Senior People Operations Manager (f/m/d)

The role

This person will own the operational and data backbone for the People function. They will manage core topics including onboarding, offboarding, payroll coordination, and automated workflows across multiple legal entities.

What you will do

• Take end-to-end ownership of core People Operations topics including onboarding, offboarding, contracts, leaves, absence, payroll, immigration cases and documentation
• Design, build, and roll out automated, AI-supported workflows and integrations across Personio and Notion
• Coordinate monthly payroll across Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Luxembourg with external providers
• Maintain the compliance calendar and documentation
• Manage and support the full workforce across multiple contract types and locations
• Act as the first line for employee questions on policy, contracts, leave and benefits
• Own documentation and record-keeping for employee relations cases
• Identify gaps and inefficiencies in People Operations processes and drive improvement projects
• Maintain accurate HRIS data and support strategic reporting and people analytics

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in People Operations or HR administration
• Proven end-to-end ownership of operational topics across the employee journey
• Track record in automation, including designing and implementing workflow integrations or AI-supported solutions in an HR or operations context
• Strong data literacy
• Experience supporting a varied, international workforce across different contract types, legal entities, locations and working models
• Knowledge of German employment law and compliance requirements
• Payroll coordination experience with external providers in at least one European country
• Hands-on ownership of an HRIS
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Experience in a fast-paced, international or scaling startup environment
• UK or Luxembourgish employment law
• Personio ideally, or a comparable system you have configured and maintained
• German is a plus

Benefits

• Customizable benefits package covering wellbeing, sport, mobility, food and more
• 28 days of vacation, plus two company days and local public holidays
• Remote-flexible hybrid work with three days per week in the office
• Up to 6 remote calendar weeks per year
• A great tech and work setup

Before you apply

• Intro call (30 min)
• Hiring manager interview (60 min)
• Practical Case (90 min)
• Final Round: Stakeholder conversations (2x30 min)

About the company

bunch is building the operating infrastructure for the next generation of private markets by combining AI-powered automation with deep regulatory expertise. They have 155 people across Berlin, London, Amsterdam, and Luxembourg.