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title: 'People Operations Manager at Novig'
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# People Operations Manager at Novig

- **Company:** Novig
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-09-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/novig/73bfb4a7-c645-4f08-a3eb-2f48a745326c

## Job description

People Operations Manager $110k – $140k • meaningful equity

## About Novig

Novig is building America's #1 sports prediction market. Our mission is to financialize and democratize sports trading - taking a closed system run by casinos and turning it into a fair, efficient, two-sided market where the power sits with users.

With Novig recently becoming a CFTC-designated market — the fastest designation of its kind in US history— we're bringing the prediction market built for sports fans nationwide.

We're backed by some of Silicon Valley's top investors — Pantera, Forerunner, Lux, NFX, Paul Graham, and Joe Montana — who have collectively invested over $100M behind this vision.

## About the Role

Novig is growing fast, and our People function needs a strong operational foundation to grow with it. This role owns the core of People Operations: payroll, benefits, HRIS, compliance, and the everyday questions and processes that keep us running. From day one, you'll own payroll and benefits administration, partner closely with Finance and Legal, and run Rippling as the backbone of our People systems.

Who you are and what you will do

- Own day-to-day payroll administration for 120+ employees across multiple states, including employee changes, deductions, taxes, reimbursements, and payroll audits
- Partner with Finance on payroll reconciliation, reporting, and reimbursements
- Review employee tax withholdings and payroll tax calculations for accuracy
- Own benefits administration, including enrollments, qualifying life events, terminations, COBRA, HSA, and 401(k)
- Support benefits renewals, open enrollment, audits, and vendor implementations
- Own the administration and optimization of Rippling and other People systems
- Build and maintain automated workflows across onboarding, offboarding, payroll, benefits, compliance, and employee changes
- Maintain accurate employee data, personnel records, and required documentation
- Find manual processes and systematically automate or improve them
- 3–6 years of People or HR Operations experience, ideally in a highly regulated industry, with hands-on multi-state payroll and benefits administration
- Strong HRIS and payroll expertise. Rippling experience is strongly preferred
- Detail-oriented, systems-minded, and responsive, and comfortable owning recurring operational work end to end

Why work here, in the words of the people who do “I work with extremely stellar people, I own real systems, and decisions happen fast. No politics, no waiting for needless red tape. If something's broken, I fix it. If I build something good, it ships.”

“The people! They're smart, thoughtful, fun to work with and passionate about their craft.”

“I'm having the most fun I've had in my entire career.”

If you want responsibility, trust, and the chance to help build the future of sports prediction markets - take your shot, we’d love to connect.

Not for everyone

- Our work is tied to live sports - that means potential nights, weekends, and pressure included.
- If you need clear swim lanes, a heavy process, or someone to tell you what to do, this won’t be the right environment.

## Compensation & benefits

- $110k – $140k base, benchmarked at top-tier tech companies
- Meaningful equity for every employee, regardless of role
- 100% health premiums covered
- 99% dental & vision covered
- 401(k) with 4% company match
- HSA + $1,080 annual company contribution
- $50/monthly company contribution to employee transit
- $27/day lunch stipend when working from our NYC office
- $35/day dinner stipend when working from the NYC office after 6:30pm

Homebase Union Square, NYC

## About Novig

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Novig is a commission-free, peer-to-peer sports prediction market that allows users to trade on sports outcomes against each other rather than against the house.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; Y Combinator Summer 2022)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Jacob Fortinsky (CEO) and Kelechi Ukah (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Sports prediction markets / sports trading (disrupting traditional sportsbooks)
- **Target customers**: B2C – sports fans and retail traders looking for fair, transparent betting alternatives
- **Mission**: “Create a faster, fairer future for traders and fans — free from hidden fees, house edges, and account limits.”

## Products & Services
- **[Novig Platform]**: A mobile and web app that enables peer-to-peer sports trading with zero commission. Users set their own odds, trade in real-time, and benefit from full market transparency. Available in 35+ U.S. states.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over $105 million raised in total funding (including a $18M Series A announced in 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Pantera Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Lux Capital, NFX, Y Combinator, Paul Graham, Joe Montana
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Fastest growing sports prediction market in the U.S.
  - Received CFTC approval to operate as a regulated exchange
  - Team grew to 55 employees (~23 in product & engineering)
  - Available in 35+ states nationwide

## Competitive Advantages
- **Commission-free model**: No house edge or hidden fees; users trade directly with each other.
- **Peer-to-peer exchange**: Better pricing and transparency than traditional sportsbooks.
- **Regulatory edge**: CFTC-regulated, providing legitimacy and trust in a grey-market industry.
- **Backed by top-tier investors**: Deep war chest and network from Silicon Valley’s best.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue expanding into new states and product features.
- Drive user adoption by marketing the fairness and efficiency of prediction markets vs. sportsbooks.
- Build out engineering and operations teams to scale the platform and maintain reliability during high-traffic events.

## Why Work Here
- **High-growth, well-funded startup**: Over $105M raised with massive market opportunity in the expanding sports betting sector.
- **Impact & ownership**: Engineers and product teams directly shape a platform used by millions.
- **Engineering culture**: Modern tech stack (Rust, TypeScript, React Native, Node.js, Python, AWS, Kafka, GraphQL, Redis, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Docker).
- **Work model**: Hybrid in-office (NYC headquarters) with 4 days/week in-office expected; remote options available for select roles.
- **Benefits**: Competitive salary ($170K–$225K for L4 Backend Engineer), equity, comprehensive health coverage.
- **Values-driven**: “Challenge the House”, “Truth Over Ego”, “Move Fast, Think Long”, “Fans First, Always”.
- **Passionate team**: Sports fans building for sports fans.

## Sources
1. [Y Combinator – Novig](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/novig)
2. [Novig Careers](https://novig.com/careers)
3. [Built In – Novig](http://www.builtin.com/company/novig)
4. [Novig Landing Careers](https://landing.novig.com/careers)

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