At Habitat Health, we envision a world where older adults experience an independent and joyful aging journey in the comfort of their homes, enabled by access to comprehensive health care. Habitat Health provides personalized, coordinated clinical and social care as well as health plan coverage through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (“PACE”) in collaboration with our leading healthcare partners, including Kaiser Permanente.

Habitat Health offers a fully integrated experience that brings more good days and a sense of belonging to participants and their caregivers. We build engaged, fulfilled care teams to deliver personalized care in our centers and in the home. And we support our partners with scalable solutions to meet the health care needs and costs of aging populations.

Habitat Health is growing, and we’re looking for new team members who wish to join our mission of redefining aging in place. To learn more, visit

https://www.habitathealth.com

This role is estimated to start on March 9, 2026

Role Scope

The

Manager, PeopleOperations

is the operational backbone of the People Operations function. This role owns the design, execution, and continuous improvement of corepeopleprocesses across the full employee lifecycle in a California-heavy, multi-state healthcare environment. The role ensures operational excellence, data integrity, compliance execution, and a consistent team member experience in afast-growingstartup environment.Additionally, this role willassistin theevolutionofHabitat Health’stotal rewards program, encompassing compensation,benefits, and rewards.

In partnership with the Sr. Director of People,create and lead scalableand innovativeprocesses foronboarding, offboarding, job changes, and team member lifecycle processesin preparation for rapid growth.

Assistwith policy creation, audit readiness, and compliance governancein a multi-state environment, witha heavyfocus on California.

In partnership with Executive Directors and Clinical Leadership, create andoptimizephysician onboarding programs.

Manage outsourced vendors including home care providers, transportation vendors, and ancillary vendorsoffering LOA support, etc.

Monitorever-changing employment laws in a multi-state environment and make recommendations for policy changes.

Owns the People Operations calendar to ensure we are prepared for keyactivitieswithin the team (Open Enrollment, etc.).

Servesas the lead for annual Open Enrollment, working closely with benefit administrators, owning team member communications, ensuring system readiness, andmaintainingbenefits compliance across multi-state operations.

Assistwith total rewards efforts includingmaintainingcareer architectures, pay ranges, and system implementations.

Partner with the People Operations Generalistto address complex team member questions andrequests andmaintainservice-level expectations for People Operations.

Serve as a thought partner to team members and managers to navigate complexquestions and interpretation of policies.

Qualifications:

5+years ofdemonstrablepeopleoperations/HR experience within afast-growinghealthcare setting.

CA and multi-state employment lawexperience and building policies and handbooks.

Strong working knowledge of California employment fundamentals (wage/hour, leaves, recordkeeping, etc.)

Exceptional data analytics and reporting skillsutilizingvariousHRSystems.

Hands-on experience with Rippling, Greenhouse Onboarding, and partnering with PEOs.

Owned end to end open enrollment processes and communications.

Must live in the state of California; 15% travel to centers as needed.

Nice to have:

Experience scalingearly-stagehealthcare startups.

Hands-on experience with compensationplanningtools.

Compensation:

Wetake into accountan individual’s qualifications, skillset, and experience in determiningfinalsalary. This role is eligible for medical/dental/vision insurance, paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthingparents), short and long-term disability, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) savings, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The expected salary range for this position is$122,000 - $147,000 and isbonus eligible.The actual offer will be at the company’s sole discretion anddeterminedby relevant business considerations, including the final candidate’s qualifications, years of experience, skillset, and geographic location.

Vaccination Policy, including COVID-19

At Habitat Health, we aim to provide safe and high-quality care to our participants. To achieve this, please note that we have vaccination policies to keep both our team members and participants safe. For covid and flu, werequireeither proof of vaccination or declination form and required masking while in participant locations as a safe asanessential requirement of this role.Requests for reasonableaccommodationsdue to an applicant’s disability orsincerely heldreligious beliefs will be considered and may be granted based upon review. We also require that team members adhere to all infection control, PPE standards and vaccination requirements related to specific roles and locations as a condition of employment.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Habitat Health is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Habitat Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), or other status protected by applicable law.

Habitat Health is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Habitat Health will take steps to provide people with disabilities and sincerelyheldreligious beliefs with reasonable accommodationsin accordance withapplicable law.Accordingly, if you require a reasonable accommodation to fullyparticipatein the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at careers@habitathealth.com.

Beware of Scams and Fraud

Please ensure your application isbeing submittedthrough a Habitat Health sponsored site only. Our emails will comefrom @habitathealth.comemail addresses. If you feel that you have been the victim of ascamsuch as this, please report the incident to the Federal Trade Commission by selecting the ‘Rip-offs and Imposter Scams’ option: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/.

Manager, People Operations

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