Global Human Resources Manager

Global HR Manager

Role Overview

The Global HR Manager will own the full employee lifecycle across internal and external populations, including country-level documentation governance, right-to-work compliance, HRIS oversight and global benefits administration.

Reporting to Head of Global Payroll, this is a hands-on operational role focused on stabilisation, remediation and scalable infrastructure build.

Key Responsibilities

3.1 Employee Lifecycle Ownership

  • Oversee onboarding, probation, performance and terminations
  • Standardise joiner/mover/leaver processes globally
  • Ensure clean and timely data transfer to Payroll/set up of automations
  • Provides HR business partnership service to internal and external stakeholders e.g. job architecture/Job-leveling/ER / L&D / Recruitment/Engagement etc

3.2 Country-Level Documentation Governance

  • Maintain compliant employment contract templates by jurisdiction/ Ensures statutory addenda remain current
  • Owns and maintains country onboarding/offboarding/variation document checklists, handbooks and policies
  • Rebuild documentation repository where required and maintain
  • Ensure we are set up in new countries in a sustainable and compliant manner for EOR, AOR

3.3 Right-to-Work, Global mobility & Background Screening Compliance

  • Implement global right-to-work verification framework
  • Track visa expiries and renewals and provide Global mobility service
  • Oversee background check process for internal and external employees (where legally permissible)
  • Ensure screening vendors meet jurisdictional compliance requirements
  • Maintain audit-ready documentation for right-to-work and screening records

3.4 HRIS Ownership

  • Own HRIS configuration and optimisation
  • Ensure integration with payroll systems
  • Automate lifecycle workflows
  • Managing time and attendance compliance in all jurisdictions

3.5 Benefits Administration

  • Oversee global benefits enrolment, renewals and administration
  • Ensure statutory compliance
  • Partner with brokers and providers to ensure value for money for Rise as well market review and feedback internally
  • Creating key communications in relation to benefits programmes globally

3.6 Historical Remediation

  • Audit existing HR files and records
  • Identify compliance gaps and ensure remedial actions are taken
  • Partner with Payroll on historic corrections
  • Set up structures for future success and growth

Experience Required

  • 4+ years global HR generalist experience
  • Multi-country employment exposure - Specifically US, UK & Canada and more
  • Strong documentation and compliance focus
  • Global HRIS ownership, implementation and development
  • Global Benefits management

Nice to have

  • Experience in high-growth or EOR/PEO environment preferred
  • Multi-language preference - ideally Spanish

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Private medical insurance
  • Unlimited paid holidays

Work Location: Remote

Salary: GBP 43200 - 72000 per year Experience: 5 years required
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