Senior People Operations Specialist

As a Senior People Operations Specialist, you will lead and optimise end-to-end People Operations processes to support a high-performing, engaged workforce. You play a critical role in delivering a consistent, compliant, and people-centred employee experience while driving continuous improvement, digitalisation, and scalable ways of working across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of People Operations across the full employee lifecycle, ensuring high-quality execution, compliance with local employment legislation, and alignment with global standards.
• Drive the simplification, standardisation, and digitalisation of People Operations processes, leveraging Workday to improve efficiency, scalability, and employee experience.
• Act as a trusted operational partner to leaders, People Partners, and Centres of Excellence, providing pragmatic guidance on policies, processes, and employee relations matters.
• Ensure accurate and compliant delivery of core operational activities, including contracts, onboarding and offboarding, performance and compensation cycles, benefits administration, and local payroll operations.
• Lead and contribute to global People projects and special initiatives, using data and insights to identify risks, trends, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Proven experience in a senior People Operations role within a complex, fast-paced, and change-driven environment, ideally in a global or matrixed organisation.
• Strong expertise in end-to-end People Operations processes, local employment legislation, and compliance requirements, applied with sound judgement and pragmatism.
• High capability in HR systems and digital tools (ideally Workday), with a strong data mindset and experience improving processes through automation and optimisation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to act as a trusted advisor and handle sensitive topics with professionalism and discretion.
• Highly organised, proactive, and solutions-oriented, with strong ownership, attention to detail, and the ability to balance operational delivery with project and change work.

Software/Hardware 

• Mac/Dell laptop 
• Windows/macOS system 
• 2 monitors (24",27",32") 
• Adjustable desks 
• Slack+Teams 
• Atlassian tools 
• JIRA, Confluence  

Your benefits 

We’re a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• Premium medical and dental care  
• Life insurance  
• Flex Benefits - Worksmile Cafeteria System (Multisport, vouchers, tickets etc.)  
• Employee Referral Program  
• Hackathons, Knowledge Sharing Hours, In-house projects  
• Tech and sport communities  
• Events and integration parties  
• Charity initiatives, 2 extra volunteer days  
• English/German classes  
• Game room and chillout zone 

Our commitment 

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.