People Operations Lead - Scale & Automate HR (Equity)

fonio; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Daily lunch and dinner

Equipment of your choice

Regular team off-sites

On-site in Barcelona

Job summary

fonio is seeking a People Operations lead to own end-to-end processes from contracts to offboarding. You will drive automation and scale the workforce across international teams in a fast-growing startup environment.

Responsibilities include HR tooling, payroll, compliance, compensation, events, and later people development. Expect hands-on work and direct impact on culture, with relocation support and on-site work in Barcelona.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of People Ops, HR or Operations experience, ideally at a startup or scale-up.
• Knowledge of Spanish labor law, payroll and collective agreements.
• Structured, hands-on working style.
• AI and automation/workflow skills are a plus.
• People-first, low ego; thrives under intensity.
• Strong English skills.

Responsibilities

• Contracts & onboarding: manage employment contracts for all employees, organize equipment, accounts, spaces, and 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 calculations for all sales teams.
• Compliance & people legal: support international hiring (EU and non-EU), time-tracking, collective agreements, international taxation topics.
• 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).

Skills

People Operations

English proficiency

Spanish labor law knowledge

Automation / workflows

Structured, hands-on

Job description

fonio is seeking a People Operations lead to own end-to-end processes from contracts to offboarding. You will drive automation and scale the workforce across international teams in a fast-growing startup environment.

Responsibilities include HR tooling, payroll, compliance, compensation, events, and later people development. Expect hands-on work and direct impact on culture, with relocation support and on-site work in Barcelona.