People Operations Manager (Spain)

fonio
Barcelona, Spain
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with startup or scale-up HR experience who can build and automate people operations processes in Spain.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in startup or scale-up HR who can manage end-to-end people operations
    — “3+ year of People Ops, HR, or Operations experience, ideally startup or scale-up.”
  • Individuals who thrive in flat hierarchies and can collaborate closely across departments
    — “Flat hierarchies: close collaboration across departments.”
  • Professionals with expertise in Spanish labor law and international payroll compliance
    — “Knowledge about Spanish labor law, payroll, and collective agreements.”

Things to consider

  • The role requires on-site presence in Barcelona despite potential remote flexibility.
    — “On-site in Barcelona, working directly with the core-team.”
  • Candidates must be prepared to handle high-pressure work with intensity.
    — “You thrive under intensity.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight end-to-end ownership of HR processes in your resume and interview examples.
    — “You own everything after a candidate signs, from contracts through offboarding”
  • Emphasize your ability to automate and build scalable systems in people operations.
    — “automate as much of it as possible. We are looking for someone to build the structural backbone to enable rapid scaling.”
  • Demonstrate your familiarity with international hiring and compliance practices.
    — “Support international hiring (EU and non-EU), time-tracking, collective agreements, international taxation topics, etc.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Built structural backbone for rapid scaling
  • Managed international hiring and compliance
Typical background
3+ years of People Ops, HR, or Operations experience

Skills & requirements

Required

People OperationsHRIS ToolingPayroll ProcessesSpanish Labor LawAutomation Skills

Preferred

Event OrganizationFeedback Cycles Design

Stack & domain

People OpsHROperationsSpanish Labor LawPayrollCollective AgreementsAI And Automation/workflow SkillsStructuredHands-on Working StylePeople-firstLow EgoStrong English SkillsHRIS ToolingCompensation ManagementEvents & CultureOffboardingPeople Development

About the role

Original posting from fonio via Ashby

We build AI voice agents for small and medium-sized businesses so they never miss a call and can focus on the work they actually love.

Our AI handles every call automatically. But voice is just the beginning. Our vision: to build the world's first fully automated CRM.

8,000+ customers. >€5M ARR. ~30% monthly growth. Target until EOY: €30M.

We live ownership: you own your work end-to-end. No politics, few meetings, direct feedback.

YOUR ROLE

You own everything after a candidate signs, from contracts through offboarding, and automate as much of it as possible. We are looking for someone to build the structural backbone to enable rapid scaling.

  • Contracts & onboarding: Manage employment contracts for all employees (direct and indirect employment), organize equipment, accounts, workspaces, and support relocation of international colleagues.
  • HR tooling & automation: introduce and own an HRIS tool, automate workflows across systems.
  • Payroll: Organize and own internal payroll processes, including variable compensation calculation of all sales teams.
  • Compliance & people legal: Support international hiring (EU and non-EU), time-tracking, collective agreements, international taxation topics, etc.
  • Compensation: Manage and monitor compensation bands across teams/countries.
  • Events & culture: Organize internal and external events (hackathons, off-sites, etc.)
  • Offboarding: Manage offboarding of employees.
  • Later, people development: Design feedback cycles, L&D, career development (e.g. SDR academy).

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • Solo, end-to-end ownership of everything people operations.
  • Hands-on operational work to build the foundation for automation/scaling.
  • Direct impact: your work has immediate influence on the culture of fonio.
  • Flat hierarchies: close collaboration across departments.

WHAT YOU BRING

  • 3+ year of People Ops, HR, or Operations experience, ideally startup or scale-up.
  • Knowledge about Spanish labor law, payroll, and collective agreements
  • Structured, hands-on working style.
  • AI and automation/workflow skills.
  • People-first, low ego. You thrive under intensity.
  • Strong English skills.

WHAT WE OFFER

  • €65,000 to €80,000 + Equity
  • Relocation support
  • Daily lunch and dinner
  • Equipment of your choice
  • Regular team off-sites
  • On-site in Barcelona, working directly with the core-team

HIRING PROCESS

  • 20 min intro call
  • 30 min skill interview
  • 20 min culture call

Source: fonio careers (Ashby)

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