People Operations Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Take full responsibility for monthly payroll from start to finish for both UK and employer-of-record employees.

• Oversee payroll adjustments, corrections, off-cycle payments, ex-gratia payments, contractor payroll, invoicing, and country-specific requirements.

• Manage People operations including onboarding, employee modifications, contracts, documentation, leave management, mobility, visas, international relocations, EOR and contractor onboarding, as well as offboarding.

• Address and resolve employee and manager inquiries.

• Ensure accurate maintenance of employee data, documentation, and People systems.

• Create and sustain automations, lightweight AI-enabled tools, workflows, and agents that integrate Rippling, Notion, Linear, Slack, Ashby, n8n, and Google Workspace.

• Streamline and enhance the People technology ecosystem while assessing new tools.

• Transform recurring challenges faced by employees and managers into improved processes, tools, guidance, or self-service options.

• Evaluate process effectiveness and keep runbooks up to date.

• Design scalable and high-quality employee experiences.

• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, Talent, Performance Partners, and other functional specialists.

• Develop dashboards and perform lightweight analyses to support business decisions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in People Operations, People Services, HR Operations, or a similar operational People role.

• Strong emphasis on accuracy and confidentiality.

• Comprehensive end-to-end payroll experience, preferably multi-country, either in-house or via an employer of record.

• Knowledge of UK payroll essentials such as PAYE, RTI, pension auto-enrolment, and statutory payments, or a strong aptitude for rapid learning in these areas.

• High comfort level with technology and a proactive approach to experimenting with AI tools.

• Capability to create automations using no-code or low-code tools, integrations, and AI workflows.

• Systems and workflow-oriented mindset with a natural inclination for simplification.

• Proficient in utilizing data to identify issues and make informed decisions.

• Ability to thrive in ambiguous situations.

• Skill in balancing efficiency with empathy.

• Strong sense of ownership and readiness to collaborate across various People disciplines.

• Desirable: experience in areas such as rewards, benchmarking, pensions, benefits, performance, or engagement.

• Desirable: knowledge of UK and EU employment law.

• Desirable: experience in managing equity or share options, including EMI or unapproved schemes, and familiarity with cap-table tools like Vestd.

• Desirable: experience supporting international employment through employers of record.

• Desirable: experience in setting up or managing contractors, with awareness of off-payroll and IR35 regulations.

• Desirable: experience in a fast-scaling startup or scale-up, particularly during periods of rapid headcount growth or entry into new countries.

• Fluency in English is mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Stock options to ensure everyone has a stake in our mission.

• 25 days of vacation in addition to public holidays.

• Option to exchange public holidays for preferred days off.

• Day off for your birthday.

• A remote-first and flexible working environment.

• Clearly defined core working hours.

• No internal meetings scheduled on Friday afternoons.

• Up to GBP1,200 or EUR1,400 annually for remote setup expenses.

• Up to GBP150 or EUR170 monthly for wellbeing support.