People Operations Specialist
Ultralytics
| Company | Ultralytics |
| Category | Operations & Admin |
| Location | London |
| Remote | Hybrid |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (ashby) |
Description
About Ultralytics:
At Ultralytics https://ultralytics.com/, we commit to relentless innovation in the AI space and seek team members https://www.ultralytics.com/about who resonate with our ambition to produce the world's best YOLO AI models https://ultralytics.com/yolo. If you're obsessed with AI, eager to make an impact on the world and thrive in dynamic, high-intensity environments, we invite you to apply for a position on our team.
💼 ABOUT THE ROLE
As People Operations Specialist, you'll be our first dedicated People Ops hire, owning the end-to-end employee lifecycle, global culture, and systems that keep our international team running.
This is a builder role, not a small-cog position in a large enterprise. You'll work directly with leadership, especially the VP of Operations, to design people processes from scratch and help scale Ultralytics from 60 to 150+ team members.
You'll build onboarding, off-boarding, HRIS workflows, employee experience, compliance coordination, and talent development systems that support our teams across London, Madrid, Shenzhen, and beyond.
This role is ideal for an astute, hands-on people specialist who brings high empathy, operational rigor, discretion, and a strong desire to shape the foundational culture of a global AI company.
🚀 WHAT YOU'LL DO
EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
- Own global onboarding so new hires have the tech, tools, and context to succeed from Day 1.
- Manage seamless, compliant off-boarding processes for departing team members.
- Partner with regional leads and external partners on contracts, compliance, and local HR practices.
- Serve as the go-to contact for daily people inquiries, benefits administration, and London office needs.
HRIS & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
- Act as super-user and admin for our HRIS, keeping employee data accurate and current.
- Build, document, and streamline HR workflows that scale with our global growth.
- Use compliant AI tools to automate repetitive HR processes and improve team efficiency.
- Maintain people data and partner with leadership on headcount, retention, and market insights.
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
- Support performance review frameworks, career pathways, and training initiatives.
- Source and organize L&D resources for technical, commercial, and operations teams.
- Help embed high-performance habits across Ultralytics' growing global organization.
- Improve people processes through clear documentation in the Ultralytics Handbook https://handbook.ultralytics.com/.
🧠 SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
CORE REQUIREMENTS
- 2–4 years in HR, People Ops, Talent Ops, or a similar people-focused operations role.
- Hands-on HRIS experience with platforms like HiBob, Rippling, Personio, or similar.
- Strong project management skills with consistent ownership and execution.
- High empathy, discretion, confidentiality, and maturity with sensitive employee matters.
- Comfort using AI tools daily to streamline compliant, repetitive people workflows.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience in a fast-moving tech startup, scale-up, or AI company.
- Exposure to multi-location teams or cross-border compliance across the UK, Spain, or China.
- Familiarity with employment contracts, benefits administration, and office operations.
- Interest in AI, computer vision, open-source ecosystems, or YOLO models https://docs.ultralytics.com/models/.
- Multilingual communication or experience supporting international teams.
🌟 CULTURAL FIT
At Ultralytics, we set bold goals and execute with speed, precision, and teamwork. We're driven by hard work, ambition, and resilience — building fast, learning constantly, and delivering measurable impact.
You'll thrive here if you:
- Take ownership and deliver results with focus and accountability.
- Combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
- Value excellence, grit, and creativity in equal measure.
- See collaboration as the foundation for meaningful progre