People & Operation Manager

The role

You will own how people join and grow at Zeit AI, from candidate touchpoints to onboarding. You will manage recruiting, compliance, payroll, and people processes while working directly with the founders.

What you will do

• Recruiting in Ashby end to end
• Hiring for technical and non-technical roles
• Preparing offer slides and managing employment contracts
• Managing candidate experience and interview processes
• Handling onboarding including contracts, equipment, and accounts
• Running payroll with Project B and handling benefits and insurance
• Owning People tools and maintaining accurate employee records
• Ensuring compliance with German and UK employment law
• Guiding international hires through visas and relocation to Munich
• Designing feedback, performance, and operating rhythm processes

Required qualifications

• 2+ years in People Operations, Recruiting, HR Generalist or Talent roles
• Hands-on recruiting experience with an ATS
• Solid working knowledge of German and UK employment law, contracts and payroll processes
• Very organised with real attention to detail
• Excellent communication
• Strong ownership and a bias to action
• AI-native
• German and English fluently
• Munich, or ready to relocate

Nice to have

• Ashby experience

Benefits

• Full trust, maximum support
• Relocation coverage within Europe
• Regular team offsites
• Best tools, zero blockers
• Daily lunch allowance
• Dinner covered in the office
• Wellpass
• €5k referral bonus if you refer someone who is hired

About the company

Zeit AI is the creator of ZeitMind, an autonomous data engineer for the European mid-market. Founded by ex-Palantir employees, the small team is based in Munich.