Lead People Operations Generalist
Harness•London, England, UK
fulltime
Human Resources
6+ years
Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.
Powered by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the Harness Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform.
Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency.
With a global team across 14 offices and 25 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.
Position Summary We’re looking for a Lead People Operations Generalist to own and elevate the employee experience across EMEA for a fast-growing global tech company. This role is both strategic and hands-on—you’ll be the regional expert for People Operations, ensuring compliant, scalable, and human-centered HR practices while partnering closely with global teams.
You’ll lead core people operations across the employee lifecycle, act as the first point of escalation for complex cases, and help build the systems, processes, and standards that allow us to scale confidently across multiple countries. You’ll work cross-functionally with other G&A teams such as Payroll and Legal to provide operational, compliance and administrative support to the business.This position reports to the Senior Manager, People Operations.
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Global Programs & Scaling
Systems, Data & Process Excellence
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London, UK. Hybrid
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