HR Operations Sr Manager (M/F/X)
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The HR Operations Senior Manager is responsible for driving the efficiency, compliance, and scalability of global HR operations across multiple geographies within a highly regulated biotech environment. The role combines payroll governance, HRIS leadership, compensation benchmarking, and process optimization to support business growth and strategic decision-making.
HR Operations Sr Manager (M/F/X)
Our client is an international listed company operating in a dynamic and highly regulated environment. The organization is experiencing strong growth and is committed to building scalable global HR infrastructures, leveraging technology and data-driven practices to support its international workforce and leadership teams.
Description
- Lead and coordinate global payroll operations across various countries in partnership with external providers, ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, audit readiness, and timely execution.
- Act as the main point of contact for payroll-related matters, manage salary adjustments, bonuses, deductions, equity transactions, wage certificates, and social security declarations while monitoring vendor performance, SLAs, and operational controls.
- Manage benefits administration for employees by partnering with external providers to ensure high-quality service delivery and effective communication regarding benefits programs.
- Drive the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the global HRIS platform, including core HR data management, dashboards, onboarding and offboarding workflows, performance management campaigns, and compensation review cycles.
- Coordinate annual salary reviews, bonus processes, and equity grant administration while ensuring data integrity and scalable HR processes globally.
- Partner closely with HR, Finance, and IT teams to optimize systems and workflows.
- Lead annual compensation benchmarking activities with external survey providers such as Radford/Aon or WTW.
- Ensure the accuracy and consistency of submitted data, analyze market trends, and provide actionable insights on salary positioning, bonuses, equity, and benefits to support leadership decision-making.
- Ensure compliance with GDPR, US regulations, and governance standards applicable to listed companies.
- Maintain strong documentation and process traceability, support internal and external audits, safeguard confidential HR data, identify operational risks, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to support organizational growth and international expansion.
Profile
- 8-12 years of experience in HR Operations, HRIS, payroll management, or related HR functions.
- Strong expertise in multi-country payroll management and global HR operations.
- Proven experience implementing and optimizing HRIS platforms and HR processes.
- Solid understanding of HR data governance, compliance, and process controls.
- Exposure to compensation benchmarking tools and methodologies, ideally with Radford/Aon or similar providers.
- Experience working within a regulated, listed, or highly controlled environment is strongly preferred.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with the ability to interpret and challenge compensation market data.
- Excellent project management, stakeholder management, and vendor coordination capabilities.
- Highly detail-oriented with strong operational discipline and execution skills.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving international environments with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
- Strong systems orientation and enthusiasm for leveraging digital tools and automation to improve HR operations.
Job Offer
This is a unique opportunity to join an innovative and rapidly growing organization in a highly visible global role. The successful candidate will benefit from broad international exposure, close collaboration with senior leadership, and the opportunity to lead strategic HR transformation initiatives within a dynamic and collaborative environment.
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