Senior People Operations Manager (m/f/d)
Role Overview
This senior-level role involves designing and automating core HR processes, including onboarding, offboarding, and HRIS implementation, for a remote-first, international team across Germany, Italy, and Spain. The hire will have full ownership to build People Operations from scratch, leveraging AI tools to enhance efficiency and create data-driven reporting for leadership decisions. This position impacts the entire employee lifecycle, focusing on scaling HR functions and improving the employee experience in a growing tech environment.
Perks & Benefits
The role offers remote-first work from anywhere in Spain, Italy, or Germany, with no time zone restrictions mentioned, allowing flexibility. Benefits include full ownership of projects without approval chains, direct impact on company scaling, and the opportunity to rebuild processes from scratch. The culture emphasizes autonomy, empowerment, and a focus on innovation, with an international team and a supportive, growth-oriented environment.
Full Job Description
For our client we’re looking for someone who gets genuinely excited about building People Operations from the ground up. Someone who sees a blank HRIS as opportunity — not obstacle.
You’ll be the architect of our People function, with full ownership to design, automate, and scale how HR works across the company. If you’ve ever thought, “I wish I could start fresh and build this properly,” this is your chance.
Our People Team partners across Germany, Italy, and Spain, spanning People Operations, Talent Acquisition, and HR Business Partnership is in an exciting phase of growth and transformation — building structure, introducing smarter ways of working, and creating a culture where people feel empowered, supported, and set up to thrive.
No legacy systems. No outdated habits but the mandate to build
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Foundation
Design and own all core HR processes end-to-end: onboarding, offboarding, contracts, HRIS, benefits, compliance
Lead our HRIS migration, evaluate, select, and implement a system that fits our needs
Create structures that work for a remote-first, international team
Review and update company policies and guide managers on ER topics.
Handling labor laws, audits, and making sure the company stays out of legal hot water.
The Automation Layer
Analyze the company needs and select the most suitable tools, create new processes and procedures
Automate day-to-day work, enabling the whole team to focus on our most important asett: The People
Use AI where it makes sense not as a buzzword, but as a daily tool
Build AI into the People service portfolio: think AI-assisted onboarding, smart self-service, automated employee support
The Intelligence
Build clean data foundations from day one
Create reporting that leadership uses to make decisions
The Experience
Be the go-to person for our team across the entire employee lifecycle
Design an employee experience that makes people want to stay
YOUR PROFILE:
You have 5+ years in People Ops/HR, ideally in a scale-up or tech environment
You've built people processes or processes along the employee lifecycle before
You use AI tools daily (ChatGPT, Claude, Notion AI, equivalent)
You're structured and autonomous, you don't need someone to tell you what to do next
You communicate with clarity and empathy
Remote-first is how you prefer to work
You're fluent in English & German
This Role is NOT For You If…
You prefer established processes and clear playbooks
You're looking for a large team to manage
You prefer manual solutions over leveraging automation to simplify processes and improve efficiency
You want daily guidance on priorities
What's In It for You:
Improve and/or rebuild processes from scratch that hundreds of people will use
Full ownership: No committees, no approval chains for every decision
Remote-first: Work from anywhere in Spain, Italy or Germany
Direct impact: Your work directly shapes how F11 scales
Ready to build? We'd love to hear from you.
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