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As a People Operations Business Partner, you will advocate for PriceLabs' culture and values, partnering with business leaders to build high-performing teams - ensuring all people decisions are grounded in data. You will be the connective tissue between People strategy and day-to-day execution, with a strong orientation toward leveraging AI and automation to make our people processes faster, smarter, and more scalable.

You will be essential in advancing a more diverse, accessible, equitable, and inclusive PriceLabs team through our onboarding, growth, engagement, retention, and inclusion practices across our remote, global team.

• Onboarding & Offboarding

  • Own end-to-end onboarding - culture walkthroughs, asset/access provisioning, BGV in partnership with vendors.

  • Automate onboarding workflows (offer letters, welcome packs, Day 1 checklists) via AI tools and HRIS integrations. [Non-negotiable]

  • Manage offboarding end-to-end - exit interviews, knowledge transfer, system access revocation.

• People Partnering

  • Partner with leaders on people-related conflicts, decisions, and concerns.

  • SPOC for team queries on policies, culture, and HR processes.

  • Run periodic check-ins to gauge productivity, flag risks, and support retention.

  • Strategize and execute online and offline engagement activities end-to-end.

• Policy, Compliance & Documentation

  • Own all People Ops communications - templates, policies, announcements, handbook entries.

  • Vet HR-related paperwork and contracts; issue letters and documents within TATs.

  • Partner with leaders to build policies aligned to PriceLabs' vision and values.

• AI-Powered HR Operations

  • Identify and eliminate manual HR processes using AI and automation tools (Claude, Zapier, or similar). [Non-negotiable]

  • Build and maintain automated dashboards for headcount, attrition, engagement, and compliance. [Non-negotiable]

  • Default to automation-first when designing or inheriting any HR process.

• Retention, Performance & Vendor Management

  • Strategize and execute attrition reduction and retention programs.

  • Support performance review cycles - data aggregation, manager briefing docs, completion nudges.

  • Negotiate and manage vendor partnerships - insurance, BGV, POSH, legal, compliance, swag.

  • Coordinate payroll changes with Finance within agreed TATs; manage offsites and workations end-to-end.

Experience

• 5-7 years in People Operations or HRBP roles.

• Experience in a remote, global team of 200+ people preferred.

• Degree in HR, Psychology, Business, or a related field.

• Knowledge of labour laws and employee relations across geographies. [Preferred]

AI & Automation - Non-Negotiable

• Active, practical usage of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, or similar) in day-to-day HR work.

• Ability to build or commission automation workflows using Zapier, Apps Script, or HRIS-native tools.

• Comfortable extracting and structuring HRIS/ATS data exports for reporting or AI-assisted processing.

• Experience using AI for document generation, policy drafting, and communications at scale.

• AI-powered dashboards or prompt engineering experience. [Preferred]

Data & Spreadsheets - Non-Negotiable

• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets - pivot tables, XLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, data validation.

• Able to independently build people dashboards from raw HRIS/payroll exports.

• Experience maintaining formula-driven HR master trackers (headcount, attrition, compensation, compliance).

• Apps Script or Excel macros for automating spreadsheet tasks. [Preferred]

Core Competencies

• Outstanding written and verbal communication; close attention to detail.

• Data-fluent - can analyze trends, interpret people metrics, and recommend action.

• Empathetic and discreet with sensitive people matters; strong stakeholder management.

• Self-starter who operates well with minimal guidance in a fast-moving environment.

Tools

• Advanced proficiency in Slack, Google Workspace, and/or Microsoft 365.

• Hands-on experience with an HRIS (Zoho People, Freshteam, or similar).

• Familiarity with global payroll/compliance tools (Deel, Remote, Justworks, or similar).

• 600K+ listings
• 160+ integrations
• 300+ globally remote team
• 70K+ customers worldwide
• 40% diversity

• SaasBoomi 2021
• The Shortyz 2020
• The Shortyz 2023
• STRive Awards 2025
• STRive Awards 2026

• Work with an industry-leading product that has thousands of customers worldwide, and our customers love the product! (NPS in the 70s, Customer reviews here)
• Work with a global team (19 countries and counting) of passionate individuals who accept open communication, empowerment, and a shared focus on customer success.
• We are a remote-first organisation and accept work from home as the norm.