Seqera
People
PeopleOperationsSpecialist
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“People Operations Specialist at Seqera. Skills: People Operations, Global Employment Compliance, HRIS Management. Act as first point of contact for employees. Run onboarding and offboarding”
Industry & Context.
Identify operational gaps; Build workarounds; Solve compliance complexity; Improve systems; Improve documentation; Improve workflows; Improve automation; Improve scalability
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4–6 years People Operations experience, Experience in scaling environment, Experience managing multi-country payroll, Working knowledge of Spanish labor law, HiBob or comparable HRIS administrator experience, Fluent Spanish and English
Nice to Have
Exposure to US employment law, UK or Canadian experience valued, Familiarity with global employment platforms, Familiarity with benefits vendors, Familiarity with HR tooling, Degree in HR, Business, or Law
What You'll Do.
Act as first point of contact for employees
Run onboarding and offboarding
Manage employee lifecycle administration
Prepare documentation for review cycles
Partner with payroll and benefits providers
Maintain HR documentation
Support visa and mobility processes
Identify opportunities to improve workflows
Administer day-to-day operations with partners
Manage US state-level employment compliance
Maintain Occupational Safety and Health compliance
Ensure employee data compliance with GDPR
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with People, Finance, IT; Coordinate with external partners; Coordinate with immigration partners; Coordinate with external providers
Full Job Description
Seqera exists to advance science for everyone through software We provide software for scientists solving today's most complex and important challenges from pioneering innovative therapeutics to unveiling the secrets of our universe. The journey began a decade ago with Nextflow http://nextflow.io/ — open software that helps over 100,000 global scientists analyze and process data, with more power and flexibility than ever before. Today, Seqera consolidates fragmented data and diverse computing resources into a unified platform. Our modern biotech stack is trusted by over 150 leading life sciences organizations. Empowered with modern software engineering, organizations conduct science faster, on larger datasets, and with more confidence. Seqera accelerates discoveries in an open world. Would you like to be a part of a company with a bigger purpose and make it successful with your own ideas? If yes, keep reading! About the Role We need someone who sees a broken process and proactively identifies and improves operational gaps — who builds a workaround when the tool fails and treats compliance complexity as a puzzle to solve. Someone genuinely excited by the idea of owning the people operations foundation at a company where processes are still being built. You’ll play a key role in supporting employee lifecycle operations, compliance, HR systems, and day-to-day People processes across a distributed global team. You’ll work closely with People, Finance, IT, and external partners to help ensure our operations remain accurate, compliant, and employee-centered as we scale. This is a hands-on role with meaningful ownership and opportunities to improve systems, documentation, and workflows over time. What you’ll do Day-to-Day People Operations - Be the first point of contact for employees on People queries — policies, tools, and day-to-day support — running the JIRA Service Desk as the primary intake channel. - Run onboarding and offboarding end-to-end for every hire across al
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