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Doonails

Direct-to-consumer at-home manicure solutions provider

HR Operations Manager

HR Operations & CoordinationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Several years of experience in HR Operations, ideally in a growing startup or scale-up.
  • Practical payroll knowledge and experience working with external payroll providers or tax advisors; experience with international entities is advantageous.
  • Strong practical knowledge of German employment law, including contracts, fixed-term agreements, amendments, terminations, and parental leave. A legal qualification is not required.
  • Awareness of data protection in day-to-day HR work.
  • Structured process thinking, careful documentation, and experience with standard operating procedures and process projects.
  • Confidence using HR information systems, ideally Personio, and spreadsheets, with the ability to draw conclusions from data.
  • Interest in using AI tools; prior experience with Claude or other AI tools in daily work is advantageous.
  • Trustworthiness and discretion when handling sensitive matters such as salaries and contracts.
  • Very good written and spoken German and English.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare payroll for multiple entities and coordinate with external payroll partners by providing data, reconciling information, and reviewing payroll runs.
  • Prepare contracts, contract amendments, and termination documents.
  • Own HR tools, including Personio and other tools in the HR technology stack; manage setup, data quality, and ongoing development.
  • Produce regular HR reports and identify patterns, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Own HR operations processes by defining and developing standard operating procedures and quality standards, and establishing consistent company-wide practices.
  • Identify manual workflows, simplify them, and automate them, actively using AI tools such as Claude.
  • Maintain salary bands and ensure consistency and fairness.
  • Manage payroll-related benefits, including Urban Sports and occupational pension schemes, while accounting for applicable tax and legal requirements.
  • Establish travel expense rules, reimbursement processes, and cost categories; consolidate travel costs across teams and identify cost drivers.
  • Handle travel bookings; event planning is owned by the Culture team.
  • Serve as the first point of contact for employment-law questions, prepare cases for external advisors, obtain assessments, and ensure their proper implementation.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with international entities.
  • Prior experience using Claude or other AI tools in daily work.

About the Company

Doonails

Direct-to-consumer at-home manicure solutions provider

Doonails sells at-home manicure solutions directly to consumers through its online store and drugstores, including a dipping powder system, Soft Gel Press Ons, Gel Strips, and nail care accessories. The dipping powder lets you create a long-lasting manicure by dipping the nail into a refined acrylic powder, while the Soft Gel and Gel Strips offer stick-on gel nail options for quick DIY results. It differentiates itself by offering a complete DIY manicure ecosystem and selling online with drugstore distribution, plus a European expansion from the DACH region to the Netherlands, France, and Italy with a remote team. Its goal is to make salon-grade nails accessible at home, grow its European footprint, and continually broaden its product line and accessories.

Company size
11-50
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Not listed
Founded
2019

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