People Operations

People Operations Compliance Partner Join to apply for the People Operations Compliance Partner role at Perk . Built to tackle the time‐consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we're on a mission to power real work, with real impact. Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. As Perk continues to scale globally and strengthen its presence across Europe and the US, ensuring labour law, security compliance and consistent people‐related governance across entities has become a strategic priority. The People Operations Compliance Partner plays a critical role in translating employment law, regulatory requirements, and internal policies into practical, scalable ways of working that protect the business while enabling a strong employee experience. This role supports compliance across all countries where Perk operates, adopting a pragmatic, risk‐based, and business‐aligned approach that reflects how the company actually operates. Acting as a key bridge between People Operations, Legal, and Security, this role coordinates cross‐functional compliance, policy, and audit initiatives, ensuring clarity of ownership, visibility of risk, and follow‐through on actions. Rather than enforcing compliance in isolation, the role provides transparency and informed recommendations to leadership by mapping compliance requirements, assessing associated risks, and enabling risk‐aware decision‐making. Beyond identifying and planning compliance initiatives, the People Operations Compliance Partner is responsible for driving them to completion: coordinating internal stakeholders, external counsels, and providers to ensure outcomes are delivered, embedded into day‐to‐day operations, and sustained over time. The role represents the People team in labour law, compliance, audit, and policy‐related matters, ensuring legislative changes and regulatory obligations are proactively implemented across entities. Labour Law & Compliance Coordination – Act as the main liaison between Legal and People Operations on all employment law and compliance matters. Translate legal and regulatory updates across Europe and the US into practical, business‐oriented solutions that align with our company's ways of working, keeping operational guidance simple and easily actionable by non‐legal audiences. Maintain a global compliance dashboard that visually tracks compliance status across all active countries, highlighting actions and potential risks. Conduct independent risk assessments when new requests, regulations, or internal projects require compliance evaluation. Lead and execute compliance audits and compliance‐driven initiatives globally, including audits, remediation actions, and implementation of new compliance requirements, ensuring comprehensive reviews and actionable follow‐ups that reflect both legal compliance and company values. Support audits led by the Security team such as ISO and SOC2, providing all necessary data and evidence from the People team side for the success of these audits and certifications. Support M&A‐related employment due diligence and harmonisation work, including entity merges, and post‐transaction integration activities coordinating across Legal, Payroll, and People Partners. Partner with Legal, Total Rewards and Payroll to ensure compliance with upcoming frameworks such as the EU Pay Transparency Directive, AI Act, and time‐tracking regulations, and driving actions arising from legal updates. Partner with Legal and Security to review, draft, and roll out new or revised policies. Maintain a policy and process roadmap by assessing compliance risk and impact, and make recommendations to internal People Operations processes to ensure our standard operating procedures are risk informed, and in line with local legislation, internal policies and company practices. Coordinate the maintenance of compliant contract templates, offer letters, and employee handbooks in partnership with Legal and external counsels. Drive the implementation of compliance and security‐related initiatives that require cross‐functional coordination, operational execution, and ongoing monitoring. Serve as an escalation point for the People Operations team and other People team functions when there is uncertainty around policies, compliance, or employment law. Problem‐solve complex cases by consulting with Legal and external counsels, ensuring both compliance and employee fairness. Act as the primary point of contact for people‐related compliance and employment questions raised by Revenue teams coming from customer RFPs, due diligence questionnaires, or client audits. Coordinate with Legal and other subject matter experts to provide accurate, compliant, and timely responses, and proactively identify patterns in incoming requests to improve enablement including documentation, FAQs, or automation (e.g. chatbot content) that reduces repeat queries and accelerates response times. Develop and deliver enablement initiatives, such as training and internal guides, for People team functions on labour law and compliance essentials and relevant insights from recent case studies. Foster strong partnerships with stakeholders across Legal, Security, Procurement, Payroll, Total Rewards, and People Partners among others. 5+ years of experience in People Operations, Employment Law, HR Compliance, or a closely related function, ideally in a multi‐country or international environment. UK, Germany, Netherlands) and/or exposure to US employment compliance is a strong plus, but not mandatory. Hands‐on experience supporting or coordinating compliance initiatives such as audits, entity changes, policy rollouts, or regulatory implementations, from planning to following through and closing actions. Proven track record of turning legal or regulatory requirements into concrete actions, processes, or implementations: not just analysis or advice. Strong collaboration and influencing skills, with experience working closely with Legal, Security, Payroll, and People teams, and able to engage with people across all levels, and from diverse backgrounds. Confident in communicating complex compliance topics in a clear, pragmatic way to non‐legal audiences, with sound judgment when navigating ambiguity or competing priorities. Fluent in English. Spanish is a strong advantage. German) are a plus. At Perk, we take an IRL‐first approach to work, where our team works together in‐person 3 days a week. For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as