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# People Operations Generalist at Bellota Labs

- **Company:** Bellota Labs
- **Location:** Redwood City, CA
- **Compensation:** $110k–$130k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/bellotalabs/6f6e7ae6-543d-4f64-bd35-26d3c221cfe9

## Job description

Bellota Labs builds ClubWPT Gold for the World Poker Tour with 150 employees and contractors across two entities. Reporting to the Head of People Operations, you run the operational core and keep its automation layer working. This is a broad role for someone who enjoys being close to the business and wants exposure to nearly every part of People Operations. You’ll help own the employee lifecycle, support employees and managers, maintain our People systems and processes, and help us continue building a high-performance culture as the company scales. The right person is highly organized, resourceful, comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment, and willing to jump between strategic projects and the small details that keep an organization running smoothly.

What you'll own:

People Operations & Employee Lifecycle

- Own and continuously improve onboarding and offboarding processes.
- Manage employee changes, documentation, personnel records, and other day-to-day People operations.
- Serve as a go-to resource for employees on benefits, policies, leave, payroll-related questions, and general People matters.
- Maintain accurate employee data across our HR systems and ensure People processes run smoothly.
- Partner with Finance, Recruiting, Legal, and department leaders on employee-related needs.

Employee Experience & Culture

- Help create an excellent employee experience from a person’s first day through their entire journey at Bellota.
- Support company-wide People initiatives, employee communications, events, and engagement programs.
- Identify friction in the employee experience and proactively improve it.
- Help maintain a culture of high performance, accountability, transparency, and recognition.

Performance & Manager Support

- Partner with the Head of People on performance review cycles, employee feedback, promotions, and compensation processes.
- Help managers navigate day-to-day People questions and employee situations.
- Track and organize People data to identify trends and areas where teams may need additional support.
- Support employee relations matters and documentation as needed.

## Benefits, Compliance & HR Administration

- Support benefits administration, leaves of absence, workers’ compensation, and other HR programs.
- Help ensure Bellota remains compliant with applicable federal and state employment requirements.
- Maintain People policies, employee documentation, and internal resources.
- Coordinate with outside vendors, benefits providers, and employment counsel when necessary.

Build & Improve

- Help us build scalable People processes, not just maintain what’s already there.
- Look for opportunities to automate manual HR workflows and make our systems more efficient.
- Create documentation and repeatable processes as Bellota continues to grow.
- Own People projects from idea through execution.

What you bring:

- 3–5 years in people operations or HRIS administration
- Working technical fluency: APIs and webhooks, Slack workflows, a low-code platform
- LLM tools in daily use
- Precision under recurring deadlines and discretion with sensitive data

Nice to have:

- SHRM-CP or PHR
- Rippling administrator certification
- Prior work in a lean People team during company growth
- Experience shipping automations that other people depend on

Bellota Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

## About Bellota Labs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A hybrid game development and publishing studio that partners with world-class brands to build digital experiences players love, with a focus on online poker through its debut title ClubWPT Gold.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no public funding rounds found)
- **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed; CEO is Silvano Cafolla

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Computer Games / Online Gaming
- Target customers: B2B (brand partners) and B2C (players of partnered games); the debut title targets the online poker audience.
- Mission or purpose: “Build fun experiences for popular games” and “build digital experiences that players keep coming back to.”

## Products & Services
- **[ClubWPT Gold]**: A groundbreaking online poker product described as the studio’s flagship. It is a game publishing effort that leverages brand partnerships (e.g., World Poker Tour) to launch with a built-in player base. Type: Game (online poker platform).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total headcount of ~66 employees (LinkedIn, 2026), with 105% year-over-year growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners with world-class brands (e.g., WPT Enterprises, Inc.); no external investors publicly named.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth (doubled in a year); active hiring across engineering, design, product, and sales; debut title launched to an established player base; team includes veterans from Riot Games, DraftKings, PokerStars, and Skillz.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Small, nimble team**: “No prototypes that collect dust” – everything built launches to real players with real engagement metrics.
- **Built-in audience**: Brand partners bring millions of users before a line of code is written.
- **Industry veteran leadership**: Founders and early hires shipped hits at major studios; culture emphasizes speed, ownership, and minimal process.
- **AI-assisted development**: The team leans heavily into AI tools to move fast and build smarter.

## Strategic Focus
- Current priorities: Scaling the studio, expanding the ClubWPT Gold player base, and selectively partnering with additional world-class brands to create new digital experiences.
- Future direction: Continuing to revolutionize the online poker/gaming space and building a portfolio of games that are “fun, rewarding, and built to last.”

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Small team. Big ambitions.” Everyone owns their craft, pitches ideas, and has direct impact. Described as a place where builders, not seat-fillers, thrive.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid – team gathers in the downtown Redwood City office at least twice a week for collaboration, playtesting, and game nights; remote the rest of the time.
- **Perks**: Competitive salary, top-tier medical coverage, unlimited PTO, premium equipment budget, frequent catered meals, and an office with a “neighborhood with actual energy” (near Caltrain, restaurants, bars).
- **Engineering culture**: Strong opinions on tools welcomed; stack varies by project; AI-assisted development is encouraged; experienced team with zero dead weight.

## Sources
1. [bellotalabs.com](https://bellotalabs.com/)
2. [jobs.lever.co/bellotalabs](https://jobs.lever.co/bellotalabs)
3. [linkedin.com/company/bellota-labs](https://linkedin.com/company/bellota-labs)
4. [builtin.com/company/bellota-labs](https://builtin.com/company/bellota-labs)
5. [theorg.com/org/bellota-labs](https://theorg.com/org/bellota-labs)

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