Senior HR Business Partner

What you’ll do here

• Serve as the primary HR contact for employees in the UK and across EOR arrangements
• Own offer letter generation, contract administration, and onboarding workflows for international hires, including navigating country-specific requirements
• Administer employee benefits across EOR providers; identify gaps and make recommendations as we transition to a direct London entity
• Support entity setup this summer by working with legal, finance, and our HRBP to build a compliant UK employment infrastructure from the ground up
• Be the internal expert on UK employment law from contracts, right to work, statutory leave entitlements, termination requirements, and any country-specific norms
• Advise the HR Manager and People leadership on international compliance matters, proactively flag risks
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of employment regulations across our active EOR countries
• Manage international employee data and workflows in Rippling and/or Deel
• Ensure data integrity across HRIS systems; support audits and reporting
• Identify and implement process improvements for how we onboard, administer, and offboard international employees
• Resolve employee questions on benefits, policies, leave, and pay
• Partner with the HR Coordinator to divide and streamline administrative work across the team

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years in HR/People Operations, with meaningful time focused on UK and/or international employment
• Hands-on experience with Rippling and/or Deel
• Solid, working knowledge of UK employment law; familiarity with EOR models and their limitations
• Comfortable being autonomous, and the only People person in the room in London
• Detail-oriented enough to catch a contract error before it ships, and strategic enough to know when to escalate
• Extremely collaborative - this role works closely with a US-based team across time zones

Bonus tacos if you have

• (Tacos? If you need an ice-breaker, ask how we say thanks by giving tacos!)
• Experience supporting a company through a legal entity launch
• Exposure to EMEA employment law beyond the UK
• Background in a high-growth startup, ideally in a technical or SaaS environment