People Operations Manager

About the Role

Nscale is expanding fast, and Nordics are a key part of that growth. This role owns People Operations for the Nordic hub and, while based there, is a genuinely global role: the immediate mandate is to build a solid operational foundation globally and adapt to local specifics where applicable.

Your immediate priority is to take a hands-on approach: partner with the local People Partner and the global Payroll Team to stabilize time and attendance. You will also evaluate the introduction of new systems to support the hub, while ensuring Nordic operations comply with local employment laws and align with Nscale’s global People processes.

This is a start-up environment inside a fast-growing tech company, and much of the infrastructure needs to be built. That calls for a genuine start-up mentality paired with maturity and experience (5-8 years): someone who is equally comfortable rolling up their sleeves on day-to-day admin that isn’t yet automated and stepping back to design and drive the projects that will let it be automated.

What You'll be Doing

• Time & Attendance: Partner with the local People Partner and the global Payroll team to diagnose and fix current issues in time and attendance, and put a stable, accurate process in place.
• Systems Implementation: Lead the introduction of new People systems and improvement of existing ones such as Workday for the Nordic hub, and globally.
• Managing employee lifecycle: Ensure the Nordic hub meets the employment law and local regulatory requirements, while aligning to Nscale’s global People processes.
• Statutory Reporting: Manage statutory HR reporting requirements under Norwegian law (NAV).
• Hands-On Foundation Building: Own day-to-day People Operations admin that isn’t yet automated while actively identifying what should be streamlined or automated next.