Remote HR Manager (Europe Remote)

Lead People Strategy from Anywhere in Europe

You’ve guided teams through transitions, scaled culture as organizations evolved, and led talent programs that didn’t just check boxes—they drove growth. Now, this remote HR Manager role is for someone who thrives in a distributed environment and knows how to leverage human resources as a strategic asset. If you see HR as a blend of psychology, systems thinking, and storytelling, you might be the right fit.

Key Responsibilities and Strategic Impact

Performance and People Development

You'll shape performance frameworks that support every stage of the employee journey, from recruitment through retention. Your efforts will impact real people across departments—whether you’re resolving interpersonal tensions via Zoom, reworking compensation benchmarks to match our growth, or enabling managers to lead with clarity and empathy.

Onboarding and Integration

• Build and refine onboarding workflows that help new hires feel confident, connected, and ready to contribute from their first day.
• Create engaging remote onboarding experiences that strengthen early connections.

Performance Management and Feedback

• Lead distributed performance review cycles that feel fair, timely, and impactful—not like bureaucratic rituals.
• Guide continuous feedback culture and champion actionable review processes.

Compensation, Benefits, and Compliance

• Partner with finance to optimize salary bands and benefits across multiple European regions, ensuring equity and market competitiveness.
• Maintain legal compliance across multiple countries while advocating for flexible policies that support modern workstyles.

Leadership and Culture Development

• Advise team leads on navigating team dynamics, career growth conversations, and feedback delivery.
• Champion honest dialogue, psychological safety, and a sense of collective achievement throughout the organization.

Technology and HRIS Ecosystem

• Own the HRIS ecosystem—tuning automation, analytics, and documentation to serve the people, not the other way around.
• Ensure seamless integration of remote collaboration tools.

Talent Acquisition and Hiring Strategy

• Coordinate hiring strategies with recruiting to strike a balance between speed and rigor, while reinforcing the culture with every hire.
• Develop scalable, inclusive sourcing and assessment strategies.

What Sets You Apart

Human-Centric Qualities

• You know how to make people feel seen—even through a screen.
• You bring empathy and operational clarity to every situation, translating HR ideas into action plans.

Tools and Remote Collaboration Skills

• You’re fluent with remote collaboration tools like BambooHR, Notion, and Zoom, creating experiences that scale.
• You turn employee feedback into strategic direction, not just reports.

Cross-Departmental Alignment

• You’ve supported cross-team alignment by facilitating transparent, actionable communication.
• You believe performance metrics and human motivation aren’t mutually exclusive—they’re intertwined.

Navigating Remote Challenges

• Guided leadership on complex issues like remote work burnout, hybrid engagement models, and succession planning.

Tools and Technology Stack

HRIS & People Operations

• BambooHR, Lattice, Deel

Documentation & Process

• Notion, Confluence

Communication Tools

• Slack, Zoom

Payroll & Compliance

• Remote, Payfit, Oyster

Performance Management

• CultureAmp, 15Five. You don’t need mastery of every tool listed but should quickly pick up new systems and know how to evaluate their impact.

Your Collaborators and Daily Interactions

You’ll work across product, design, marketing, and engineering to ensure people-related decisions align with business priorities. Direct collaborators include the CFO, CEO, and department heads—each eager to evolve their leadership practices. Together, you’ll build a culture matching our ambition.

Milestones: What Success Looks Like in 6 Months

Impactful Onboarding and Engagement

• Launched a revised onboarding process that boosts new hire satisfaction scores.
• Rolled out a lightweight yet powerful performance framework that enables upward feedback.
• Refreshed our compensation policy across Europe, using industry benchmarks and internal feedback.
• Helped at least two managers resolve team conflicts through coaching and structured intervention.
• Conducted an org-wide engagement survey and shared insights that led to three key initiatives.

Work Environment and Flexibility

We operate entirely remotely across European time zones. You’ll have autonomy over your schedule as long as you maintain overlap with key stakeholders and respond within 24 hours. Deep work is valued here—back-to-back calls are discouraged, and documentation is prioritized so everyone can move at their best rhythm.

Compensation and Benefits

This role offers an annual salary of $46,106, plus benefits designed for remote-first professionals in Europe. Enjoy a personal learning budget, co-working allowance, flexible PTO, and mental health support.

Ready to Shape the Future of Work?

HR should be more than reactive—it should be proactive, thoughtful, and deeply embedded in every layer of an organization. If you’re ready to influence how a globally distributed team works, learns, and grows, let’s hear your story. Let’s create systems that put people first and trust that results will naturally follow. Ready to lead the future of work from anywhere in Europe? Let’s talk.