Lead People Operations Generalist

Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal founder of AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). The company has raised $240M in Series E venture funding is valued at $5.5B and backed by top investors including Goldman Sachs Menlo Ventures IVP Google Ventures J.P. Morgan Capital One Ventures Citi Ventures ServiceNow Splunk Ventures and more. Harness is building the industrys leading AI-powered software delivery platform enabling teams worldwide to build test and deliver software faster safer and more reliably. Writing code is only 3040% of the engineering lifecycle the rest involves testing deployments security compliance and optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this outer loop turning complex time-consuming workflows into streamlined processes at massive global scale.

The platform includes industry leading products inCI/CD Feature Flags Cloud Cost Management Service Reliability Chaos Engineering Software Engineering Insights Internal Developer Experience and API discovery observability governance and runtime protection. Over the past year Harness powered 128M deployments 81M builds 1.2T API calls protected and $1.9B in cloud spend optimized helping customers like United Airlines and Choice Hotels accelerate releases by up to 75% and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency. With employees in over 25 countries Harness is shaping the future of AI-driven software delivery and were looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.

• Serve as the People Operations lead for EMEA supporting employees and managers across multiple countries and employment models.
• Own regional people processes including onboarding offboarding employee data management leaves mobility and lifecycle changes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to managers on people policies employment practices and employee relations matters.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with EMEA employment laws works council requirements GDPR and internal controls.
• Partner with Legal Payroll and external vendors to manage audits regulatory changes and documentation.
• Maintain accurate and compliant employee records across all systems.

Global Programs & Scaling

• Partner with global People Operations PBPs and other departments within the global People & Places function to roll out global programs (performance cycles compensation benefits engagement).
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition team to onboard and support employees who are hired through the EOR.
• Localize global policies and programs for EMEA markets while maintaining consistency
• Contribute to SOPs playbooks and scalable operating models.

Systems Data & Process Excellence

• Act as a regional SME for HRIS (Hibob) and local partner for other people tools (e.g. Greenhouse CultureAmp Pave).
• Drive operational rigor through documentation SLAs and data integrity.
• Use data and insights to identify trends risks and opportunities for improvement.

What Were Looking For

• 6 years of People Operations / HR Generalist experience including multi-country EMEA support.
• Strong working knowledge of EMEA employment law (UK EU and at least one additional region).
• Experience supporting a high-growth tech or SaaS company.
• Proven ability to manage complex employee relations cases independently.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Enjoys solving big problems and working across the organization.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and scaling environments.

• Experience in pre-IPO or public company environments
• Exposure to works councils TUPE or cross-border mobility
• HRIS implementation or optimization experienceWorkday experience a plus
• Prior experience leading projects and working on cross-functional teams

Work Location

London UK. Hybrid

What you will have at Harness

• Competitive salary
• Flexible work schedule
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Monthly quarterly and annual social and team building events
• Monthly internet reimbursement

Harness in the news:

• Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code
• Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation
• How Harness runs 16 startups within a startup at scale Jyoti Bansal
• Harness Research Shows AI Visibility Crisis Fueling Security Nightmare
• Harness has been named to the Inc. Power Partner list for software delivery success

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex or national origin.

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