People Operations Specialist – Onboarding & HRIS

Location: Remote – U.S. | Pacific Time hours preferred
Contract: 6-month W2 contract
Pay: $75–$85/hour depending on experience

Russell Tobin is partnering with a leading, fast-growing technology company to hire a People Operations Specialist – Onboarding & HRIS. This role will support high-volume onboarding and day-to-day People Operations while helping maintain accurate employee data, efficient processes, and a seamless experience for employees and contingent workers.

This is an excellent opportunity for a People Operations professional who thrives in a fast-paced technology environment, is highly detail-oriented, and has experience supporting onboarding and HR systems such as Workday.

What You’ll Do

Onboarding & New Hire Operations

• Own day-to-day onboarding execution for new hire cohorts, including both full-time employees and contingent workers.
• Coordinate start dates, collect required information, initiate onboarding activities, and communicate with incoming hires and managers.
• Support contingent worker onboarding, including background check initiation, welcome communications, and start-date coordination.
• Partner with internal teams to ensure new hires have a smooth and well-organized onboarding experience.
• Help manage onboarding volume and provide coverage across the People Operations team during busy periods.

HRIS & Employee Data Management

• Maintain accurate employee and worker records within Workday.
• Process employee status changes, worker updates, contractor modifications, and other personnel transactions.
• Support full-time/part-time conversions and contingent worker changes.
• Audit employee information and resolve discrepancies to maintain strong data integrity across People systems.
• Partner with People Partners, managers, Payroll, Legal, IT, and other teams when employee records require updates or corrections.

People Operations Support

• Triage and respond to employee questions and requests through an internal People support ticketing system.
• Provide responsive, customer-focused support for time-sensitive People Operations needs.
• Coordinate with cross-functional partners to resolve employee and onboarding issues efficiently.
• Help create and maintain onboarding guides, process documentation, playbooks, FAQs, and other People Operations resources.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and create more efficient and scalable employee experiences.

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience in People Operations, HR Operations, HR coordination, employee lifecycle operations, or a similar role.
• Experience supporting onboarding for employees and/or contingent workers.
• Experience working within a technology company; experience in a high-growth or rapidly scaling organization is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with Workday or a comparable HRIS; Workday experience is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with additional People systems such as Greenhouse, background check platforms, ticketing systems, or similar tools is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Professional judgment and discretion when handling confidential employee information.
• A customer-service mindset and a desire to create an excellent experience for employees, candidates, managers, and internal partners.
• Comfortable collaborating closely with teammates and providing coverage during high-volume periods.

Why This Role

You’ll join a highly collaborative People team within a rapidly growing technology organization and play an important role in creating an efficient, accurate, and positive employee experience. The position offers exposure to high-volume People Operations, Workday administration, employee lifecycle processes, and cross-functional HR operations.

Interview Process: Three 30-minute interviews, beginning with the Hiring Manager.