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DuolingoPosted 1 week ago

Regional People Lead, EMEA

$124,395–$186,592 year

On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom

Full TimeSenior LevelMediumEducation Software

Job Summary

Serve as the senior People Partner to EMEA leaders, advising on org design, performance, and team health while guiding organizations through change. Own regional People operations end to end, including monthly payroll submissions across PEO-supported markets, vendor management, and UK and German employment-law compliance. Lead a People Operations Manager, manage complex employee relations and higher-risk people matters, and ensure local nuance shapes global strategy. Partner with Talent Acquisition on regional hiring and London workplace operations, while representing the region in global People forums.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience in HR, People Business Partnering, or regional People operations, including work supporting multi-country teams across EMEA
  • Hands-on experience managing employees through a PEO or EOR provider (e.g. Globalization Partners) across multiple EMEA markets
  • Strong knowledge of European employment practices, labor law, and compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK and Germany
  • Demonstrated ability to move seamlessly between strategic advising and hands-on operational execution
  • Experience scaling People operations and processes in a fast-growing, distributed environment
  • Sound judgment owning complex employee relations and higher-risk people matters, grounded in employment law
  • A collaborative partner to Finance on budgets, vendor management, and reporting
  • Strong cross-cultural communication and the judgment to know when to escalate, when to decide, and when to bring the global team in
  • Fluency across core People and HRIS systems, with the rigor to keep data accurate between global platforms and local source documents
  • Based in London

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