People Operations Partner (m/f/d)

**This position is based in Bulgaria with hybrid working options. Applicants must hold a valid work/residence permit for the respective location.**

Chaos is a leading global software company that provides world-class visualization and design solutions, empowering creative minds to bring ideas to life.

For over twenty years, Chaos has developed innovative technologies serving multiple industries, including architecture and design, media and entertainment, and product e-commerce. Chaos’ solutions help architects, designers, VFX artists/animators, and other creative professionals share ideas, optimize workflows, and create immersive experiences.

Headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, Chaos is a global company with offices in 11 cities worldwide. In 2022, Chaos and Enscape merged, bringing together two industry-leading companies into one. Since then, Chaos has continued to grow with the additions of Cylindo, AXYZ Design, and Evolve Lab, further expanding our expertise and solutions across architecture, design, e-commerce, and AI. For more information, please visit chaos.com.

We are evolving our People Operations function across EMEA toward greater consistency, efficiency, and scalability. For this purpose we’re hiring a driven People Operations Partner to support EMEA from Sofia.

This position is primarily focused on high-quality people operations execution, combined with continuous improvement of processes and systems. You’ll own the employee lifecycle end-to-end, ensure Workday data integrity, run payroll & benefits, and help build scalable, automated people operations processes.

The role is ideal for someone with strong HR operations foundations who is motivated to improve how things work, step by step, in a collaborative international environment.

What you’ll do

• Execute hire-to-retire processes (onboarding, contracts, changes, offboarding) and documentation.

• Own Workday data accuracy and support reportings.

• Prepare multi-country payroll inputs and manage benefits administration.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for employee inquiries, providing timely and clear support.

• Ensure compliance with local labor laws and support audits.

• Support on implementing, introducing, and optimizing policies.

• Collaborate with People Ops leads to automate processes and standardize workflows, reducing manual work and improving efficiency across EMEA.

• Collaborate with internal departments like HRBP, Talent Acquisition and Finance to streamline processes, maintaining clear internal "Rules of Engagement" to reduce cross-team friction.

What we need

• 2+ years in HR Ops / HR Generalist roles.

• Hands-on HRIS experience (Workday is a plus).

• Experience with payroll and benefits administration (EMEA, multi-country experience beneficial).

• Strong knowledge of Bulgarian labor law.

• Experience supporting or building automated workflows is an advantage.

• Fluent Bulgarian and English (B2+) | German or Czech beneficial.

• Excellent MS Office / Google Workspace skills.

How you work

• Highly detail-oriented and organized.

• Process-first, automation mindset.

• Open-minded toward new digital tools and AI-driven solutions.

• Thrive in fast-paced, global environments.

• Clear communicator, team-oriented, proactive.

If you enjoy optimizing processes, automating workflows, and moving quickly without compromising accuracy, we’d like to hear from you. And don’t worry if you don’t meet every requirement - we’re looking for the right mindset for the exciting times ahead of us. If you believe that you are a good match for the job, just send us your CV in English.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Confidentiality of all applications is assured.