People & Operations Lead - Manchester

At Pixaera, we’re a passionate team of builders who are dedicated to delivering solutions that empower people. Today, we’re leveraging Ai and gamification to build a vertical platform that is centered around improving the safety readiness of frontline workers in any high risk industry. If you are a doer who thrives in a dynamic, mission-focused environment, join us! Who are we looking for? Pixaera builds immersive, gamified simulations that help frontline teams learn critical safety skills in realistic environments. As we scale our product and global customer base, we’re investing in the foundation of our People function. We’re hiring our first People and Operations Lead — a standalone, high-impact role responsible for owning and building the People function from the ground up. You will own the end-to-end employee experience across a distributed, international team spanning the UK, EU, India, and MENA — from how we hire and onboard, to how we develop, support, and retain our people. This is a hands-on, execution-first builder role . You won’t inherit a fully-formed function or a large HR team — you will design the foundation, run the systems yourself, and execute the day-to-day wor