People Ops Specialist — EU Onboarding & HRIS Expert

Bitvavo; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitvavo is seeking a People Operations Specialist to manage the day-to-day engine behind the employee lifecycle across our pan-European, multi-entity setup. You will support onboarding to offboarding, contracts, benefits, and data changes, ensuring accurate and smooth processes across entities.

The role focuses on ownership of core HR activities and building deep expertise within our European HR operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in People Operations or HR Generalist role.
• At least 2 years of experience in the Dutch market with Dutch labour law.
• Reliable, detail-oriented, and able to manage recurring processes end to end.
• Experience in fast-paced tech or scale-up environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for employee inquiries, managing requests through our ticketing system and supporting benefits administration.
• Provide day-to-day support across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, contracts, benefits, visas, leaves and data changes across multiple entities.
• Input and validate employee data in HRIS systems, ensuring accurate digital employee records.
• Prepare basic payroll mutations such as salary changes, allowances, deductions, and leave requests, supporting payroll accuracy.
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding tasks end to end for a smooth experience for new hires and leavers.
• Help create and maintain People Ops documentation, templates and checklists, and streamline manual steps where possible.
• Maintain data accuracy and escalate non-standard or high-risk issues to the Team Lead with context.
• Build growing knowledge of People Ops processes, compliance requirements, and HRIS capabilities.
• Collaborate with People Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, managers and stakeholders to provide high-quality operational support.

Job description

Bitvavo is seeking a People Operations Specialist to manage the day-to-day engine behind the employee lifecycle across our pan-European, multi-entity setup. You will support onboarding to offboarding, contracts, benefits, and data changes, ensuring accurate and smooth processes across entities.

The role focuses on ownership of core HR activities and building deep expertise within our European HR operations.