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People Operations Coordinator

Jump Trading
🇺🇸New YorkJuniorFull-time$70k–$90kPosted September 12, 2026

About the Role

The People Operations team at Jump Trading Group helps protect the firm's largest investment: its people. This role supports the U.S. HR and Talent Development teams with exposure across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, day-to-day operations, and early career talent initiatives.

  • Split time between the HR and Talent Development teams, supporting the operational needs of each with rigor, attention to detail, and continuous improvement.
  • Proactively identify gaps, manual touchpoints, and process inefficiencies and use technology and AI to eliminate them.
  • Maintain meticulous data entry and reporting in Workday and internal tracking systems, build and analyze feedback surveys, and keep data organized.
  • Serve as the face of onboarding and the first People Operations point of contact for new hires, improving the new hire experience from interns to experienced hires.
  • Own administration and process coordination including organizational changes, employment verifications, relocations, performance review cycles, and terminations.
  • Act as the operational backbone of early career and professional development programs, managing end-to-end logistics for intern and new grad cohorts and New York leadership and development programs.

The position interacts closely with cross-functional teams including Talent Acquisition, Legal, Compliance, internal business leaders, and external vendors.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of experience in talent development, program coordination, campus recruiting coordination, HR operations, or a related field
  • Exceptional attention to detail, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving abilities
  • Proven experience in process improvement and challenging existing workflows to drive operational efficiency
  • Ability to communicate and interact effectively across all management levels, functions and regions whilst maintaining discretion around confidential and sensitive matters
  • Ability to thrive independently in a fast-paced, complex environment while managing multiple projects simultaneously
  • Self-starter with intellectual curiosity and resilience, who is reliable and willingness to manage ambiguity
  • Experience using AI tools for tasks like consolidating and analyzing data from multiple sources, creating visualizations, and building operational efficiencies
  • Prior experience with Workday or other major HRIS platforms is preferable, and prior experience working with early career or campus recruiting programs preferred
  • Healthy sense of humor and enthusiasm for working in a high-performing and global team
  • Reliable and predictable availability

What You'll Get

  • $70k–$90k base salary
  • Discretionary bonus eligibility
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
  • Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
  • Paid vacation plus paid holidays
  • Retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Wellness Programs