Head of People

About Notabene Notabene is building infrastructure that's transforming how money moves in the digital economy. We're evolving beyond our compliance foundations to enable the next generation of digital financial services between regulated institutions with unprecedented efficiency. With nearly 50 employees across 14 countries and having recently closed our Series B round last November with support from leading investors including Y Combinator, DRW, F-Prime, Jump Capital, Castle Island, and Green Visor Capital, we're looking for people like you to help shape the future rails of the crypto industry. As our People Operations Manager, you will own the systems, processes, and programs that make Notabene a great place to work regardless of where in the world someone is based. You'll report directly to our Director of People Operations and work closely with her on initiatives across our 3 Pillars: Hiring & Onboarding, Performance Management & Career Growth, and Engagement & Culture. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role for folks who thrive on building clean systems, championing culture, and showing up as a trusted partner to employees and managers alike. While this is a fully remote role, we strongly prefer candidates based in the UK as that’s home to the largest portion of our employee population and a key timezone for business operations. Our People data is trustworthy and accessible . You've moved us meaningfully toward a consolidated, accurate source of truth for headcount, compensation, and employment data (and ideally have a point of view on what a global HRIS implementation should look like). Our payroll and benefits platforms are managed with precision. People policies are strongly adhered to and response time to employee queries is consistently within one business day. Engagement programs have a clear owner, stay and exit interview data is informing real decisions, and at least one initiative (perhaps a culture program, manager toolkit, or career framework) has gone from idea to execution. Own the engagement survey cycle and drive follow-through on action items. Find creative, scalable ways to foster connection across our global team rooted in our DNA. Support performance management and career growth. Partner with the Director of People Operations to run our 15Five-based review process; support initiatives like career frameworks, manager enablement (including building out a manager toolkit), and improving how we deliver and receive upward, downward, and peer feedback. Manage our people systems and payroll platforms . Serve as the primary admin for Justworks (US payroll and benefits), Remote (primary EOR), and Deel (legacy EOR), ensuring data accuracy, timely processing, and proactive coordination on country-specific employment requirements Respond to questions on benefits, payroll, policies, and employment with accuracy and care; build and maintain a living FAQ and policy library in Notion so answers scale beyond you Be the data steward for people operations . Maintain accurate Google Sheets-based people data in the near term while building toward a consolidated HRIS; ChartHop) and develop a recommendation for implementation. Use tools like Claude to draft policies, summarize data, and accelerate operational work without sacrificing accuracy or critical thinking. 3-6 years of People Operations experience at a startup or scale-up , where you've had broad, hands-on ownership of the People function. ~ Experience supporting a globally distributed team . Comfortable managing data in Google Sheets, identifying break downs in processes, and building cleaner systems without over-engineering them. ~ Admin-level experience with Remote, Justworks, or Deel. Familiarity with 15Five or a comparable performance management platform. Experience with Ashby or similar ATS. Big bonus if you've supported a recruiting function before! Flexible Remote Work: Work from anywhere! ~$1000 WFH Stipend: Use within your first year of employment. ~ Unlimited PTO: We trust you to take as much holiday as you need. ~ Notabene considers a broad array of candidates, including those without blockchain experience. By valuing inclusion and diversity of all forms, we strictly prohibit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation.