We build AI voice agents for small and medium-sized businesses so they never miss a call and can focus on the work they actually love. Our AI handles every call automatically. But voice is just the beginning. Our vision: to build the world's first fully automated CRM. 8,000+ customers. >€5M ARR. ~30% monthly growth. Target until EOY: €30M. We live ownership: you own your work end-to-end. No politics, few meetings, direct feedback. Your Role You own everything after a candidate signs, from contracts through offboarding, and automate as much of it as possible. We are looking for someone to build the structural backbone to enable rapid scaling.
* Contracts & onboarding: Manage employment contracts for all employees (direct and indirect employment), organize equipment, accounts, workspaces, and support relocation of international colleagues.
* HR tooling & automation: introduce and own an HRIS tool, automate workflows across systems.
* Payroll: Organize and own internal payroll processes, including variable compensation calculation of all sales teams.
* Compliance & people legal: Support international hiring (EU and non-EU), time-tracking, collective agreements, international taxation topics, etc.
* Compensation: Manage and monitor compensation bands across teams/countries.
* Events & culture:



Organize internal and external events (hackathons, off-sites, etc.)
* Offboarding: Manage offboarding of employees.
* Later, people development: Design feedback cycles, L&D;, career development (e.g. SDR academy). What to Expect
* Solo, end-to-end ownership of everything people operations.
* Hands-on operational work to build the foundation for automation/scaling.
* Direct impact: your work has immediate influence on the culture of fonio.
* Flat hierarchies: close collaboration across departments. What You Bring
* 3+ year of People Ops, HR, or Operations experience, ideally startup or scale-up.
* Knowledge about Spanish labor law, payroll, and collective agreements
* Structured, hands-on working style.
* AI and automation/workflow skills.
* People-first, low ego. You thrive under intensity.
* Strong English skills.

What We Offer
* €65,000 to €80,000 + Equity
* Relocation support
* Daily lunch and dinner
* Equipment of your choice
* Regular team off-sites
* On-site in Barcelona, working directly with the core-team Hiring Process 1. 20 min intro call 2. 30 min skill interview 3. 20 min culture call #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 People Operations Manager (Cataluña)
🏢 fonio
📍 Cataluña