Best HR software for people operations managers at growing startups

Provide founders and leaders with AI-powered workforce insights
Build scalable, automated HR operations for rapid growth
Standardize hiring and onboarding processes for scaling

1811 reviews on G2 | 4.5/5

1811 reviews on Capterra | 4.5/5

Modern, fast-growing, global businesses love Bob

What makes people operations managers at growing startups choose HiBob?

Give founders reliable, real-time workforce insights

Uptick brought payroll prep down to ~1 hour/month with unified HR and payroll data in Bob, allowing Finance and People Ops to work as a single G&A team while providing leaders with real-time workforce insights for planning.

Automate and standardize HR operations for scaling

Xref automated both HR reporting and payroll, reaching 100% digital reporting and saving hours each month while improving accuracy.

Ensure hiring and onboarding are consistent across teams

Defined.ai centralized HR data, automated onboarding, and digitized reviews as the startup scaled fast.

HiBob is recognized as one of the best HR platforms

HiBob’s best features for people operations managers

AI-powered dashboards and predictive analytics

Use AI-powered dashboards to track headcount, turnover, and costs in real time
Detect attrition risks and skills gaps early using AI-driven insights
Share reliable people data with leadership and Finance for better planning

Automated workflows and payroll connectivity

Automate onboarding, offboarding, and all lifecycle changes
Use workflows to ensure tasks, documents, and approvals are completed consistently every time
Integrate payroll and HR data so you can eliminate manual entry

Integrated hiring pipelines and onboarding workflows

Connect Bob to your ATS to move candidates directly into onboarding workflows
Automate checklists, document collection, and approvals so every new hire gets a fast, consistent ramp-up
Track hiring progress, onboarding readiness, and role-specific tasks in real time to support rapid growth

Why people operations managers at growing startups love HiBob

$54K

Annual savings when using HR automation for time management

+18%

More productivity when employee engagement improves

+23%

Higher profitability when employees are more engaged with the company

How the Finance Director from Uptick streamlined payroll operations

The Challenge

Outsourced payroll was inefficient and required hours of manual preparation. Errors and inaccuracies damaged trust and reflected poorly on Finance.

The Solution

Already using Bob, Uptick moved payroll in-house with Bob’s UK Payroll. The unified platform automates workflows, eliminates manual entry, and keeps everything compliant.

The Results

With Bob, payroll is practically invisible—it just runs. Acting as one G&A team, Finance and HR now have capacity for strategy and a future-ready finance vision.

Even just from a time perspective, we spend probably 30 minutes a month on payroll now – it’s so quick – and that’s including getting approvals from the CFO at the end. It’s a huge time saving. And ultimately… everyone at Uptick has a dollar cost per hour, and that’s less time for me working on those things, so leadership loves all that.

Tom Benians, Uptick

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FAQs about HiBob for people operations managers at growing startups

How does HiBob help founders get reliable people metrics?

HiBob’s AI-powered dashboards give founders real-time visibility into headcount, turnover, and costs—so they’re not guessing when it comes to resourcing and budgets. The data is always current and pulled from one central system, making planning conversations much more productive.

How does HiBob help when manual processes and scattered tools slow things down?

HiBob brings your HR, payroll, and recruitment data into one platform so information flows automatically. You can automate onboarding, offboarding, and approvals instead of juggling multiple tools. This speeds things up and reduces the risk of errors slipping through.

Can HiBob help standardize hiring and onboarding so it doesn’t all fall on HR?

Yes—you can set up automated workflows that guide managers and new hires through each step. Checklists, document collection, and approvals happen automatically, so everyone follows the same process. This means consistent experiences without HR managing every detail by hand.