Senior People Operations Manager

The role

You will own the operational backbone of the People function including payroll, global mobility, PEOs, commission and equity administration, and HRIS. You will implement frameworks set by leadership and Finance to ensure accurate and timely operations.

What you will do

• Own payroll controls and monthly validation across UK payroll, PEOs, and other employment models
• Run visa and mobility operations end-to-end including sponsorships, relocations, compliance, and right-to-work controls
• Manage commission review, approvals, and payment accuracy
• Own equity grant administration including approvals, documentation, vesting, and cap table reconciliation
• Build and improve people workflows in Humans, Ashby and connected systems using automation
• Own onboarding, probation, employment changes, transfers, parental leave, and offboarding end-to-end

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of People Operations or HR generalist experience in a scaling technology business or high-growth scaleup
• Meaningful hands-on work in payroll, mobility, PEOs and benefits
• Track record of building and running multi-country people processes from the ground up
• Confidence owning payroll controls, global mobility operations and equity administration across multiple jurisdictions
• Strong data literacy
• Experience with HRIS platforms, payroll systems and ATS integrations
• Clear written communicator

Nice to have

• Experience independently owning multi-country payroll, mobility and equity through a scale up's growth phase
• Familiarity with PEO relationships, renewals and service management
• Experience with commission administration and pooling

About the company

Wordsmith is building the legal operations platform for in-house teams. The company is backed by Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe, and others.