People Business Partner, Optro
EMEA & APAC
2 days a week in office
AI-powered GRC software
Posted today
AI-powered GRC software
201-500 employees
Posted today
2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To redefine GRC through a single, AI-powered system of action.
Role
Who you are
- A minimum of 5-7 years of progressive experience as a People Business Partner, preferably in the SaaS industry
- Deep knowledge of labor law in EMEA and APAC and experience with global expansion, including entity creation
- Comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced environment and operating in a matrixed organisation serving multiple geographies, including the UK, Germany, Poland, and Singapore
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence senior leadership
- Resourceful, comfortable with ambiguity, and skilled at balancing multiple competing priorities
- Multi-lingual is a plus
What the job involves
- As the People Business Partner for EMEA and APAC at Optro, you will lead our regional people strategy and shape the employee experience across these locations.
- This role is a perfect fit for a proactive and resourceful individual who is excited to help drive the company's global expansion by building new processes from the ground up while also serving as a key partner and coach to leaders and employees across every department
- Please note: This is a hybrid position based in London and will require travel to the office two times per week. There will also be occasional business travel for meetings
- Partner with and coach leaders at all levels on a wide range of people processes, including performance reviews, compensation planning, team development, and organisational design
- Advise and coach leaders on managing complex employee relations issues, including performance management, investigations, and grievances
- Provide expertise on local labor law and compliance across EMEA and APAC, ensuring the company operates in a compliant manner
- Support global expansion within EMEA and APAC through entity creation and PEOs
- In partnership with teams within the People organisation, support the development and implementation of foundational people policies, processes, and programs for the EMEA and APAC regions
- Collaborate closely with US-based People Business Partners and leaders to ensure a cohesive and consistent global people strategy
- Leverage data and analytics to influence business strategy and inform decision-making
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Optro (formerly AuditBoard) provides risk and compliance software for large businesses. The company's founders spent years working at the Big Four and other global enterprises, and realized that many audit activities were still taking place in Excel sheets, or using legacy software like IBM's OpenPages, which hadn't kept up to date with the latest reporting requirements.
The result was an end-to-end platform for managing risk, helping enterprises to streamline internal audit, SOX compliance, controls management, risk management, and security compliance. It's a top-rated cloud-based platform and has won numerous awards, with the company being consistently named the market leader in Audit Management.
Now Optro is focused on expanding its AI-powered GRC platform. Following its rebrand from AuditBoard, the company acquired AI-native SOX automation platform Midship to help audit teams automate repetitive work and focus more on strategic risk analysis. And impressively, more than 50% of the Fortune 500 now use Optro's platform as it continues building AI-driven tools for risk, compliance, and cybersecurity teams.
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Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2018
$40m
SERIES B
Apr 2017
$3.6m
SERIES A
Total funding: $43.6m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness benefits: High quality health plans and access to hormonal and family-building support.
- Time away from work: Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, sick time, bereavement, and more.
- Financial benefits: Beyond a competitive salary, plans are provided to assist in your financial future including retirement and pension plans as well as life and disability insurance.
- Parental leave: Parents are eligible for time off to care for their newborn, adopted child, or foster child. Parental leave benefits and pay vary by location.
- Professional development: Continuously grow through development workshops, mentoring programs, and more.
- Community impact: We partner with communities to provide services in addition to sponsoring our own events.
- Live your best life: Invest in yourself, on us. Our monthly wellness stipend is designed to support your life beyond the screen, giving you the flexibility to fuel your passions and your well-being.
- Mental health: Access to Headspace’s well known meditation support plus coaching and therapy, for you and additional loved ones.
Company HQ
Wilmington, DE
Leadership
Raul Villar Jr.
(CEO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Raul was the CEO of Paycor for nearly 6 years. They also spent over 8 years at AdvancedMD and nearly 22 years at ADP.
Jim Sperduto
(CGO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Jim spent over 30 years at ADP. While there, they held a number of roles, including President of Small Business, Retirement, and Insurance Services.
Haibei (Happy) Wang
(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Prior to joining Optro in 2023, Haibei was the CTO at Everbridge and Skupos. They also held VP roles at Globality, AccelOps and Scripps Network Interactive.
April Crichlow
(CMO)April spent over 17 years at SAP, ultimately as CMO at SAP SuccessFactors. They then spent 3 years at Centrical as CMO before joining Optro in 2025.
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