Regional People Ops & Payroll Lead - Northern Europe - SumUp — Berlin, Berlin, G
<h1><strong>Regional People Ops & Payroll Lead — Northern Europe</strong></h1> <p><strong>People | Berlin</strong></p> <h2><strong>Team description</strong></h2> <p>The People Enablement team ensures every SumUpper has a consistent, high-quality experience throughout their time here, from their first day to their last.<br>We're building something ambitious: a People Ops and Payroll function that's faster, smarter, and built to scale across borders. As the lead for Northern Europe, you'll shape how a team of eight operates across Germany, the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Belgium turning complexity into clarity and manual work into automation. This is a role where you will bring structure, automation, and clear ownership to a function that's built to scale.</p> <p>📽<a href="https://youtu.be/ZF8A9onHQCE?si=c-GZnVUkrOATN2Jg"> Berlin</a></p> <h2><strong>What you'll do</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Lead and develop a team of eight People Ops and Payroll partners, consolidating two distinct functions into one integrated, accountable regional team</li> <li>Map, redesign, and scale core processes across the full employee lifecycle — from onboarding through to offboarding — ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency across all markets</li> <li>Identify and implement automation opportunities using no-code and low-code tools, reducing manual effort and setting a new standard for how the team works</li> <li>Build a success measurement framework covering SLAs, error rates, and processing times — and report on this regularly to senior stakeholders</li> <li>Partner with Finance, People Partners, Legal, and Compliance to ensure payroll accuracy and regulatory alignment across Germany, the UK, and beyond</li> </ul> <h2><strong>You'll be great for this role if…</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Proven leadership experience in multi-country People Ops, with Germany as a core market and exposure to the UK, Ireland, or the Netherlands</li> <li>Strong knowledge of German em
<h1><strong>Regional People Ops & Payroll Lead — Northern Europe</strong></h1> <p><strong>People | Berlin</strong></p> <h2><strong>Team description</strong></h2> <p>The People Enablement team ensures every SumUpper has a consistent, high-quality experience throughout their time here, from their first day to their last.<br>We're building something ambitious: a People Ops and Payroll function that's faster, smarter, and built to scale across borders. As the lead for Northern Europe, you'll shape how a team of eight operates across Germany, the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Belgium turning complexity into clarity and manual work into automation. This is a role where you will bring structure, automation, and clear ownership to a function that's built to scale.</p> <p>📽<a href="https://youtu.be/ZF8A9onHQCE?si=c-GZnVUkrOATN2Jg"> Berlin</a></p> <h2><strong>What you'll do</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Lead and develop a team of eight People Ops and Payroll partners, consolidating two distinct functions into one integrated, accountable regional team</li> <li>Map, redesign, and scale core processes across the full employee lifecycle — from onboarding through to offboarding — ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency across all markets</li> <li>Identify and implement automation opportunities using no-code and low-code tools, reducing manual effort and setting a new standard for how the team works</li> <li>Build a success measurement framework covering SLAs, error rates, and processing times — and report on this regularly to senior stakeholders</li> <li>Partner with Finance, People Partners, Legal, and Compliance to ensure payroll accuracy and regulatory alignment across Germany, the UK, and beyond</li> </ul> <h2><strong>You'll be great for this role if…</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Proven leadership experience in multi-country People Ops, with Germany as a core market and exposure to the UK, Ireland, or the Netherlands</li> <li>Strong knowledge of German em