People Operations Manager- International Expansion (9 month FTC) at HeliosX

The Role

This is a high-impact, execution-driven role where you’ll be responsible for the operational delivery of HeliosX’s international expansion from a People lens. You will:

• Own the end-to-end People Operations setup for new markets, from onboarding local hires to setting up payroll, benefits, contracts, and compliance.
• Establish compliance frameworks to ensure we meet legal, tax, and regulatory requirements in each jurisdiction.
• Be hands-on: inputting into Deel, drafting contracts, validating compliance with local advisors, running reports, coordinating with Finance, and solving operational issues daily.
• Partner with leaders across International, Finance, Legal, and Clinical to ensure People Operations supports the commercial strategy in each market.
• Document and scale: build repeatable playbooks, trackers, and checklists that ensure consistency across every new entity or country launch.

Key Responsibilities

International Expansion Delivery

• Execute the People Operations workstream for new country launches (Netherlands, Ontario, Germany, Spain, South Africa, Brazil and more).
• Lead the operational setup of contracts of employment, local benefits, payroll providers, statutory compliance, and HR systems.
• Manage country-by-country onboarding requirements (e.g. local right-to-work, DBS/medical checks, licensure validation for healthcare staff).
• Draft and roll out contracts and policies tailored to each market, working with local advisors where needed.
• Build structured expansion trackers (200+ line detail) with clear owners, due dates, and compliance milestones.

Compliance & Risk Mitigation

• Partner with Finance and Legal to ensure full compliance with local employment law, tax, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish frameworks for probation, performance, and exit processes aligned to local law.
• Maintain a clear audit trail of compliance for every market.
• Act as first point of escalation for People Ops compliance issues in international markets.

Hands-On People Ops Execution

• Be the “doer”: enter data, upload to Deel, build benefits trackers, run onboarding packs, and manage daily People Operations tasks for international hires.
• Partner with Talent and International to ensure smooth handover from candidate offer to compliant onboarding.
• Support direct employee queries in new markets, providing timely and accurate responses.
• Proactively identify gaps in People processes and fix them quickly.
  
  

Documentation & Scaling

• Build playbooks, SOPs, and scalable frameworks for international People Operations.
• Ensure everything is repeatable and documented, from payroll setup to entity onboarding.
• Create country fact sheets for leaders and managers on People processes, benefits, and compliance requirements.

About You

You’ll thrive in this role if you are:

• Hands-on and execution-focused: you enjoy rolling up your sleeves, building trackers, uploading data, and fixing problems yourself.
• Detail-obsessed: you notice risks, compliance gaps, and errors, and correct them before they escalate.
• Internationally experienced: exposure to People Operations across multiple markets, with depth across at least one core region (e.g. EMEA, APAC, US).
• Structured and organised: able to manage 100+ line project trackers and keep leaders aligned on progress.
• Calm under pressure: you can handle fast-moving priorities, expansion deadlines, and operational escalations with composure.
• Collaborative: you work closely with Finance, Legal, Clinical, and International teams to get the job done.
• Growth mindset: you enjoy building from scratch and scaling processes for the long term.

Requirements

• 4-6 years’ experience in People Operations, with at least 2+ years handling international People/HR.
• Demonstrated depth of experience in at least one major region (e.g. EMEA, APAC, US) and broad exposure across multiple markets.
• Strong working knowledge of multi-country payroll, contracts, benefits, and compliance.
• Experience working with platforms like Deel, Greenhouse, BambooHR, and Zinc.
• Proven ability to build detailed trackers, SOPs, and compliance frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-growth, scaling environments.
• A hands-on IC operator: not just delegating, but collaborating and doing.

What you’ll get

• Opportunity to play a pivotal role in HeliosX’s global growth story.
• Direct exposure to senior leadership and cross-functional expansion teams.
• Autonomy in end-to-end international People Operations delivery.
• Competitive salary
• Private healthcare, gym benefits, nursery support, Huggg vouchers, and more.

Hybrid working with central London HQ.

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