EMEA Operations & People Coordinator (Netherlands)

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 73,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

Second Front Systems is seeking a meticulous Business Operations Specialist to strengthen regional operations and administrative infrastructure in the Netherlands. You’ll manage Dutch employment, payroll inputs, and compliance while coordinating with global teams to align staffing with deployment timelines.

You’ll serve as the EMEA back-office link across Dutch/UK entities, U.S. shared services, and European providers, ensuring documentation, approvals and cost-center data are accurate and

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in business operations, People Operations, HR operations, or cross-functional subsidiary administration.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate employment, IT, legal, and administrative workflows across EMEA operations, U.S. shared services, and European providers on a regular monthly cadence.
• Administer Dutch employment processes: contracts, right-to-work verification, payroll inputs, leave, pension, and benefits, in line with local statutory requirements.
• Track external provider deliverables, requests, approvals, and deadlines through to completion; maintain SOPs so the work is repeatable and audit-ready.
• Coordinate personnel-security clearance administration between EMEA, U.S. Security, NATO, and customer programs, and flag anything blocking accreditation.
• Compile the entity and cost-center data needed for consolidated EMEA reporting, and support vendor onboarding and purchasing approval workflows.
• Document and maintain processes that turn recurring administrative tasks into repeatable regional operations with clear ownership.
• Translate business unit hiring needs into timelines and skill profiles aligned with mission schedules and customer accreditation gates.
• Help resolve misalignment between finance, program management, and HR systems, and keep budget execution in sync with onboarding and deployment timelines.
• Partner with operations leadership and People Ops on headcount allocation, role structure, and retention decisions during contract transitions.

Skills

Business operations

People Operations

HR operations

Cross-functional administration

Job description

Second Front Systems is seeking a meticulous Business Operations Specialist to strengthen regional operations and administrative infrastructure in the Netherlands. You’ll manage Dutch employment, payroll inputs, and compliance while coordinating with global teams to align staffing with deployment timelines.

You’ll serve as the EMEA back-office link across Dutch/UK entities, U.S. shared services, and European providers, ensuring documentation, approvals and cost-center data are accurate and