Principal, People Operations at Hut 8

<div class="content-intro"><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><p>As the <strong>Principal, People Operations</strong>, you will own the transactional and compliance backbone of the employee experience: every hire in, every change during, every exit out, recorded right the first time and defensible when someone asks for the evidence. You are hands-on on a small People team supporting HQ plus multiple sites across several states.<br><br><strong>What you'll own</strong><br><strong>Lifecycle execution:</strong>&nbsp;Onboarding end to end (paperwork, I-9, background checks, system setup, Day 1, relocation) and offboarding end to end (separation docs, access removal, equipment, final pay, termination workflows).<br><strong>HRIS &amp; records:</strong> All lifecycle changes in the HRIS (promotions, transfers, title, comp, manager, LOA) and complete, retained employee records.<br><strong>Employment compliance &amp; separation paperwork:</strong> Prepares termination letters and separation documentation, processes resignation paperwork, and produces employee records when Legal requests them. Multi-state compliance: notices, I-9s, recordkeeping, state-specific documentation, compliance calendar.<br><strong>Leave, benefits &amp; payroll:</strong>&nbsp;LOA administration with providers, benefits enrollment support with Total Rewards, and pay-impacting changes delivered ahead of payroll cutoff.<br><strong>Employee service &amp; policy:</strong>&nbsp;First point of contact, the People shared inbox and request queue to SLA, verifications and letters, handbook, knowledge base and templates.<br><strong>Audit readiness &amp; reporting:</strong>&nbsp;AuditBoard ownership (evidence, audit responses, remediation), recurring audits of employee data and files, and metrics on completion, SLAs and open items.<br><strong>Process &amp; partnering:</strong>&nbsp;Spots recurring gaps and manual work and proposes fixes. Partners with Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, IT, Finance, Legal and People Systems.</p> <p><strong>Minimum qualifications</strong><br>. 4+ years in People / HR Operations with personal ownership of both onboarding and offboarding.<br>. Hands-on HRIS transactions (Workday, UKG, ADP, Paylocity, BambooHR or similar): you processed the changes, not requested them.<br>. Direct I-9 verification and I-9 recordkeeping experience.<br>. Multi-state US employment administration, including state-specific documentation and notices.<br>. Employee records and personnel files kept to a standard that holds up when someone asks for evidence.<br>. Intermediate Excel or Sheets: lookups, pivots, reconciliation between two systems.<br>. Proven discretion with comp, medical, leave and separation information.<br>. Writes clearly enough that an employee-facing letter or policy goes out without a rewrite.<br>. In office in Brickell, with occasional same-day turnaround.</p> <p><strong>Preferred qualifications</strong><br>. Public company, high-growth, or multi-site, especially one that hired into new states fast.<br>. Has been on the responding side of an audit (internal, external, SOX, I-9, benefits) and owned the evidence.<br>. AuditBoard or a comparable controls platform.<br>. Supported an hourly or site-based population alongside corporate.<br>. LOA administration with an external provider (Sedgwick, Lincoln, MetLife), including FMLA and state leave.<br>. Relocation coordination. HRIS implementation or migration. SHRM-CP or PHR. Proficiency in Spanish.</p>