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n8n

Head of People Operations – Tech

n8n

. Own employment contracts, payroll coordination, visas, and employee policies end to end .

Posted 9/21/2026full-timeRemote • Germany, Portugal, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, United Kingdom, SpainLeadWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in People Operations, including ownership of employment contracts, payroll coordination, and compliance processes. Proven ability to leverage people analytics for strategic decision-making and to drive automation in HR functions.

Highest-signal resume keywords
People Operations ManagementPeople Analytics DevelopmentProcess Automation ExpertiseHRIS Experience with HiBobSOC 2 Compliance Management

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Hard Skills
Employment Contracts ManagementPayroll CoordinationVisa ManagementPeople Policies DevelopmentData AnalysisProcess DocumentationAutomation ImplementationPeople Systems ManagementOnboarding CoordinationCompliance Processes
Soft Skills
Strategic PrioritizationHands-On ExecutionTeam BuildingCollaborationCommunication
Tools & Technologies
HiBobMahanaN8nPeople Analytics ToolsWorkflow Automation Software
Industry Keywords
SOC 2 CompliancePeople OperationsEmployee EngagementFreelancer ManagementOrganizational Health

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own employment contracts, payroll coordination, visas, and employee policies end to end
  • Maintain accurate, audit-ready SOC 2-related compliance processes
  • Centralize ownership of freelancer and contractor engagement approvals
  • Perform hands-on People Operations hygiene work when high impact
  • Build an in-house people analytics capability
  • Turn People data into actionable leadership decisions, including attrition and organizational health trends
  • Report People function health to the VP People and wider leadership
  • Own and evolve People systems such as HiBob and Mahana
  • Automate repetitive People Operations work using n8n and partner with workflow automation engineers on complex builds
  • Establish documentation and consistent processes before automation
  • Reduce manual workload as the function scales
  • Act as onboarding liaison for new hires
  • Build a small team by hiring 2–3 specialists in analytics, automation, and systems over 12–24 months
  • Partner with the VP People, Talent Acquisition, People Partners, and Finance/Legal
  • Report directly to the VP People

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Proven experience scaling or maturing an existing People Operations function through a comparable growth range, such as 500 to 1,000 employees
  • Personally owned contracts, payroll coordination, visas, employee policies, and SOC 2-adjacent compliance
  • Comfortable setting strategy and prioritizing while also executing hands-on
  • Experience with people analytics and data; willing to build the capability in-house
  • Hands-on experience with HRIS platforms such as HiBob
  • Experience driving process automation in a People function
  • Based in Europe
  • Have run or built this kind of function at least once before
  • Understand that automation depends on documented, consistent processes and accurate data
  • English is the company language
  • For countries other than Germany, existing right to work is required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity ownership in n8n
  • Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are
  • US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are
  • Europe: benefits according to local country norms
  • US: low-premium, low-deductible medical plans, no-cost premium HDHP option with pre-seeded HSA, dental and vision coverage
  • Europe: pension contributions according to local country norms
  • US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match
  • US: company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance
  • €1K (or equivalent) per year for courses, books, events, or coaching
  • Regular hackathons
  • Remote-first work across Europe, with regular off-sites for team bonding
  • $100 per month to support open-source projects
  • Transparency about work and company performance
  • Visa sponsorship to Germany