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People Operations Manager (Spain)

On-site in Barcelona·Full-time·Added 7 days ago (last checked 26 Oct)

fonio

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Our summary

Salary: €65,000 - €80,000 a year
About €3,720 - €4,410 a month after tax, or €3,800 - €4,750 under the Beckham regime.
Work mode: On-site, Barcelona
Contract: Full-time
Relocation: A relocation package
English: Required
Experience: 3+ years

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

3+ year of People Ops, HR, or Operations experience, ideally startup or scale-up.
Knowledge about Spanish labor law, payroll, and collective agreements
Structured, hands-on working style.
AI and automation/workflow skills.
People-first, low ego. You thrive under intensity.
Strong English skills.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

€65,000 to €80,000 + Equity
Relocation support
Daily lunch and dinner
Equipment of your choice
Regular team off-sites
On-site in Barcelona, working directly with the core-team

The role

We build AI voice agents for small and medium-sized businesses so they never miss a call and can focus on the work they actually love.

Our AI handles every call automatically. But voice is just the beginning. Our vision: to build the world's first fully automated CRM.

8,000+ customers. >€5M ARR. ~30% monthly growth. Target until EOY: €30M.

We live ownership: you own your work end-to-end. No politics, few meetings, direct feedback.

What you'll do

You own everything after a candidate signs, from contracts through offboarding, and automate as much of it as possible. We are looking for someone to build the structural backbone to enable rapid scaling.

Contracts & onboarding: Manage employment contracts for all employees (direct and indirect employment), organize equipment, accounts, workspaces, and support relocation of international colleagues.
HR tooling & automation: introduce and own an HRIS tool, automate workflows across systems.
Payroll: Organize and own internal payroll processes, including variable compensation calculation of all sales teams.
Compliance & people legal: Support international hiring (EU and non-EU), time-tracking, collective agreements, international taxation topics, etc.
Compensation: Manage and monitor compensation bands across teams/countries.
Events & culture: Organize internal and external events (hackathons, off-sites, etc.)
Offboarding: Manage offboarding of employees.
Later, people development: Design feedback cycles, L&D, career development (e.g. SDR academy).

What to Expect

Solo, end-to-end ownership of everything people operations.
Hands-on operational work to build the foundation for automation/scaling.
Direct impact: your work has immediate influence on the culture of fonio.
Flat hierarchies: close collaboration across departments.

Hiring process

20 min intro call
30 min skill interview
20 min culture call

About fonio

Fonio is a technology company that provides a customer service and support platform for modern businesses. The company offers a suite of tools designed to streamline customer interactions, automate workflows, and improve team collaboration. Fonio is a relatively small, venture-backed startup operating in the customer service software space, competing with larger, established players in the market.

Fonio has its Spanish headquarters in Barcelona, which serves as its main operational hub for the Spanish market. The company is actively hiring international professionals, particularly those with Italian, French, and German language skills, to support its expansion into new European markets. This makes it a relevant employer for international professionals looking to relocate to Spain, offering a multicultural and dynamic work environment.

Founded: 2021
Employees: 11–50
Headquarters: Barcelona, Spain
In Spain: Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

Fonio's team is international, with colleagues from various European countries, making it a multicultural environment.
The company's working language is English, but it is actively hiring for Italian, French, and German-speaking markets, which is a plus for multilingual professionals.
The company is a startup, offering the opportunity to have a high impact on its growth and development.
The company offers a remote-friendly work culture, allowing for flexibility in location.
The company is focused on the European market, making it a good fit for professionals looking to work in a fast-paced, international environment.

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