ABOUT US
Founded in 2019 and part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 cohort, Photoroom is the leading AI photo and video solution for e-commerce, helping businesses sell at first sight.
Backed by Series B funding, we’ve reached 300M+ downloads and now process around 7 billion images a year for businesses of every size, from solo sellers to global brands and marketplaces like Amazon, Decathlon, and Depop. We serve them through our mobile app, web platform, and API, with tailored solutions for enterprise catalogs.
We’re an international team of 130+, with offices in Paris and New York. We take ownership of what we build, move quickly to learn what works, and speak candidly, united by our ambition to create exceptional impact for e-commerce businesses worldwide.
THE ROLE
We are looking for a Senior People Operations Manager to own and improve the systems, processes and operational foundations behind our People function, across all of our markets.
You will own the core People Operations scope: payroll, HRIS, contracts, compliance, benefits, employee lifecycle operations, immigration, people data and our HR tooling. But this is not simply a role about running existing processes - your job is to make them better. You will build the people workflows, automation, documentation and self-service mechanisms that allow Photoroom to keep moving quickly as we grow, without creating unnecessary complexity.
This scope has so far sat within a small generalist People team. You will be the first person to own it as a dedicated senior scope, giving you the opportunity to shape this operating model.
We are also an AI-native company, and we want our People function to operate the same way. We expect you to actively use automation and AI to improve speed, reliability and employee experience, while maintaining a high bar for privacy, compliance and trust.
You will report to our VP People. This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct reports today.
WHY THIS ROLE EXISTS
We have built a lot quickly. Today, our People Operations environment includes:
- French and USA payroll and entity obligations
- European employees through an EOR setup
- Growing Paris and New York offices
- Multiple benefits providers and external partners
- An HR technology stack that has grown alongside the company
The foundations work. Now they need a clear owner and regular improvements.
We want to move from processes that depend on individual knowledge and manual intervention to an operating model that is documented, automated, measurable and more self-service for our employees.
Your goal is to strengthen our foundations with proven best practices and build a model that scales comfortably with the company.
WHAT YOU WILL OWN
PAYROLL
- Own and Run monthly payroll for France and our European population, and twice-monthly US payroll, working closely with our external providers
- Manage relationships with payroll, EOR and employment providers
COMPLIANCE
- Maintain our French statutory obligations and HR compliance calendar, including employee records, social declarations, DUERP and employee data requirements
- Own the operational administration of our CSE, including convocations, agendas, meeting preparation, PV review, annual budget administration and mandatory timelines
- Monitor relevant employment law developments and translate changes into concrete actions
- Coordinate compliance across our European and US setups, with deep expertise expected in France primarly
CONTRACTS AND PEOPLE DOCUMENTATION
- Employment contracts, amendments, offer letters, attestations and standard HR letters, maintaining and improving templates as our organisation and legal environment evolve
- Setting clear service levels for recurring People Ops requests
- Building practical People playbooks and documentation that employees and managers can actually find, understand and use
EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE
- Onboarding administration from signed offer through day one, coordinating payroll, benefits,…