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People Operations Manager

Fonio
CompanyFonio
CategoryOperations & Admin
LocationVienna
RemoteOn-site (inferred)
EmploymentNot stated
LevelManager
SalaryEUR 65k–80k
Posted16 Jun 2026
Last verified9 Aug 2026
SourceEmployer ATS (ashby)
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Description
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 - 1+ year of People Ops, HR, or Operations experience, ideally startup or scale-up. - Knowledge about Austrian labor law, payroll, and collective agreements - Structured, hands-on working style. - AI and automation/workflow skills. - People-first, low ego. You thrive under intensity. - German native, strong English. 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 Vienna, working directly with the core-team HIRING PROCESS 1. 15 min intro call 2. 30 min skill interview 3. 20 min culture fit with the founders