fonio.aiPeople Operations Manager (Spain)
Barcelona · Full-time
€65K–€80K
Why join fonio.ai?
The prize is customer service for every small business phone line in German-speaking Europe, especially the ones that now go to voicemail. fonio.ai, a Vienna AI firm whose phone assistant is built for German-language calls and GDPR-compliant, is aiming straight at it. A $17M seed, larger than three in four peers, drew Sequoia Scout and The Twenty Minute VC, and now 83 roles are open, 27 added in 30 days.
JustBacked's take, based on fonio.ai's own site and its funding and hiring data.
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
3+ year of People Ops, HR, or Operations experience, ideally startup or scale-up.
Knowledge about Spanish labor law, payroll, and collective agreements
Structured, hands-on working style.
AI and automation/workflow skills.
People-first, low ego. You thrive under intensity.
Strong English skills.
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 Barcelona, working directly with the core-team
Hiring Process
20 min intro call
30 min skill interview
20 min culture call