People Operations Specialist
At Verda, we’re building a fully featured European cloud computing platform - and as we grow, we’re equally focused on building a People function that scales with the same level of quality and ambition.
We’re ambitious, curious, and pragmatic builders. We operate with low hierarchy, high ownership, and a strong bias for action. We’ve already achieved a lot, but we’re just getting started.
Now it’s your chance to join the ride. Join Verda while it’s still being built—not once it’s finished!
Your responsibilities
In this role, you will support our Finland-based workforce (100+ employees and growing) by ensuring smooth and efficient People Operations across the full employee lifecycle. You will manage employment documentation, coordinate onboarding and offboarding, maintain accurate HR data, and support payroll and benefits administration in collaboration with external and internal partners.
You will act as a first point of contact for employees and managers on HR-related topics, providing guidance on processes and policies while ensuring a high-quality, service-oriented employee experience.
You will also play a key role in ensuring compliance with Finnish employment law, supporting leave and absence processes, and maintaining high standards of data privacy and confidentiality.
As we continue to scale, you will contribute to building and improving People processes, documentation, and systems—identifying opportunities to increase efficiency, scalability, and automation.
Your key competencies
3–5 years of experience in HR / People Operations / HR Administration
Solid understanding of Finnish employment practices and HR administration
Experience supporting payroll and benefits processes
Experience working with HR systems / HRIS tools (e.g., HiBob)
Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
Service-oriented mindset with strong organizational skills
Excellent communication skills in both English and Finnish
Nice to have
Experience in a technology or scale-up environment
Experience using AI or automation to improve operational efficiency
Practicalities
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Hybrid mode: 3 days a week in the Helsinki office
Employment type: Full-time and permanent
Reporting line: Head of People Operations
Why Verda
Cash + equity compensation along with various fringe benefits (e.g., healthcare, lunch, wellbeing, etc.)
Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth
31 nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team
An opportunity to have a direct impact on employee experience in a fast-growing, international company
What's next
We’re building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There’s no artificial deadline, but when we find who we’re looking for, we move.
If this sounds like your next move, apply now.
Please submit your application through our Careers page. We don’t accept applications sent by email.
- Department
- Human Resources
- Role
- HR Operations Specialist
- Locations
- Helsinki
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About Verda
Verda (formerly DataCrunch) is a technology company building the next generation of cloud infrastructure for AI – compute that's instant, on-demand and at scale. Headquartered in Helsinki, the company operates globally across Europe, the US and Asia. Verda employs over 100 people from nearly 30 nationalities and has raised over $200M in total funding from investors including Lifeline Ventures, byFounders, J12 Ventures, Skaala, Varma and Tesi, alongside leading financial institutions.