Head of People Operations & Tech

HEAD OF PEOPLE OPS & TECH

🎯 You'll own and rebuild the operating system behind n8n's People function: hygiene, analytics, systems, and automation. This isn't a maintenance job. You'll have a real mandate to design it your way, and since n8n builds workflow automation for a living, you'll get to use our own product to do it. If you've ever wanted to turn your own function into your best case study, this is that job.

You're inheriting a People Ops team that's kept things moving through real growth, and you'll have real license to design how it evolves next.

Here's what you'll own:

OWN THE HYGIENE FACTORS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Own employment contracts, payroll coordination, visas, and employee policies end to end.
• Keep n8n's SOC 2-related compliance processes accurate and audit-ready.
• Bring clear, centralized ownership to freelancer and contractor engagement approvals, an area with no consistent oversight today.
• Personally step in on hands-on hygiene work whenever it's the highest-impact use of your time.

BUILD PEOPLE ANALYTICS IN-HOUSE

• Stand up n8n's own people analytics capability rather than relying on the central data team, given the sensitivity of the data.
• Turn People data into decisions leadership can act on, from attrition trends to org health.
• Report on the health of the People function to the VP People and wider leadership.

OWN PEOPLE SYSTEMS AND DRIVE AUTOMATION

• Own and evolve People systems like HiBob and Mahana, keeping data clean and workflows scalable.
• Automate repetitive People Ops work, partnering with workflow automation engineers on the most complex builds. You'll be doing it with n8n's own product, so you get to dogfood the exact tool your company sells, on your own function.
• Get the underlying process and data right before you automate it. Solid documentation and a consistent process come first here, not as an afterthought.
• Reduce manual load so the function scales without headcount growing in lockstep.

WELCOME NEW HIRES AND GROW THE TEAM

• Act as the onboarding liaison, making sure new hires feel welcomed and set up to succeed from day one.
• Build out a small, high-trust team, hiring 2–3 specialists in analytics, automation, and systems over the next 12–24 months.
• Partner closely with the VP People, Talent Acquisition, People Partners, and Finance/Legal to keep People Operations reliable as we scale.

REQUIREMENTS

MUST-HAVES

• 📈 Proven scaling experience: You've scaled or matured an existing People Operations function, not necessarily built one from zero, through a comparable growth range such as 500 to 1,000 employees.
• 📝 Hands-on hygiene ownership: You've personally owned contracts, payroll coordination, visas, employee policies, and SOC 2-adjacent compliance, not just directed others who do.
• ⚖️ Strategic and hands-on: You're comfortable setting vision and prioritizing, and just as comfortable rolling up your sleeves on execution.
• 📊 People analytics fluency: You have real experience with people analytics and data, and you're willing to build that capability in-house.
• ⚙️ Systems and automation: You've worked hands-on with HRIS platforms like HiBob and have driven process automation in a People function.
• 🌍 Europe-based: You're based in Europe.
• 🔁 Track record: You've run or built this kind of function at least once before; twice is a plus.
• 🧭 Sequencing judgment: You know automation is only as good as the process and data behind it, and you don't force AI onto a process that isn't documented or consistent yet.

NICE-TO-HAVES

• 🔄 Hybrid background: You've come up through analytics into people ops, or the other way around.
• 🤖 Automation partnership: You've partnered with or managed workflow-automation or AI tooling specialists.
• 💰 Comp benchmarking exposure: You've worked with compensation benchmarking or market-data analysis before.
• 🌐 Remote-first scaling: You've scaled a People function specifically inside a remote-first, distributed organization.

Why join us?

You'll take real ownership of the systems that let n8n's People function scale. This is a genuine mandate to design them, not inherit someone else's finished blueprint, and you'll get a built-in audit period so you can diagnose before anyone asks you to prescribe. You'll report directly to our VP People, with real visibility and sponsorship, and you'll shape the next 2 to 3 hires on your own team as it grows.

Since n8n builds workflow automation for a living, you'll get to use our own product to automate your own function. That's a genuinely rare setup, and honestly, the best advertisement for what we build. You're joining at around 400 people, heading past 500 by year-end, which is exactly the stage where the calls you make on hygiene, analytics, systems, and automation define how the company scales, rather than just keeping the lights on.

n8n is remote-first, fair-code, and riding the AI and automation wave as one of the most starred projects on GitHub. You'll work with the same autonomy and talent density that defines how we build our own product. Apply now, and help us build the People operating system that gets n8n to its next 1,000 people.

n8n is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We can sponsor visas to Germany; for any other country, you need to have existing right to work.

Our company language is English.

You care about diversity and inclusion? We do too! Check out our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives at n8n https://www.notion.so/Diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-n8n-c1bec2fff536422d868b1a438d990e35?pvs=21 (https://www.notion.so/n8n/Diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-n8n-c1bec2fff536422d868b1a438d990e35).

Location disclaimer: If you see multiple job postings for the same role, it is most likely because we're hiring remotely for this role and posting in different locations to make sure every potential candidate can see the role. Please apply to the location you're the most likely to work from in the future.

BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation 💸 – We offer fair and attractive pay.
• Ownership 💪 – Our core value is to “empower others,” and we mean it—you’ll get a slice of n8n with equity.
• Work/life balance 🏖️ – We work hard but ensure you have time to recharge:
• Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are.
• US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.
• Health & wellness 🩺 –
• Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
• US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families—plus a no-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA—along with dental and vision coverage.
• Future planning 💰 –
• Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*
• US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.
• Financial security 🛡️ –
• Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
• US: Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance to support you and your loved ones.
• Career growth 📈 – We hire rising stars who grow with us! You’ll get €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching to level up your skills.
• A passionate team 🤩 – We love our product, and we prove it with regular hackathons where we see who can build the coolest thing with it!
• Remote-first 🌏 – Our team works remotely across Europe, with regular off-sites for team bonding. Some roles, like sales in the US, are hybrid—please check the job description.
• Giving back 🤝 – We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about.
• Transparency 🙏 – We all know what everyone’s working on, how the company is doing—the whole shebang.
• Country-specific details are provided in your contract.

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Posted Nov 02, 2026