Operations

Location: London, United Kingdom

Salary: £65,000–£85,000 per year plus equity and benefits

Company

hirify.global develops an AI data curation suite that optimizes large-scale training data to improve model performance while reducing training and deployment costs.

What you will do

• Set up and operate the London office, including space, leases, vendors, equipment, insurance, health and safety, and security.
• Partner with the US recruiting team on UK hiring, contracts, background checks, and onboarding.
• Run UK payroll with the US Finance team, including HMRC filings, EMI options, pension auto-enrollment, and statutory leave.
• Select and manage UK benefits and adapt the company’s US benefits package for the local market.
• Coordinate UK team events, offsites, conferences, and recruiting events.
• Work with immigration counsel and the US People team to maintain the UK Sponsor License and meet immigration compliance obligations.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in operations, People operations, or office management.
• Experience setting up a UK office or entity for a company headquartered elsewhere, ideally in the United States.
• Hands-on experience with UK payroll, pension auto-enrollment, and statutory leave.
• Clear written communication and responsiveness across time zones.
• Collaborative approach and ability to own high-impact projects end to end.
• Must be a British Citizen or hold Pre-Settled or Settled Status in the UK to serve as the local visa officer.

Nice to have

• Experience transitioning a company from an employer of record to its own UK entity.
• Experience as Key Personnel on a Sponsor License and participation in a UKVI compliance visit.
• Experience at a venture-backed technology company, especially one with fewer than 200 employees.
• Experience managing conference logistics for a technical audience.

Culture & Benefits

• Founding role establishing hirify.global’s UK operations from the ground up.
• Close collaboration with the London research and engineering hire and People and Finance teams in San Mateo.
• Competitive salary, equity, and benefits.