People Partner

Ukio

People Partner managing HR operations and employee relations at a fast-growing startup in Spain. Balancing operational tasks with employee support across multiple European countries.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeBarcelona • 🇪🇸 SpainMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

- Payroll & contracts : Own the full cycle across our European entities. Coordinate with local advisors and ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. This is the foundation: it has to be airtight.
- HR processes & HRIS: Keep our people data clean and our processes consistent. You like things in order, automated where possible, and you'll improve what isn't working without needing to be asked.
- Manager partnering: Act as the go-to for a defined group of managers. Guide them through people's decisions before they make them, not after. Programmes, processes, difficult conversations, team dynamics. Guide them through the right approach on performance, compensation, contracts, conflict, without it feeling like a compliance check.
- International employee relations reference: Be the first line on employment questions across our Intl. markets. You won't need to know everything, but you'll know enough to give solid guidance and assess when it’s required to involve legal counsel.

Requirements

What you’ll need

- Comfortable working in a high‑volume, fast‑paced startup environment.
- Meaningful ER experience. You've handled terminations, grievances and conflict, in the EU.
- Experience acting as a business partner or direct support to operational managers
- Hands-on with payroll and contracts across multiple entities or countries.
- You can have a hard conversation without making it harder than it needs to be.
- You are persevering and resilient when you’re chasing your goals.
- Professional proficiency in English.
- Professional proficiency in Spanish.
- Other European languages -such as Italian, French, or Portuguese- will be considered a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

- Private Health Insurance
- Flexible retribution
- UKIO Anniversary gift
- Team buildings and office events
- Breakfast at the office, fruits, nutrition bars, free coffee/tea and popcorn
- International working environment

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Hard Skills & Tools

payrollcontractsHRISemployee relationsperformance managementconflict resolutiongrievance handlingtermination processesdata managementcompliance

Soft Skills

communicationresilienceperseveranceorganizational skillsproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsguidanceadaptabilitycollaborationleadership