Lifecycle Operations Lead, Time & Attendance

United Kingdom Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. All of our positions are fully remote.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space by joining our Employee Lifecycle team.

As a Lifecycle Operations Lead:
Time & Attendance
, you will be responsible for supporting the Lifecycle Time & Attendance (T&A) team on day to day operational challenges including but not limited to workflow design, process improvement, tooling, automations, data management, knowledge management and creation and maintenance of Standard Operating procedures. You will be the point of contact for the team on process, data and tech operational needs.

You will be reporting to the Senior Manager Lifecycle:
Time & Attendance.

This role focuses on the interpretation, implementation, and governance of T&A policies across global jurisdictions, emphasizing legal compliance and risk mitigation and requires a highly analytical and detail-oriented individual focused on translating complex employment law into clear, compliant, and scalable Time & Attendance policies and procedures.

• Policy & Compliance Focus: Strong and demonstrable experience working in a large-volume / high-complexity policy, compliance, and employee relations support team across diverse global regions and countries.
• Legal Interpretation: Strong and demonstrable expertise in analyzing, interpreting, and applying employment legislation related to T&A, with an aptitude for legal review and policy risk mitigation.
• T&A Context: Experience solving Time & Attendance related challenges is highly desirable.
• Policy Development: Analytical mindset with an aptitude for and demonstrated ability to draft, implement, and communicate complex global HR policies
  , consistently ensuring legal compliance and operational clarity.
• Project Management: Proven ability to successfully manage and complete projects from inception to delivery (covering requirements-gathering, policy design, implementation, and refinement).
• Metrics & Data: Strong capability and focus on SLA adherence and data-driven decision-making using metrics to identify compliance risks.
• Scout to scale: Ability to go from “scout to scale”, operating autonomously and turning ambiguity into clear deliverables.
• Communication & Influence: Excellent communication,
  influencing, conflict management, and negotiation skills
  , with the ability to independently lead challenging conversations with stakeholders (Legal, Operations, Leadership).
• Work Style: An agile, resilient, and customer-centered approach to working in a dynamic, ever-changing environment, with high tolerance for ambiguity and strong self-motivation. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, international setting, working independently.
• Culture: Understanding of the importance and value of asynchronous work, with a demonstrated history of both experiencing and advocating for it.
• Language & Integrity: High level of proficiency in English, both written and spoken
  . Consistently exhibits high levels of discretion, integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Consistently exhibits high levels of discretion, integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality by adhering to Remote's core values:
  Care, Innovation, Intensity, Transparency and Excellence.
• Experience working in a startup or high-growth environment; enjoys and understands the need to work largely asynchronously and experience working remotely is considered a plus.

Policy Design, Compliance & Risk Management

• Governance, risk & controls: Establish and maintain operational governance for high-risk T&A domains (for example, working time rules, overtime, sick leave, and leave…