Role Overview
The People Operations Lead will own the employee lifecycle, payroll input, benefits, HRIS, and office management. They will design a modern People function and work with the Senior People Partner and the CEO to deliver a strong employee experience.
What You Will Do
The People Operations Lead will own the full employee lifecycle, payroll input, benefits, HRIS, and office management. They will be the first point of contact for people queries and audits, and drive every query to resolution.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have hands-on People or HR Operations experience, ideally in a fast-moving scale-up, with real ownership of end-to-end processes. They will have strong HRIS skills, exceptional organisation and judgement, and a quick, first-principles learner who is comfortable with pace, ambiguity and autonomy.
Requirements
- Hands-on People or HR Operations experience
- CIPD or equivalent experience required
- Hands-on payroll input and benefits administration
- HiBob experience is a plus
- Strong HRIS skills across workflows, automations and integrations
- Confident data and spreadsheet ability
- Real evidence of building with AI
- Exceptional organisation and judgement
- UK employment law, compliance and people governance knowledge
Benefits
- 25 days of holiday (+ Bank Holidays)
- Share Incentive Plan
- Workplace Pension
- Private Medical Insurance (including Dental, Optical & Mental Health support options)
- Various Salary Sacrifice Schemes
- Enhanced Parental Leave and Pay
- £1000 toward relevant professional qualifications
- £500 per annum towards learning and development
- 3 days paid leave for L&D purposes
To apply for this job please visit jobs.ashbyhq.com.

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