People Operations Manager, UK

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-21 London, England, United Kingdom Hybrid Human Resources Recruitment

Company shared salary

NA

Market rate

4,583 GBP–6,667 GBP/mo (54,996 GBP–80,004 GBP/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive, interactive and personalised than ever before. Learn more at geniussports.com

About the Role

The role Is the in-country People team representative for Genius working with colleagues and managers across the entire employee lifecycle focused on operational excellence, compliance, engagement and wellbeing. You are one of several People Operations Managers who work together with the wider People team as we cultivate a 'one Genius' philosophy, layering over your subject matter expertise of the UK cultural and legislative landscape on all aspects of the People experience. Operational delivery excellence: As the custodian of the People team in the UK, the role is responsible for the end-to-end operational delivery of the employment experience; onboarding, payroll, benefits, management of the company's cyclical processes (eg, pay review, performance management) working with colleagues and managers on all aspects of delivering these. Payroll and Benefits: Day to day responsibility for the successful onboarding, payroll processing and benefits enrolment, working with our payroll and benefits providers and finance colleagues on the delivery of this cyclical process. People Processes and Controls: This role has two focuses in this regard; firstly, ensuring compliance with Internal policies, external regulations and controls are met. The second aspect Involves working with key stakeholders (eg, finance, systems teams) to develop new ways of working that may be more effective and appropriate to our size. People Policies: Contributing to the development of Genius's People policies and ensuring appropriate applications of these. Providing market Insight about what will help us maintain a competitive edge, to shape our policy design. Engagement, performance and culture: Working In partnership with the wider People team as appropriate, support our managers in developing their management capability and effectively leading their teams to drive sustainable high performance. Coach and advise managers and staff to improve performance and deal with any issues. Help articula

Responsibilities

  • Genius colleagues
  • Managers and leaders (based in both UK and In other regions where line management Is cross border)
  • People Operations colleagues
  • People Partnering team
  • Regional finance team
  • Employment counsel, Reward, Talent Acquisition, Training and Development
  • People Policy & Process and People Systems and Data leads

Requirements

  • Ownership of People Operations processes in a global organisation
  • Proven experience in a fast paced, maturing organisation
  • Working with managers to troubleshoot and develop pragmatic solutions to People related matters
  • End to end experience of the People operations lifecycle (eg, onboarding, managing payroll, benefits, job changes)
  • Experience working as part of a global HR team would be preferred
  • Knowledge of working with HRIS systems (Workday preferred)
  • Excellent relationship building - a team player with credibility and a sense of humour. Your ability to effectively work with and gain the trust of stakeholders
  • Awareness of country specific nuances, working with people teams on the ground and as necessary, legal counsel to understand legislative and cultural backdrops In order to develop pragmatic approaches and solutions
  • Experience working with diverse workforces within one organization and an appreciation of differing motivators that may exist within cohorts
  • Have a passion for operational excellence and engagement creating great employee and manager experiences through utilisation of technology
  • Are approachable and credible with colleagues at all levels
  • Have an eye for detail and organisation
  • Have strong communication skills: clear, accurate and engaging, both verbally and in writing. Versatile in your approach, able to deal with a range of smart stakeholders with their own needs
  • Exemplifie the values set out in our Genius Sports 'GamePlan': always be on the ball (think big, and get stuck in); play fair, play to win (do the right thing, and go fast/aim high); and believe in better together (express yourself, and win as a team)
  • Have a collaborative approach - thrives in working with wider People team members to deliver effective People Interventions