As one of Europe’s fastest-growing unicorns, we revolutionize eCommerce globally. Through strategic acquisitions and mergers, scaling initiatives, and cutting-edge technology, we’re one of the top players in the industry. Following our acquisition of Perch - one of the leading US aggregators - a successful Series D funding round led by Presight Captial in 2024, and additional fundings in 2024 and 2025 we’re aimed toward the next consolidation and a $1 billion top-line business!

YOUR ROLE

As a Sr. People Operations Manager, you will play a critical role in driving operational excellence across the full employee lifecycle in Germany. You will be the go-to expert for data, reporting, and process optimization—leveraging your advanced Excel skills to deliver accurate payroll data, build scalable reporting frameworks, and support strategic decision-making across Finance, Tax, and HR. If you’re passionate about supporting team members, turning complex workforce data into actionable insights, and thrive in a fast moving and scale-up environment, this role is for you!

Your responsibilities will include:

• Owning People Operations for Germany, covering the entire employee lifecycle including onboarding, offboarding, payroll, reporting, VSOP processes and HR administration
• Managing onboarding processes: create employee profiles in Personio, handle visa cases, coordinate IT setup via ticketing, and ensure smooth first-day experiences
• Overseeing offboarding procedures in coordination with IT and Legal, including resignations, terminations, reference letters, and unemployment certificates
• Maintaining structured workflows for offboarding to ensure compliance and consistency
• Handling monthly payroll for all German entities, including processing bonus overviews and calculating monthly accruals
• Providing payroll-related reporting and HR analytics for Accounting, FP&A, and Tax departments, including support for audits and merger preparation with global employee data
• Tracking and report People Team KPIs on a monthly basis
• Serving as Personio system expert: configure workflows, create automations, and generate reports
• Acting as internal labor law advisor for People Operations, ensuring compliance and best practices
• Collaborating with greater global People Team on team initiatives and culture building topics

To succeed in this role you:

• hold a Bachelors and/or Masters degree in a relevant field (e.g. Business Administration, Management, Human Resources etc.)
• have 3+ years of relevant work experience in People Operations, Human Resource Management, People Analytics
• Demonstrate a strong knowledge in Personio and Excel
• Have experience in setting up global processes, policies, optimizations is a plus
• have a clear understanding of German labor law, HRIS, and payroll systems; experience with US payroll systems is a plus
• fluency in German and English required