People Operations Lead — AI-Driven HR & Payroll

United States Digital Space LLC; London; Hybrid; NOK 820,000 - 1,136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Share Incentive Plan

Workplace Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Enhanced Parental Leave

£1000 toward professional quals

£500 per year learning & development

3 days paid L&D leave

Job summary

FlockRoad is seeking an experienced HR Operations lead to own the employee lifecycle, payroll input, benefits, the HRIS, the office, and our in-person events. You will design a modern, scalable People function with AI-native processes and report to our Senior People Partner, collaborating with everyone from new joiners to the CEO.

You’ll drive end-to-end processes, manage payroll and benefits, and shape onboarding while ensuring UK employment law compliance and data integrity.

Qualifications

• HHands-on payroll input and benefits administration.
• HiBob experience is a plus.
• Strong HRIS skills across workflows, automations and integrations.
• Real evidence of building with AI: workflows or tools you've shipped and use.
• Exceptional organisation and judgement.
• A quick, first-principles learner who is comfortable with pace, ambiguity and autonomy.
• Working knowledge of UK employment law, compliance and people governance.
• Low ego and high standards; you care about right, well-run work.

Responsibilities

• Own the full employee lifecycle: contracts, right-to-work, starter and leaver logistics, probations and changes.
• Shape the first day and first week alongside managers.
• Be the first point of contact for people queries and audits.
• Own the HRIS (HiBob) and people data: records, workflows, surveys and data integrity.
• Deliver monthly People reporting and metrics that spot and close gaps early.
• Own payroll input end to end: collate, calculate and submit each month, including bonuses and comp changes.
• Manage the provider and partner with Finance on reporting and year-end.
• Own benefits end to end as the main contact for providers, systems, data and employee advice.
• Run the office environment: building management, health and safety as a trained First Aider and Fire Marshal, and fast hardware provisioning.
• Own the company social calendar and rituals, from the company o'Clock to Town Halls and larger events, keeping them engaging and on budget.
• Cut manual effort across the lifecycle by building AI-native workflows, so every routine people process is automated by default, then coach the business to use them.
• Partner with IT on joiner and leaver access automation, and on cost and data audits.

Skills

People Operations

HRIS

HiBob

Excel

AI Workflows

UK Employment Law

Organization

Education

CIPD or equivalent

Tools

HiBob

Job description

FlockRoad is seeking an experienced HR Operations lead to own the employee lifecycle, payroll input, benefits, the HRIS, the office, and our in-person events. You will design a modern, scalable People function with AI-native processes and report to our Senior People Partner, collaborating with everyone from new joiners to the CEO.

You’ll drive end-to-end processes, manage payroll and benefits, and shape onboarding while ensuring UK employment law compliance and data integrity.