People Operations Compliance Partner

About Us

Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming manual work that gets in the way of real work our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses invoice processing and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours erodes morale and saps innovation were on a mission to power real work with real impact.

Were trusted by more than 10000 companies worldwide including Wise On Running Breitling and Fabletics and were tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week a $1.7 trillion problem.

Founded in 2015 Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1800 people across 12 offices globally with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation control and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.

At Perk were driven by our values like being an owner delivering a 7-star experience and working as one team. We value curiosity purpose and mindset not just knowledge to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries representing over 70 countries. If youre excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work wed love you on the team.

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About the role

As Perk continues to scale globally and strengthen its presence across Europe and the US ensuring labour law security compliance and consistent people-related governance across entities has become a strategic priority.

The People Operations Compliance Partner plays a critical role in translating employment law regulatory requirements and internal policies into practical scalable ways of working that protect the business while enabling a strong employee experience. This role supports compliance across all countries where Perk operates adopting a pragmatic risk-based and business-aligned approach that reflects how the company actually operates.

Acting as a key bridge between People Operations Legal and Security this role coordinates cross-functional compliance policy and audit initiatives ensuring clarity of ownership visibility of risk and follow-through on actions. Rather than enforcing compliance in isolation the role provides transparency and informed recommendations to leadership by mapping compliance requirements assessing associated risks and enabling risk-aware decision-making.

Importantly this role is execution-focused. Beyond identifying and planning compliance initiatives the People Operations Compliance Partner is responsible for driving them to completion: coordinating internal stakeholders external counsels and providers to ensure outcomes are delivered embedded into day-to-day operations and sustained over time.

The role represents the People team in labour law compliance audit and policy-related matters ensuring legislative changes and regulatory obligations are proactively implemented across entities. While this is not an employee relations case-handling role it ensures the frameworks processes and governance mechanisms are in place so that the wider People team can operate consistently compliantly and with confidence.

This position requires a high degree of autonomy prioritisation and ownership. The successful candidate will be comfortable balancing strategic assessment with hands-on execution progressing work independently and operating effectively in a complex fast-growing environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Labour Law & Compliance Coordination

• Act as the main liaison between Legal and People Operations on all employment law and compliance matters.

• Translate legal and regulatory updates across Europe and the US into practical business-oriented solutions that align with our companys ways of working keeping operational guidance simple and easily actionable by non-legal audiences.

• Maintain a global compliance dashboard that visually tracks compliance status across all active countries highlighting actions and potential risks.

• Conduct independent risk assessments when new requests regulations or internal projects require compliance evaluation.

2. Compliance Programs Audits & Governance

• Lead and execute compliance audits and compliance-driven initiatives globally including audits remediation actions and implementation of new compliance requirements ensuring comprehensive reviews and actionable follow-ups that reflect both legal compliance and company values.

• Support audits led by the Security team such as ISO and SOC2 providing all necessary data and evidence from the People team side for the success of these audits and certifications.

• Support People Operations-owned statutory and regulatory audits including but not limited to R&D certification audits and non-financial reporting requirements (e.g. EINF in Spain). This includes preparing documentation coordinating responses with external auditors and enabling managers and employees selected for audit interviews.

• Support M&A-related employment due diligence and harmonisation work including entity merges and post-transaction integration activities coordinating across Legal Payroll and People Partners.

• Take a hands-on role in audit preparation and delivery including evidence gathering documentation review stakeholder coordination and follow-up actions.

• Partner with Legal Total Rewards and Payroll to ensure compliance with upcoming frameworks such as the EU Pay Transparency Directive AI Act and time-tracking regulations and driving actions arising from legal updates.

3. Policy Partnership & Governance

• Partner with Legal and Security to review draft and roll out new or revised policies.

• Maintain a policy and process roadmap by assessing compliance risk and impact and make recommendations to internal People Operations processes to ensure our standard operating procedures are risk informed and in line with local legislation internal policies and company practices.

• Contribute to ensuring all employee-facing policies are clear accessible and aligned with company culture and tone.

• Coordinate the maintenance of compliant contract templates offer letters and employee handbooks in partnership with Legal and external counsels.

• Drive the implementation of compliance and security-related initiatives that require cross-functional coordination operational execution and ongoing monitoring.

4. Cross-Functional Partnership & Governance Enablement

• Serve as an escalation point for the People Operations team and other People team functions when there is uncertainty around policies compliance or employment law.

• Problem-solve complex cases by consulting with Legal and external counsels ensuring both compliance and employee fairness.

• Act as the primary point of contact for people-related compliance and employment questions raised by Revenue teams coming from customer RFPs due diligence questionnaires or client audits. Coordinate with Legal and other subject matter experts to provide accurate compliant and timely responses and proactively identify patterns in incoming requests to improve enablement including documentation FAQs or automation (e.g. chatbot content) that reduces repeat queries and accelerates response times.

• Develop and deliver enablement initiatives such as training and internal guides for People team functions on labour law and compliance essentials and relevant insights from recent case studies.

• Foster strong partnerships with stakeholders across Legal Security Procurement Payroll Total Rewards and People Partners among others.

What were looking for

• 5 years of experience in People Operations Employment Law HR Compliance or a closely related function ideally in a multi-country or international environment.

• Strong working knowledge of European employment law frameworks with Spain as a priority jurisdiction. Experience in additional countries (e.g. UK Germany Netherlands) and/or exposure to US employment compliance is a strong plus but not mandatory.

• Hands-on experience supporting or coordinating compliance initiatives such as audits entity changes policy rollouts or regulatory implementations from planning to following through and closing actions.

• Proven track record of turning legal or regulatory requirements into concrete actions processes or implementations: not just analysis or advice.

• Able to balance strategic thinking with operational execution including periods of detailed administrative or audit-related work when required.

• Strong collaboration and influencing skills with experience working closely with Legal Security Payroll and People teams and able to engage with people across all levels and from diverse backgrounds.

• Confident in communicating complex compliance topics in a clear pragmatic way to non-legal audiences with sound judgment when navigating ambiguity or competing priorities.

• Highly autonomous well-organized and able to prioritize effectively across multiple workstreams in a fast-paced evolving environment.

• Great interpersonal and collaboration skills. You are truly resilient and positive optimistic and enthusiastic. Someone who has a sense of humour we deal with a very fast pace so we like to have fun along the way!

• Fluent in English. Spanish is a strong advantage. Other European languages (e.g. German) are a plus.
  

Were open to candidates being based in either Barcelona or London. Benefits and perks differ by location and will be provided later in the process.

How We Work

At Perk we take an IRL-first approach to work where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity productivity creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

For certain roles we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.

Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. Were an equal opportunity employer which means youre welcome at Perk regardless of how you look where youre from or anything else that makes you well you.

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