Human Resources Manager

Director of People Operations

Principium Psychiatry | Midtown Manhattan | Full-Time, In Person
Build the people function that helps scale a growing mental healthcare company

Principium Psychiatry is seeking a senior, hands-on People Operations leader to become the primary owner of our people function.

Principium is a growing, multi-state mental healthcare company providing sophisticated outpatient psychiatric services, including medication management, psychotherapy, telehealth, ketamine treatment, Spravato, TMS, ECT, intensive outpatient programming, and forensic psychiatric services.

We are a well-run company with strong existing systems, employment documentation, and operational infrastructure. As we expand our clinical team, offices, states, and service lines, we are ready to transfer ownership of People Operations to an experienced leader who can strengthen what already exists and build the infrastructure required for our next stage of growth.

This is a high-trust role reporting directly to the Founder and CEO. It offers significant autonomy, visibility, and influence over how the company grows.

What You Will Own

• Serve as the primary internal owner of People Operations and HR.
• Report directly to the Founder and CEO and advise on workforce, organizational, and employee matters.
• Resolve routine issues independently and resolve only matters requiring CEO judgment, legal review, compensation approval, or significant policy decisions.
• Bring consistency, maturity, discretion, and follow-through to the people function.
• Help determine how the function should evolve and when additional People Operations support should be added.

• Serve as the first point of contact for employee concerns and workplace issues.
• Coach managers on performance, attendance, conduct, communication, feedback, and difficult conversations.
• Lead or coordinate investigations, corrective-action processes, and performance documentation.
• Distinguish routine matters from sensitive, legal, or high-risk concerns.
• Coordinate with employment counsel when appropriate.
• Help managers apply policies consistently while maintaining sound judgment and humanity.

• Own the people-side payroll workflow in coordination with our payroll service, bookkeepers, accountants, and finance partners.
• Review employee timekeeping, including part-time clinician and non-exempt employee hours.
• Ensure payroll inputs are consistent with employment agreements, company policies, and applicable wage-and-hour requirements.
• Own PTO, sick leave, vacation, medical appointments, attendance, and schedule-change workflows.
• Address employee questions, discrepancies, and edge cases promptly and accurately.li>
• Maintain clear documentation and reliable controls.

• Own onboarding for clinicians and business-team employees.
• Coordinate employment documents, payroll and benefits setup, policy acknowledgments, systems access, and first-day readiness.
• Build a polished and consistent onboarding experience that reflects Principium’s standards.
• Own offboarding, including documentation, final payroll inputs, benefits transitions, company property, and access removal.
• Maintain complete and organized personnel records.

• Own employee-facing benefits administration and coordinate with brokers and vendors.
• Maintain the employee handbook, policy library, and acknowledgment processes.
• Support HR compliance across New York, Connecticut, California, and additional states as the company expands.
• Translate legal and regulatory requirements into clear, workable company processes.
• Ensure policies are communicated,…