People Operations & Office Manager in London

About Northslope: The generational companies of the next century will run on mission-specific AI software that compounds their competitive advantage, not commoditized SaaS. We purpose-build production AI applications that enable our customers to operate at the speed, scale, and margins of an enterprise software company, in any industry.

The Role: As Northslope's first People Operations and Office Manager for our London office, you'll have a dual mandate for our 36-person (and rapidly growing) UK team: manage many aspects of the employee experience in the UK, while simultaneously ensuring our London office operates smoothly as the hub for our growing European presence. This role is intentionally both strategic and tactical. You’ll be someone who enjoys deeply understanding a problem and delivering the solution, both individually and as a team, all while maintaining the ability to step back and set your own priorities.

On the people side, you'll handle everything from benefits administration and payroll to compliance coordination and new hire onboarding. You'll be the go-to person for employees navigating questions about their equity, benefits, or workplace policies. You'll work with UK benefits brokers, payroll providers (likely handling both UK payroll and EOR arrangements), and legal counsel to ensure our team is well-supported.

On the office side, you'll ensure our London team has the technology, services, and physical environment they need to do their best work. You'll support operational aspects of background checks and compliance work (including sponsor licence administration), identify and implement benefits improvements with UK vendors, and handle the day-to-day operations that keep a 36-person office running smoothly. You’ll be the primary owner of making this an office people want to work in.

This role requires someone who thrives on variety, takes complete ownership of problems from start to finish, and operates with minimal oversight. You'll need to learn quickly (including navigating UK-specific employment law and benefits), make decisions autonomously, and constantly iterate to improve how we support our people and our office operations.

What We're Looking For:

• 3+ years of Operations experience, ideally at a high-growth startup or fast-paced company.
• Entrepreneurial ownership mindset.
• Employee-first orientation.
• Exceptional operational execution.
• Bias toward iteration.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fast, curious learner.
• Excited to work in-person from our London office in Fitzrovia.
• An ambitious self-starter.

What We Offer:

• Competitive base salary + equity in the form of stock options.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance (inclusive of dental, vision, mental health), pension matching, and commuting via Cycle2Work benefits.
• Flexible hybrid work environment.
• The opportunity to build solutions, systems, and software from the ground up as we scale.
• A small, tight-knit team where your contributions directly impact our ability to execute on our mission.
• Occasional travel (less than 10% of your time) for company offsites where you'll connect with teams across our New York and London hubs.

Our Principles:

• Only Valuable Problems.
• Outcomes, Not Activity.
• Forward Deployed Engineering.
• One size fits none.

Why Northslope: At Northslope, we're built different. We take pride in being more like a product startup than a traditional services firm. We value velocity, ingenuity, and grit, and we relentlessly focus on delivering tangible outcomes for our customers.

We also have fun. We get to work on big, hard problems, in a fast-paced environment, alongside sharp yet kind teammates who help us continuously grow and delight in one another's successes. We offer full benefits and all the perks you'd expect of a modern tech startup, and are a distributed global team with hubs in London, New York, and UAE.

Northslope is committed to building a strong, diverse team. We believe teams with a diversity of lived experience, background, and perspectives create better outcomes for our customers and are just more enjoyable to be part of. We are committed to creating and living a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our work.