People Operations Manager DACH (m/w/d)

The role

You will own HR operations for Austria and Germany across multiple legal entities. You will manage the employee lifecycle, payroll inputs, and labour-law compliance while implementing automation and process improvements.

What you will do

• Be the voice on employee relations and labour-law compliance in Austria and Germany.
• Act as the first stop for P&O questions from employees and managers.
• Coach managers on P&O policies and procedures.
• Implement group P&O policies locally and partner with the Works Council.
• Act as the DACH point of contact for internal and external audit.
• Manage the full employee lifecycle including onboarding, contract changes, leave and offboarding.
• Own employment contracts and templates in line with collective agreements.
• Prepare and validate monthly DACH payroll inputs in Deel.
• Advise Talent Acquisition on local hiring practice and work-permit cases.
• Run exit interviews and help shape group P&O initiatives.

Required qualifications

• At least 2-3 years of HR operations experience in Austria, including employee relations and working with a Works Council.
• Solid knowledge of Austrian labour law and collective agreements (KV).
• Working knowledge of German labour law.
• Hands-on preparatory payroll experience in Austria.
• Experience with Deel or a comparable HRIS.
• Proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets.
• Strong communicator in German and English, written and spoken.
• Experience leading HR projects from concept to implementation.
• Data-literate using HR metrics like turnover and absence.

Nice to have

• Experience in Germany is a big plus
• Personalverrechnung know-how is a plus

About the company

GoStudent is a tech-first scale-up.