People Partner

About Ukio |

We are one of the most promising startups of 2026 with headquarters in Spain. We were founded in Barcelona, and since then, we've expanded to include offices in Madrid, Lisbon, Berlin, and Paris. This is only the beginning as we've got our sights set on spreading to the rest of Europe and later to include other continents as well 🚀.

Ukio's mission is to empower individuals to live where they want, when they want 🌎. We do this by disrupting the traditional residential real estate market, providing fully furnished and artfully designed apartments for stays starting at one month. We remove all the hassle around finding a rental with no long-term contracts, security deposits, broker fees, moving/buying furniture, etc., giving choice and flexibility to allow people to plant their roots anywhere 💥.

Backed by Europe's best Venture Capital firms, this year will be vital in our growth as we look to further build out our team, further establish ourselves in our current markets, and expand our reach into multiple new markets 🔥. We are currently ranked in the top 10 startups in Spain by Linkedin, and we have successfully raised a Series A investment round of €27 million that will help propel our growth throughout Western Europe and bring us closer to reaching our goals🥇.

Our culture |

We honor diversity, compassion, and honesty above all else in our team. We’ve already got a great mix of dedicated, collaborative, and results-driven people and are looking for more like minded folks to join our team. In true startup fashion, we always embrace the unknown and grant full autonomy to our team members to act as the owners of their projects and tasks. We are creators who embrace dynamic environments and take on and build up projects from scratch.

Our team is composed of everyone from foodies to athletes, adventure seekers to art buffs. We know fun, and we always have a team event on our calendars, so are you ready to join us?

Role |

We're a startup operating across four European countries with around 220 people. We've grown fast, and our HR infrastructure must evolve. We're looking for a People Partner who can hold two things at once: a solid grasp of HR operations (payroll, contracts, processes running cleanly in the background) and the confidence to handle the harder, more human side of the role -employee relations cases, manager guidance, complex conversations. This isn't a back-office role. You must be a natural go-to-person for managers before they make decisions.

The real challenge in this role: You'll work with operational managers who are excellent at running their teams and less experienced navigating people complexity. Your job is to be the person they call before things escalate, not the person who's brought in to clean up afterwards. That requires trust, and trust requires showing up consistently, speaking plainly, and knowing your stuff.

Responsibilities |

• Payroll & contracts : Own the full cycle across our European entities. Coordinate with local advisors and ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. This is the foundation: it has to be airtight.
• HR processes & HRIS: Keep our people data clean and our processes consistent. You like things in order, automated where possible, and you'll improve what isn't working without needing to be asked.
• Manager partnering: Act as the go-to for a defined group of managers. Guide them through people's decisions before they make them, not after. Programmes, processes, difficult conversations, team dynamics. Guide them through the right approach on performance, compensation, contracts, conflict, without it feeling like a compliance check.
• International employee relations reference: Be the first line on employment questions across our Intl. markets. You won't need to know everything, but you'll know enough to give solid guidance and assess when it’s required to involve legal counsel.

Requirements

• Comfortable working in a high‑volume, fast‑paced startup environment.
• Meaningful ER experience. You've handled terminations, grievances and conflict, in the EU.
• Experience acting as a business partner or direct support to operational managers
• Hands-on with payroll and contracts across multiple entities or countries.
• You can have a hard conversation without making it harder than it needs to be.
• You are persevering and resilient when you’re chasing your goals.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Professional proficiency in Spanish.
• Other European languages -such as Italian, French, or Portuguese- will be considered a plus.

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Flexible retribution 
• UKIO Anniversary gift 
• Team buildings and office events 
• Breakfast at the office, fruits, nutrition bars, free coffee/tea and popcorn
• International working environment

Ukio's culture promotes and values each individual's contribution. Diversity and inclusion, it’s a big topic for us, as such we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Sky's the limit for us. We're here to revolutionize your life. Be part of this revolution 🔥

We look forward to receiving your application!

For more information about Ukio, visit us at www.ukio.com and to keep up to date with UKIO’s news, follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram!