People & Operations Associate
TLDR
Drive the establishment of a high-performance culture and manage key operational initiatives directly alongside the COO in a rapidly scaling company.
People & Operations Associate
Manhattan, New York
On Target First-Year Earnings: $150,000 ($110k base + $40k uncapped bonus)
Meaningful early equity at our ground-floor valuation with >100x upside potential
In office with flexible remote days
About Aurora
Aurora is the travel & lifestyle management operating system for the world’s highest-performance founders, athletes, and family offices. Backed by the most successful founder in the space ever.
Our mobile app empowers ultra-high-performance individuals and their teams to master their relationships, exploration, and longevity across five lifestyle categories: travel, dining, experiences, luxury goods, and longevity.
To date, we have:
- Raised $5M from Tier-1 investors and operators, including the founder of Cleo, Quadpay, early investors in Supercell and Deliveroo, the President of VistaJet, and tier-1 athletes including Kevin Love and Kyle Kuzma
- Achieved industry-leading engagement among paying members, with a large waitlist seeking access
- Built a proactive, seamless, conversational product frequently described as “magic” by our members
The Aurora People & Operations Associate
What if you could define the high-performance culture for the team setting a new standard for high-performance living?
Aurora is building a new category: an AI-native lifestyle operating system for the world’s highest-performing individuals.
To do that, we’re assembling an equally exceptional internal team: small, elite, and obsessed with excellence.
We’re now hiring our first People & Operations Associate to work directly alongside Aurora’s COO.
This is a rare, ground-floor opportunity to embed a high-performance culture, shaping how Aurora hires, operates, and performs as we scale.
The role reports directly to Aurora’s Co-Founder & COO and has clear potential to grow rapidly into a leadership position spanning Operations and People.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Own Aurora’s people operations and internal infrastructure end to end, spanning performance management, HR systems, hardware and tools.
- Manage Aurora’s performance management system, including scorecards, reviews, and tracking that give founders and managers clear, real-time visibility.
- Foster an engaging, high-trust team culture, owning initiatives such as milestone recognition, internal rituals, and programs that strengthen connection and morale.
- Partner directly with the founders on execution, owning cross-functional special projects such as team offsites, strategy sessions, internal planning cycles, and ad hoc operational initiatives.
- Operate Aurora’s hiring and onboarding processes, coordinating with function leads to establish hiring pipelines, assessment mechanics, and interview flow, and ensuring seamless employee onboarding.
- Run core finance-adjacent people operations, including expense management, policy adherence, and early flagging of anomalies or inefficiencies.
Who You Are
You’re early in your career (~3–8 years of experience) and have operated inside a professional, high-expectation environment.
Your spikes:
- Exceptionally organized. You’re borderline obsessive about order, clarity, and follow-through. You take pride in building systems that run cleanly and reliably.
- Emotionally intelligent. You understand individual needs and team dynamics, and you believe strong culture is built through clear expectations, consistent standards, and accountability.
- Willing to roll up your sleeves. You’re comfortable jumping between strategic work and hands-on execution, and you take real ownership of whatever needs to get done to keep the team moving.
- Comfortable with chaos. You can prioritize and re-prioritize quickly in an early-stage environment where requirements shift and ambiguity is constant.
- Ambitious and growth-oriented. You see this role as a platform to grow into a leadership position in people operations over time as the company scales.
Benefits
- Competitive salary with uncapped performance-based bonus
- Founding stock options package
- Flexible remote days
- Lifestyle access perks and access to exclusive events & Aurora services
- Whoop or Oura Ring on us
- $2,000 annual education budget
- Longevity subscription
- Whatever tech you need to do your best work
- Generous parental leave
- Comprehensive health benefits, with 90% coverage, including dental and vision
Benefits
Education Stipend
$2,000 annual education budget
Equity Compensation
Founding stock options package
Flexible Work Hours
Flexible remote days
Health Insurance
Comprehensive health benefits, with 90% coverage, including dental and vision
Wellness device subscription
Whoop or Oura Ring on us
Paid Parental Leave
Generous parental leave
Aurora is a lifestyle operating system designed for high-performing individuals, including founders, athletes, and creatives. By harnessing millions of data points and AI, it delivers personalized guidance and clarity in navigating both personal and travel experiences, helping users to master their relationships and overall well-being.