analysis, administration, compliance and employee communication
  • Hands-on experience administering a 401(k) or other qualified retirement plan and executing annual plan audits

Nice to have

  • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification
  • Experience working in a professional services, agency, private equity-backed or similarly fast-paced, distributed organization
  • Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions
  • Experience evaluating or administering self-funded or level-funded health plans
  • Experience leading payroll, benefits, HRIS or vendor implementations

What you get

  • Salary range of $100,000 to $125,000
  • Competitive benefits package with medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Generous paid time off
  • Flexible hybrid work model
  • Early log-off on Fridays

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of company culture or team dynamics
  • The role requires a high level of technical expertise and experience in a complex environment
  • Candidates must reside in specific states to be considered for remote work

Summarised from Highwire 's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Highwire on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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