People Operations Manager (Athens, Greece)

About the role

Dyania Health, which built Synapsis AI to turn electronic medical records into clinically useful insights, is hiring a People Operations Manager for its growing team in Athens. The role reports to a US-based People Director and brings the global people strategy to life in Greece, covering recruiting coordination, onboarding, HR operations and culture. It is a hands-on, high-ownership position that serves as the first point of contact for every teammate in the Athens office.

Key responsibilities

• Run the hiring engine for Greece roles: manage pipelines and scheduling, coordinate the structured interview process with hiring managers, and ensure a good candidate experience.
• Deliver onboarding and training for new hires in Athens, adapting global materials locally.
• Own day-to-day HR administration: employment contracts, payroll coordination with the local provider, Greek labour law compliance, offboarding, and office operations such as equipment, tools, subscriptions and systems access.
• Localize company policies and the employee handbook, and keep employee records and the HRIS accurate.
• Build culture practices for the Athens office and the distributed US-Greece team, including local events, pulse-survey follow-through and feedback loops.
• Support the rollout of goal-setting and performance review cycles in Greece.

Required profile

• 3-6 years of HR / people operations experience with hands-on ownership of recruiting, onboarding, payroll or HR administration.
• Working knowledge of Greek employment law and payroll practice, including contracts and statutory requirements.
• A hands-on executor who owns work end to end without close supervision.
• High discretion and judgment with confidential employee matters.
• Fluent English and Greek, working daily with US leadership and Greek colleagues, authorities and providers.

What sets you apart

• Experience in a startup or scale-up where processes were being built.
• Cross-border exposure and familiarity with GDPR as it applies to employee data.
• Experience with HRIS, ATS or payroll platforms.
• Depth in recruiting, beyond coordination to sourcing, screening or closing candidates.