People Operations Lead

Fiducial

Job Overview

Location

Delft

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Own and scale the full People Operations foundation across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, contracts, offboarding, employee records, HRIS data hygiene, and policy documentation.
• Build and maintain reliable, compliant HR workflows aligned with Dutch employment law while adapting practices for a distributed European team.
• Manage probation tracking and ensure managers conduct timely performance review conversations with clear follow-up.
• Collaborate with Finance on payroll processing, employment cost tracking, and approvals, coordinating with external legal and payroll advisors as needed.
• Support end-to-end hiring operations: role setup, interview coordination, candidate communication, offer workflows, and hiring process discipline.
• Partner with technical recruiters to improve niche talent sourcing, candidate pipeline quality, and hiring priorities for engineering and deep-tech roles.
• Coordinate 30% ruling applications for eligible employees in the Netherlands with external advisors.
• Maintain and continuously improve the employee handbook and core people documentation to ensure clarity and consistency.
• Identify and escalate people-related risks early to the COO and leadership team with clear recommendations.
• Design and implement lightweight trackers, templates, checklists, and dashboards using Notion, Ashby, Slack, and AI tools to reduce manual work and increase visibility.
• Turn ambiguous HR challenges into structured workflows with defined owners, timelines, and next steps.
• Drive follow-through across hiring managers, external advisors, and internal stakeholders to ensure process adherence without adding bureaucracy.
• Support remote and international hiring across Europe, including employment structure, contract compliance, relocation logistics, and onboarding for non-NL hires.
• Gradually help design future People systems including performance reviews, salary calibration, role clarity frameworks, and scaling the People function.
• Use modern tools like ChatGPT and AI agents to automate documentation, streamline manager support, and improve hiring efficiency.
• Balance empathy with accountability, helping first-time managers become more effective leaders through clear guidance and process support.
• Operate independently in a startup environment with minimal existing HR infrastructure, building systems from the ground up.
• Maintain strict compliance with Dutch labor regulations while ensuring scalability for a growing, distributed European workforce.
• Champion a culture of clarity, fairness, and ownership in People Operations — avoiding unnecessary bureaucracy while ensuring consistency and reliability.
• Work closely with leadership to align People Operations with the company’s mission in deep-tech, autonomy, perception, and defense applications.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all day-to-day HR administrative needs across the organization.
• Continuously evaluate and improve tools and processes to make People Operations faster, clearer, and less manual.

🎯 Requirements

• 5–10 years of HR generalist, People Operations, or HR operations experience in the Netherlands
• Experience supporting remote or distributed teams across multiple European countries
• Strong knowledge of Dutch employment law and international hiring practices
• Proven ability to build and document scalable HR workflows in fast-growing startups or scale-ups
• Proficiency with HR tools such as Notion, Ashby, HRIS platforms, Slack, and AI agents
• Strong project management skills with discipline in tracking owners, timelines, and follow-up

🏖️ Benefits

• 25 vacation days per year
• Reimbursed travel expenses and company laptop
• Flexible working hours
• Hands-on environment where your work directly improves company operations

Skills & Technologies

Senior

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About Fiducial

Fiducial is a global provider of financial, accounting, tax, and business services for small and medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals. Founded in 1970, the company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to support clients at every stage of their business journey. These services include bookkeeping, payroll, tax preparation and planning, legal services, business consulting, and IT support. Fiducial aims to simplify business management, allowing clients to focus on their core operations and growth. With a strong presence in the United States and Europe, Fiducial leverages its expertise and technology to deliver personalized and efficient services, fostering long-term client relationships built on trust and reliability.

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