(Senior) Business Operations Manager - Payroll (d/f/m)

Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our team of 1,500 Personios is building user-friendly products that delight our 15,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one? Permanent employee, Full-time · Munich, Berlin or Dublin with the availability to be 3 days per week at the office. The Role: How you'll make an impact at Personio Personio is Europe's leading HR software provider, empowering small and mid-sized organisations to grow and succeed. We believe people are the single most important success factor for any organisation. Payroll is Personio’s #1 strategic priority and growth driver. This role will be instrumental in delivering our ambitious growth objectives for this product in Germany and other key European markets. As a (Senior) Business Operations Manager (f/m/x) you will join our Payroll Business Operations team, reporting to the Payroll’s Business Operations Lead, who reports into the Revenue Operations Team at Personio. This role will play a key role in laying and improving the foundations for the Payroll across Personio’ s cross-functional Teams, encompassing Product, Operations, Sales, Legal and Marketing. Additionally, you will support Payroll's Business Operations Lead in establishing an operational rhythm to drive collaboration and accountability in our fast-paced execution environment. Here is a taste of what you will be doing Define, Run and improve business performance processes - Manage the reporting and tracking of Payroll and its key initiatives processes and performance by developing a comprehensive dashboard with key OKRs and operating metrics, primarily focused on customer funnels. Develop mechanisms to facilitate decision-making, promote accountability, and monitor progress across critical business initiatives. Deliver operational projects - Steer cross-functional teams to deliver strategic, organizational, and operational projects designed to increase revenue, productivity, and operational efficiency. Data analytics and business intelligence - Perform analyses, derive insights, and define resulting actions for topic areas such as budget planning, partnership strategies, or lead generation activities. Stakeholder Management - Work with and positively influence cross-functional teams, including Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations. Executive communication - Develop dashboards, presentations, and documentation to communicate results in a succinct, easy-to-understand manner to all levels of the organization. Co-pilot the business - Always think two steps ahead to identify gaps and deliver operational improvements that will enable us to continue scaling exponentially. Sought character traits and expectations You are well-versed in ambiguous and constantly changing business environments. Front-line experience in go-to-market roles is a strong plus, ideally sales, partnerships or channel management Execution focus - Instead of just advising, you like to own and drive things yourself. You don’t rest until the rubber hits the road Project Management - You know how to plan, manage and steer projects to ensure high quality deliverables and impact Business analytics and visualization - You love data and enjoy building analyses and dashboards, using GSheets/Excel and Powerpoint. Advanced skills like SQL, Tableau, Python are a plus. Demonstrated experience working, collaborating and communicating exceptionally well with multiple stakeholders and cross functional teams B2B SaaS sales processes and tools: Knowledge of key SaaS metrics and experience with CRM software, i.e. Salesforce Growth mindset: You are on a mission to learn and grow, and enjoy challenging yourself English business fluency is required, German is a plus Why Personio Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race. At Personio, we value in-person collaboration while also offering flexibility. This role is office-based, with 3 days per week required in your contracted office location. The remaining days can be worked from home or in the office if you prefer. In addition, you’ll have 20 Flex Days per year to work remotely from other locations. Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work: Receive a competitive reward package – reevaluated each year – that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Impact Day Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch