Head of People Operations & Tech

n8n
Berlin, London, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, United Kingdom, Spain
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: People, HR & TalentSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Hands-on execution","Sequencing judgment","Cross-functional partnership","Team building"]

Own and redesign the operating system behind the People function—employment hygiene, compliance, people analytics, and automated People systems. You’ll inherit a moving People Ops team with an audit period, stand up in-house people analytics, evolve HRIS systems (HiBob, Mahana), and automate repeatable workflows using n8n. Lead onboarding for new hires and build a small team of specialists over the next 12–24 months.

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Head of People Operations & Tech

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Job Summary

Own and redesign the operating system behind the People function—employment hygiene, compliance, people analytics, and automated People systems. You’ll inherit a moving People Ops team with an audit period, stand up in-house people analytics, evolve HRIS systems (HiBob, Mahana), and automate repeatable workflows using n8n. Lead onboarding for new hires and build a small team of specialists over the next 12–24 months.
Location: Berlin, London, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, United Kingdom, Spain
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and improve employment hygiene: contracts, payroll coordination, employee policies, and SOC 2-related compliance processes.
  • •Stand up in-house people analytics to generate insights on attrition and org health, and report to VP People and leadership.
  • •Own and evolve People systems like HiBob and Mahana, ensuring data stays clean and workflows scale.
  • •Automate repetitive People Ops work and partner with workflow automation engineers on the most complex builds using n8n.
  • •Act as onboarding liaison and build a small, high-trust team by hiring 2–3 specialists over the next 12–24 months.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityRemote WorkLearning BudgetHealth InsuranceDentalVision401kPensionPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Proven scaling experience maturing a People Operations function for a comparable growth range (e.g., 500–1,000 employees).
  • •Hands-on hygiene ownership across contracts, payroll coordination, visas, employee policies, and SOC 2-adjacent compliance.
  • •Strategic and hands-on: set vision and prioritize while executing directly when needed.
  • •People analytics fluency, including building people analytics capability in-house and turning data into decisions.
  • •Systems and automation experience with HRIS platforms like HiBob, plus experience driving process automation in a People function.
Experience:People operationsPeople analyticsHRISRemote-firstWorkflow automation
Skills:Strategic thinkingHands-on executionSequencing judgmentCross-functional partnershipTeam building
Languages:English
Tech Stack:N8nHiBobMahanaSOC 2HRIS

Company Brief

n8n
n8n provides a fair‑code workflow automation and orchestration platform that lets technical teams connect apps, build complex automations and integrate AI/LLMs via a visual, node‑based interface; available self‑hosted or cloud‑hosted.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 25M to 50M
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 250M to 500M
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2019
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