HR Operations Manager

Location Details: Remote, Romania At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.​ This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home.

You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.   Join our team The Manager, HR Operations (EMEA Services) leads GoDaddy’s regional HR Operations team responsible for supporting managers and employees across the EMEA region. This role oversees daily delivery of HR support, HR lifecycle transactions, onboarding processes, case management, and regional compliance.

The manager ensures an efficient, high‑quality, and employee‑centric service experience while driving operational consistency, process improvement, and strong cross‑functional partnership. What you'll get to do... Oversee daily operations of HR Services for the EMEA region, ensuring timely, accurate, and employee focused support across multiple HR processes and transactions.

Lead, coach, and develop the EMEA HR Services team to ensure high performance, capability building, and a collaborative, inclusive team culture. Streamline and optimize EMEA HR processes while aligning with global standards and regional requirements. Ensure high‑quality resolution of HR inquiries and oversee ServiceNow usage and knowledge content.

Ensure compliance with local employment laws, internal policies, and GDPR; support audits and maintain data accuracy. Collaborate with HRBPs, Payroll, Legal, IT, TA, and global HR Ops to ensure seamless service delivery. Represent EMEA HR Ops in global initiatives and support operational planning and regional readiness.

Your experience should include... 5+ years of progressive experience in HR Operations or HR Shared Services, preferably supporting multi‑country regions within EMEA. 3+ years of people management experience, including coaching, performance management, and developing high‑performing teams. Demonstrated experience supporting end‑to‑end employee lifecycle processes (onboarding, job changes, separations, payroll-impacting transactions, etc.).

Strong working knowledge of EMEA employment practices, including country‑specific HR processes, legal requirements, and compliance considerations (e.g., data privacy/GDPR, statutory leave, notice periods). You might also have... Hands-on experience with HR case management platforms (ServiceNow preferred), including reviewing trends, managing queues, and maintaining knowledge content.

Experience with HRIS platforms (Workday strongly preferred), including navigation, troubleshooting, and partnering on system changes or testing. Proven success in process optimization, continuous improvement, and implementing scalable HR workflows across different countries or business units. Prior experience operating in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment with a strong commitment to employee experience and operational excellence.

We've got your back... We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave.

GoDaddy’s benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process. We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way.  About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all.

GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us.  At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period.

Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations.

It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy. Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to myrecruiter@godaddy.com.  GoDaddy doesn’t accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

GoDaddy helps the world easily start, confidently grow, and successfully run an online presence. GoDaddy was born to give people an easy, affordable way to get their ideas online. Today, we have millions of customers around the world, but our goal hasn't changed. We’re here to help people easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures - online and off!