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Manager, People Operations & Workplace

Qabird

Den Haag

Hybrid

EUR 60.000 - 80.000

Full time

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Job summary

Join a leading cybersecurity scale-up in Europe as the Manager for People Operations & Workplace. You will oversee operational functions, manage team performance, and ensure effective office management while promoting a strong operational culture. This hands-on leadership role requires experience in HR and a commitment to developing scalable systems in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Generous time off policy
Annual company-wide retreat
Support for personal and professional development
Choice of MacBook or Windows laptop

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in People Operations.
  • 1–2+ years leading a team.
  • Experience in startup or scale-up environment.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and track OKRs for People Ops & Workplace.
  • Ensure smooth office operations and support hybrid work.
  • Identify automation opportunities to reduce manual work.

Skills

Fluency in Dutch
Fluency in English
Process Optimization
Cross-functional Alignment

Tools

HRIS tools (e.g. Personio, HiBob, BambooHR)

Job description

Manager, People Operations & Workplace

About the Role

We’re looking for a Manager to grow and operationally support our People Operations & Workplace function. This is a leadership-first, hands-on role. Your primary focus is setting priorities, coaching the team, owning OKRs, and building scalable systems. At the same time, you’ll step in directly—especially in Workplace operations, new process rollouts, or during peak periods.

What You’ll Do

  • Establish and track OKRs and set direction and priorities for People Ops & Workplace

  • Oversee and guide delivery of lifecycle processes (e.g. contracts, offboarding, HRIS updates)

  • Ensure our The Hague office runs smoothly, supports hybrid work, and reflects our values

  • Identify opportunities for automation and implement tooling to reduce manual work

  • Work hands-on with the Office Manager to manage vendors, lease cars, space setup, and team logistics

  • Coach team members and support their daily execution.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally and partner closely with Talent, HRBPs, L&D, Finance, IT, and Legal.

  • Support performance cycles, people systems, and cross-team initiatives with an operational lens.

What You Bring

  • 5+ years of experience in People Operations, with 1–2+ years leading a team, experience overseeing office management as part of the role

  • Fluency in Dutch (C1) and English (C1)

  • Experience with HRIS tools (e.g. Personio, HiBob, BambooHR)

  • Ability to optimize, automate, and scale processes

  • Structured, calm under pressure, and strong at cross-functional alignment

  • Experience in a startup or scale-up environment

Why Join Us?

  • Become part of one of the fastest growing cybersecurity scale-ups in Europe while helping organizations in Europe be safe from cyber-attacks.

  • Quarterly get togethers & Annual company-wide retreat (in Spain, Portugal, Italy…).

  • Eye will provide you with a MacBook or Windows laptop (choose the device you prefer).

  • Generous time off policy (including volunteering day, floating holidays and wellbeing time off) to balance your work and personal life.

  • Base compensation and company’s stock (ESOP).

  • Your personal and professional development is top of mind here at Eye. We will actively help you in your growth path.

This is a hybrid role. We expect office presence ideally 3 times/week.

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