# Regional People Lead, EMEA

**Company:** [Duolingo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/duolingo)
**Location:** London, United Kingdom
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** £124k – £187k/yr
**Skills:** People Operations, Hr Business Partnering, Employment Law, Employee Relations, Peo Management, Eor Management, Payroll, Workday, HRIS, People Analytics, Talent Planning, Vendor Management, Uk Right To Work, Organizational Design, Workflow Automation
**Posted:** 2026-08-18

> Leads People strategy, employee relations, compliance, and operational execution across Duolingo’s multi-country EMEA organization. The role requires regional HR experience, PEO/EOR management, European employment-law knowledge, and the ability to advise leaders while scaling hands-on People operations.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Strategic Partnership
- Serve as the senior People Partner to EMEA leaders, advising on organizational design, performance, team health, and growth.
- Lead engagement, inclusion, and talent-planning initiatives across the region.
- Guide leaders and teams through organizational change, translating global programs into regionally appropriate plans.
- Own complex employee-relations and higher-risk people matters, including investigations, grievances, performance and disciplinary processes, and settlement agreements.
- Use people data and engagement insights to identify organizational-health trends and recommend action.

### Regional Operations & Compliance
- Own regional People operations across direct entities and PEO-supported markets.
- Lead and develop a People Operations Manager responsible for day-to-day execution.
- Manage the regional PEO/EOR relationship, including payroll submissions, employment changes, terminations, new-country implementation, and vendor management.
- Serve as the regional authority on employment compliance, including UK Right to Work, UK and German employment requirements, and country-specific PEO frameworks.
- Validate HRIS data against source documents and ensure global processes operate correctly in local practice.
- Liaise with Finance on budgets, vendor contracts, expense management, reporting, and internal controls.
- Improve repetitive regional processes through workflow and automation while maintaining compliance.

### Recruiting & Workplace Experience
- Partner with Talent Acquisition on regional hiring strategy, offer decisions, and locally relevant onboarding.
- Partner with London workplace operations on facilities, safety, and vendor management.
- Lead regional events and programming.
- Support a consistent employee experience across hybrid and remote environments throughout the employee lifecycle.

### Global Representation
- Represent EMEA in global People forums and planning cycles.
- Ensure regional perspectives shape global policies and processes.

## Requirements
- Experience in HR, People Business Partnering, or regional People operations supporting multi-country EMEA teams.
- Hands-on experience managing employees through a PEO or EOR provider across multiple EMEA markets.
- Strong knowledge of European employment practices, labor law, and compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK and Germany.
- Ability to balance strategic advising with hands-on operational execution.
- Experience scaling People operations and processes in a fast-growing, distributed environment.
- Sound judgment handling complex employee-relations and higher-risk people matters, grounded in employment law.
- Experience partnering with Finance on budgets, vendor management, and reporting.
- Strong cross-cultural communication and judgment about when to escalate, decide, or involve the global team.
- Fluency with core People and HRIS systems, with strong data-accuracy and documentation practices.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: **£124,395–£186,592 GBP**.
- Base salary is supplemented by equity compensation.
- Benefits support employees’ holistic well-being.

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