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Hullbot is a climate-tech company building autonomous underwater robots that inspect and clean ship hulls, reducing biofouling, fuel consumption, and emissions in the global maritime industry. Systems are actively deployed worldwide.
You will be Hullbot's first dedicated People Operations Manager, owning the operational and strategic backbone of the People function as the company scales. This is a hands-on generalist role combining systems-building with people partnership, working closely with leadership to ensure people infrastructure, hiring processes, and manager capability keep pace with growth.
Key responsibilities:
- Build and own People Operations infrastructure: HRIS, EOR systems, payroll integration, onboarding/offboarding workflows
- Shape and drive People function strategy in partnership with leadership
- Act as trusted partner to managers and employees on day-to-day people matters and business decisions
- Build manager toolkit: practical resources, training, and conversation guides for performance, feedback, and team development
- Handle employee relations matters with professionalism and sound judgment
- Design and run performance review cycles with clear expectations and accountability culture
- Design and run onboarding programs ensuring clarity on mission, role, and 90-day success metrics
- Ensure accurate people data providing complete visibility of employees and contractors globally
- Own global people compliance: working rights, visas, contracts, regulatory requirements as company enters new geographies
You'll enjoy variety, switching between operational tasks and people-facing work daily. You take ownership, follow through on problem-solving, and prefer practical, right-sized solutions. You care about the mission and want to build a genuinely great workplace.
Requirements:
- Solid generalist background in People Operations, onboarding, business partnering, and employee relations, ideally in early-stage startup, scale-up, or fast-growing company
- Working knowledge of employment law and compliance; experience across multiple jurisdictions is a plus
- Hands-on experience implementing HRIS platforms and familiarity with EOR systems
- Strong attention to detail and ability to build simple, consistent, scalable processes
- People-first approach factoring human elements into business decisions
- Good judgment handling sensitive situations with discretion and care
- Clear, proactive communicator adjusting well to different audiences
- Bonus: experience supporting company expansion into new geographies (visas, EOR, local compliance); background in technical, hardware, or deep-tech business; coaching or supporting managers through complex employee relations situations
