People Operations Specialist

Pennylane; Paris; Hybride; EUR 70 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Pennylane in Paris is seeking a confirmed or Senior People Operations Specialist to join a fast-growing team that values rigor, fairness, and data-driven processes. You will own employee lifecycle, payroll coordination, and automation projects for the France Tech and Product teams.

You’ll collaborate with HRBPs, drive HR tools digitization (Workday), ensure French labor compliance, and help shape PeopleOps strategy as Pennylane scales across Europe.

Qualifications

• Experience as a People Ops Specialist in a fast-growing company or startup environment.
• Autonomy and priority management in a fast-paced context.
• Collaboration with HRBPs to support scope of responsibilities.
• Growth mindset: thriving in scale-up environments and embracing change.
• Proficiency in Workday and interest in AI/automation to enhance People Ops.

Responsabilités

• Be the go-to HR contact for ~300 employees across Tech and Product in France.
• Own the full employee journey: onboarding, offboarding, contracts, amendments, certificates, absences, end to end with high quality.
• Build trusted relationships with employees and managers, and be genuinely responsive and helpful.
• Coordinate payroll variables and monitor benefits (health insurance, pension, meal vouchers).
• Lead or co-lead digitalization of HR tools and automation projects.

Connaissances

People Ops

Workday HRIS

French language

English language

Autonomy

Collaboration

Growth mindset

Project management

Outils

Workday

Description du poste

About Pennylane

Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France (and soon to be in Europe!) We are reinventing how companies manage their finances — and that means striving for operational excellence and transforming our internal processes. Our People team is at the heart of this ambition: we build the systems, tools, and frameworks that allow Pennylane to scale with rigor, fairness, and data-driven clarity.

In 6+ years of existence, we’ve managed to:

• Make ourselves known as a groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants
• Raise a total of €400 million, including from Sequoia, the famous fund from the Silicon Valley who invested early in companies like Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, Paypal and much more...
• Grow from 7 cofounders to 1000 happy Pennylaners: we’re now recognized as one of the greatest places to work in France (and also remotely), with a 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor.
• Build an international environment with more than 25 nationalities, with a strong remote‑friendly culture, where 30% of the employees are already working from all parts of Europe
• Earn the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms and obtain outstanding ratings
• Already more than 1 million small and medium‑size enterprises (SMEs) and over 8000 accounting firms use Pennylane in France!

Now we plan to continue to build up our People Ops Team - maybe you are the right person for us?

The role

We're looking for a confirmed or Senior People Operations Specialist to join a team that moves fast, thinks strategically, and genuinely cares about the employee experience.

You’ll be part of a structured yet agile People Operations team, working alongside a Head of People Operations and a People Operations Manager (your direct manager), with 5 specialists each owning a dedicated scope. Your scope will cover Tech and Product on the French market.

In this role, your solid grounding in HR operations and your ability to build robust reporting frameworks and automate administrative processes will be essential levers to support Pennylane’s continued growth.

People operations partnering & employee lifecycle

• Be the go-to HR contact for ~300 employees across Tech and Product based in France
• Own the full employee journey: onboarding, offboarding, contracts, amendments, certificates, absences, end to end and with a high standard of quality
• Build trusted relationships with employees and managers, and be genuinely responsive and helpful

Payroll & benefits

• Prepare and transmit payroll variables with precision and reliability
• Monitor employee benefits (health insurance, pension, meal vouchers) and ensure employees get the most out of them

Process improvement & automation

• Spot inefficiencies, build solutions, whether that's a smarter Notion page, a better workflow, or a fully automated process
• Lead or co‑lead the digitalization of HR tools and contribute to a more scalable PeopleOps infrastructure

Strategic & cross‑functional projects

• Get involved in projects that go beyond your daily scope: D&I initiatives, EVP, HR tool rollouts
• Bring structure, documentation, and operational rigor to everything you touch

Compliance & regulatory monitoring

• Stay on top of French labor law and ensure the company remains compliant
• Keep operational documentation sharp and up to date (onboarding booklet, Notion pages, charters, guides)

Why this role is different

• Real ownership: you're not executing someone else’s plan, you define how PeopleOps works for your scope
• High‑impact population: Tech and Product are at the heart of Pennylane’s growth
• Room to grow: as the company scales, so does your scope and influence
• A team that values craft: we care about doing HR well, not just doing HR fast

Your profile

Experience & expertise: You bring solid experience as a People Ops Specialist gained within a fast‑growing company or startup environment.

Autonomy & priority management: You are comfortable working independently, with a proven ability to juggle multiple priorities and stay effective in a fast‑paced, ever‑changing context.

Collaboration: You will partner closely on a daily basis with several HRBPs, working hand in hand to support your scope of responsibilities.

Growth mindset: Pennylane is a company in full scale‑up mode: a lot has already been built, but even more lies ahead. You thrive in environments where things move fast and where embracing change is part of the job.

HRIS expertise: You're proficient in Workday and genuinely curious about how AI & automation can make People Ops smarter, you've already started putting that curiosity into practice !

Language skills: You are fully fluent in French and proficient in English.

We know that some people are less likely to apply than others, if they don’t feel like they meet the full list of criteria.

If you’re hesitating, we encourage you to apply: who knows, it might be the start of a meaningful and long‑lasting collaboration.