Laminar Projects - Driven People Operations Specialist
Requirements
• Strong hands-on People Operations experience across employee lifecycle administration, payroll, benefits, compliance, and HR operations • Practical experience managing or coordinating multi-country payroll processes and external providers (EORs, payroll vendors, accountants, insurers, immigration partners, etc.) • Strong understanding of UK employment operations, policies, compliance, and HR administration • Experience handling employee relations processes with sound judgement, professionalism, and empathy • Confidence reviewing operational data, payroll outputs, reports, and identifying inconsistencies or improvement opportunities • Experience working in scaling or fast-moving organisations where processes are still evolving • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate clearly across teams and levels • Nice to Have (If you don’t have it now you will after joining): • Experience supporting international expansion or entity setup projects • Exposure to global mobility, visas, sponsorships, relocations, or EOR models • Experience improving HR systems, workflows, reporting, or automation processes • Experience working in consulting, construction, engineering, or project-based environments • Strong analytical mindset with comfort using tools such as Excel, HRIS systems, reporting dashboards, or workflow platforms • Experience partnering closely with Finance and Talent Acquisition teams • Laminar isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true: • You want an easy, chilled-out role without much challenge • You like to be the smartest person in the room • You don’t like continuously receiving honest candid feedback • You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team • At Laminar we value diverse experiences and perspectives, empowering each member to contribute their unique expertise towards our collective success, so if you don’t think you meet all the criteria but still are excited about this role we encourage you to apply anyways! • _____________________________________________________________________
Responsibilities
• Own day-to-day People Operations delivery Lead the operational running of the People Ops function including prioritisation, triage, service standards, quality control, and ensuring a high-quality employee experience across the full employee lifecycle. • Manage global payroll and operational administration Coordinate and oversee payroll processes across multiple countries and providers (internal payroll, EORs/PEOs, accountants, and external vendors). Review payroll outputs and payslips carefully, identify discrepancies, ask the right questions, and ensure accuracy and compliance. • Lead employee lifecycle operations Own onboarding, contract administration, benefits coordination, mobility support, offboarding, exit interviews, and operational employee experience processes across a globally distributed workforce. • Act as a key operational stakeholder across the business Serve as a primary point of contact for external providers and internal teams including Finance, Talent Acquisition, EORs, immigration partners, insurers, and payroll/accounting providers. Support initiatives such as international expansion, new entity setup, and compensation alignment. • Support employee relations and operational improvement Act as first-line owner for employee relations matters including intake, triage, documentation, and case coordination. Alongside this, continuously improve People Ops systems, workflows, templates, reporting, and operational processes to help the business scale effectively. • Your Capabilities • You are someone who enjoys bringing order to complexity. You’re highly organised, operationally strong, detail-oriented, and calm under pressure. You care about people, but you also care deeply about getting things right. • You are comfortable switching between strategic conversations and operational execution. One moment you may be reviewing compensation benchmarking or supporting a manager through an employee relations issue, and the next you may be checking payroll discrepancies or improving onboarding workflows. • You take ownership naturally, communicate clearly, and don’t wait to be told what needs fixing.
Benefits
• Competitive salary dependent on location and capability • Paid Annual + statutory Bank Holidays • Health Insurance Scheme. Comprehensive private health coverage - for you and your family. Because your well-being is our priority • Bonus Scheme. As a permanent member of the team, you’ll share in our success. Our annual bonus is designed to reward both the now and the future – with a flexible mix of cash and high-growth equity that you choose. Bonuses are discretionary and based on performance • Professional body membership. One fee covered per year - so you can stay connected to your field and develop your craft • The Life-Changing Stuff • In-house coaching: Regular 1:1 coaching sessions, fully confidential, to help you navigate challenges, build self-awareness, and grow intentionally – professionally and as a human being • Flexibility: Getting things done is what really matters, not what time of day you do it. That means you don’t have to ask permission for things like picking up your kids or going to the doctor, just keep your team in the loop if you think they will be affected. • Grow your whole self: Our leaders are more like coaches and one of our main objectives is to give 5 years’ worth of learning and development for every 1 year with us. You have a coach, mentor, well-being therapist and a development-orientated environment: That’s literally what our vision is all about and the primary reason Laminar exists. • Be surrounded by the best: We only hire and retain the very best people. You might be used to being the smartest in the room but that won’t be the case in Laminar. You will be surrounded by people you can learn from. We are 100% meritocratic so fast progression is the norm. You will be supported to excel in whichever areas you are most interested in! With Laminar, development is unbounded • Long-term impact: We are focused on solving the biggest issues in construction project delivery in a way that can spread and outlast us • _____________________________________________________________________ • We get thousands of applications so please write us a letter as part of your application explaining: • If you joined, where do you think you could make the most impact and how? • We aren't a giant faceless corporation; we really care about the people who want to join our team so all applications will be read thoroughly by our key leaders. • In terms of application, we usually start with an intro call to tell you what we are all about in a casual conversation. That helps you to know us a bit better and tell us a bit about yourself. • We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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