People Operations Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jun 16, 2026. fonio scores B on the Alion truth index.
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 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
15 min intro call
30 min skill interview
20 min culture fit with the founders