Who we’re looking for
We have 200+ people across 30+ countries, three entities, 20+ EOR providers, and a GTM team on quarterly commission. Getting payroll right is genuinely hard, and right now it mostly works because someone is on top of it all the time. We want to hire that person properly.
This role is in the People & Ops team because it’s a key culture position at the heart of PostHog. You'll own the systems, the vendor relationships, and the compliance so that every person at PostHog gets paid correctly without having to think about it. We're growing to 300 by the end of this year and 500+ beyond that, so there's real work to do building this to scale.
You'll love this if you want to actually own something, like figuring out where things break before they do, and get a bit of satisfaction from a payroll run that just works.
What you’ll be doing
Own the full payroll process for every full-time hire globally, from their first paycheck to their last
Run our bi-weekly and monthly pay cycles and keep them clean. Edge cases will happen and you'll be the one who sorts them
Manage our EOR relationships across 20+ countries, including compliance, risk, and keeping on top of the constant changes that come with a global workforce
Own our benefits packages and make sure they're competitive and compliant in every country we operate in
Work with the GTM team to pay commissions accurately every quarter. If you've helped design commission structures before, we'd love your input on ours
Help team members understand what Tender Offers mean for their pay. These matter a lot to people and they deserve clear, accurate answers
Automate as much of this as possible. The goal is a payroll function that works at 500 people without five times the manual work
What you won’t be doing
❌ Traditional people ops or HR. That's not this role
❌ Waiting for someone to tell you something's wrong
Requirements
You've managed payroll at a remote company, ideally using Deel, Rippling, or Remote.com. We also use BambooHR for US payroll
You've worked with US payroll and payroll in at least one EU country like Germany, Spain, or the Netherlands
You're comfortable being the person everyone comes to with payroll questions
Nice to have
Set up payroll in a new country from scratch
Designed or administered commission plans for a GTM team
Helped employees through a Tender Offer or secondary sale