People Operations Manager

3 Weeks ago • 5 Years + • Human Resource

Job Summary

Job Description

As People Operations Manager at Sorare, you'll streamline HR processes, ensure compliance, and foster a positive employee experience. You'll oversee daily HR operations for 120+ employees across France and the US, managing HR administration, payroll, tools, and back-office functions. Key responsibilities include optimizing onboarding/offboarding, leave management, employee data updates, collaborating with payroll providers and finance, maintaining HR systems (BambooHR, Lattice), serving as employee support, leading compliance efforts (DUERP, Gender Equality Index, etc.), partnering with finance and legal, preparing HR reports, and continuously improving processes. This role requires strong HR operations and payroll experience, in-depth understanding of French and ideally US HR laws, project management skills, excellent communication, and data analysis abilities.
Must have:
  • 5+ years in HR with strong operations and payroll background
  • In-depth understanding of French HR administration and laws
  • Proven project management skills and ability to create efficient processes
  • Excellent communication and data analysis skills
  • Proficiency in English and French
Good to have:
  • Experience in a tech company
  • Understanding of US HR regulations
  • Experience with BambooHR, Lattice, Sequoia
Perks:
  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Wellness benefit (gym membership, sports classes)
  • Commuter benefits (Navigo pass reimbursement)
  • Latest tech equipment
  • Lunch vouchers
  • 5 weeks paid holidays + national holidays and RTT

Job Details

At Sorare, we want to hire passionate and innovative people! Are you looking for an empowering environment to grow professionally and personally? Join us in this tremendous adventure!


Our Mission

Sorare is a fantasy sports gaming experience and marketplace featuring officially licensed digital player cards. With Sorare you build legacy teams –  buying, selling, collecting and trading player cards -- and compete with them in free-to-play fantasy games to win rewards week over week and season over season, just like a professional sports owner.

Sorare is revolutionizing digital sports fandom, and now has over 5 million users across 180 countries. More than 300 iconic teams, clubs, and organizations including the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, MLS, NBA, NBPA, MLB, MLBPA, and many others have partnered with Sorare to build the next sports entertainment giant.


Our Journey

Sorare was founded by Nicolas Julia and Adrien Montfort in 2018 in Paris to bring sports fans across the globe closer to the players, teams, and leagues they love.

With 130-plus employees across France and US, Sorare is one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups and recently raised a $680 million Series B funding round from world-class investors including SoftBank, Accel, and Benchmark. Sorare also has athletes Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Rio Ferdinand, Antoine Griezmann, Gerard Piqué, Blake Griffin, and Rudy Gobert among its investors, ambassadors, and advisors.

Our Values

  • Own your game: Think and act like an owner, and expect your teammates to do the same. You are an “entrepreneur” empowered to make decisions and own the outcomes.

  • Build with the fans, and for the fans: Have an obsession for high-quality user experiences. Engage our community with transparency to build trust and learn from the fans to deliver effective changes.

  • Run fast: Take bold risks and outpace the competition in an ever changing environment. Have a bias for action (connected to team goals) and strive to ship and iterate.

  • Have fun and bring joy: Sports have the power to unite people around the world, and as fans ourselves, we believe it is a privilege to work in this industry.

  • Win as a team: We are all in this together as one team, win or lose. Inspire your teammates to always be better.

Please note that Sorare is a hybrid work company; employees are required to be in office 3 days a week. 


We are looking for a dynamic and proactive People Operations Manager to streamline and enhance our HR processes while ensuring compliance with regulations and fostering a positive employee experience. In this role, you will oversee the daily HR operations for our 120 employees across France and the U.S., managing HR administration, payroll, HR tools, and back-office functions. You will work closely with our People & Talent Partner to drive efficiency and support our growing team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in shaping the HR function within a fast-paced, international, and evolving environment. 



Key Responsibilities

HR Ops and Administration

  • Oversee and optimize HR administrative processes including onboarding/offboarding, leave management, employee data updates, ensuring data accuracy, compliance, and timeliness.

  • Ensure smooth and seamless collaboration with external payroll providers and our finance team in both France and the US.

  • Maintain and update HR systems (e.g., BambooHR, Lattice), ensuring data integrity, compliance, and system optimization. 

Employee Support, Compliance, and Cross Functional Collaboration. 

  • Serve as the trusted and reliable point of contact for employees on different matters, including  payroll, leaves of absence, HR policies, tools management, providing clear guidance and support. 

  • Lead compliance efforts by continuously monitoring legal and regulatory requirements, and keeping  processes, documentation and templates up to date in every aspect.

  • Ensure full legal compliance regarding France & US, managing obligations such as DUERP, Gender Equality Index, employee records, BDESE, Occupational medicine, etc)

  • Partner with finance and legal teams to ensure smooth alignment of HR operations with overall business objectives. 

Data and Reporting. 

  • Prepare reports and analyze key HR metrics to track important data such as payroll analysis, workforce distribution, attrition, etc.) to support data-driven decision-making. 

  • Strive for excellence by continuously improving processes for both the People team and employees.

What We’re Looking For

  • Experience: 5+ years in HR, with a strong foundation in HR operations and payroll. Experience in a tech company is a plus.

  • HR Knowledge: In-depth understanding of French HR administration, payroll processes, employment laws, and compliance. US regulations would be a +. 

  • Project Management: Proven ability to lead or contribute to HR-related projects, balancing attention to detail with strategic thinking. Ability to create efficient, user-friendly processes.

  • Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey ideas clearly and effectively.

  • Data Driven: Strong analytical skills to track HR metrics and support strategic decision-making. Including experience with Excel or Google Sheets. 

  • Detail Oriented: Ability to manage complex operations with precision and efficiency.

  • Tools : Proficient with HR management tools (ideally with BambooHR, Lattice, Sequoia) 

  • Full proficiency in English and French is required.

Our Hiring Process

  • Step 1: Hiring Manager Screen

  • Step 2: Case Study + Panel interviews

  • Step 3 : CEO Interview

  • Step 4: Reference Check & Offer


Perks

  • Health Care: Great medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage fully covered by Sorare

  • Wellness Benefit: Sorare contributes to employees wellness (gym membership and sports classes in our office)

  • Commuter Benefits: Sorare contributes to the cost of your commute with 100% of Navigo pass reimbursed

  • Latest Tech: Sorare provides equipment such as laptop, monitor, etc.

  • Lunch: Sorare will contribute to their employees lunch vouchers

  • Time Off: we offer 5 weeks of paid holidays per year in addition to the national holidays and attached RTT.

Sorare is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

As we are an international company, please note we speak English in the workplace. Please apply for the role with an English CV so we can process your application.

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Come join the team responsible for creating the future of fantasy football, baseball, and basketball.


If you're looking to run fast, have an immediate impact from day 1, and work with smart/creative people -- Sorare is for you!


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