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# HR Specialist at Dotmatics

- **Company:** Dotmatics
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Compensation:** £39k–£55k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://www.dotmatics.com/jobs/apply?gh_jid=4722187005

## Job description

Our Why At Dotmatics

At Dotmatics, a Siemens company,  we believe science, data, and decision-making must be deeply intertwined for innovation to thrive. Our Portfolio includes Luma, LumaLab Connect, ELN Platform, Graphpad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express, LabArchives, NQuery, EasyPanel, SoftGenetics and Virscidian.

We have a vision for a new Lab of the Future that will change the future of scientific research.

We have created the world’s most comprehensive digital science platform – best-of-breed software applications already used by more than 2 million scientists, together in a single ecosystem united by a powerful, flexible enterprise data platform. This is not flat data buried away in digital graveyards. This is dynamic, multi-dimensional decision-making.

Scientific enterprises need a new level of effectiveness to achieve tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Illness will not wait. The biosphere will not wait. We are tireless in our vision, because the time for innovation is now.

Shaping the Future of Science At Dotmatics

Our global team of more than 800 colleagues are dedicated to supporting our customers in over 180 countries. Together, with our scientific community of users, we accelerate scientific innovation in order to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.

You’ll join a collaborative, global team pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation.  Your ideas and efforts will have a tangible impact, accelerating scientific progress and discovery. We offer a dynamic, remote-friendly environment that fosters high integrity and collaboration, empowering you to excel. Dotmatics is a company built by scientists, for scientists. Combined, we are now the world’s largest cloud-based scientific research R&D platform. We need your help to keep growing and pioneering the future.

We are Science Driven. We are Customer Centric. We are Better Together.

What do we need? we are seeking a People Partner to join the team.  This role plays a critical role in providing comprehensive People & Organization (P&O) support to managers, employees and the P&O team across the Dotmatics organisation (Global coverage). This position encompasses a broad range of foundational P&O responsibilities, including but not limited to: HR policy development and implementation, employee relations, performance management, people manager consultation, immigration support, facilitating employee and manager training sessions, project management of P&O initiatives, assisting with Workday system changes, general employee lifecycle support and administration and providing expert guidance to both managers and employees while ensuring compliance with labour legislation. You will work alongside the HRBPs supporting them with administration tasks. The successful candidate will be empowered to make decisions and recommendations for their supported groups with minimal supervision, contributing significantly to our organizational effectiveness.

In this role you will get to

- Implement Policy: ownership and guidance – develop, communicate and maintain zone specific P&O policies. Support employee questions on policy interpretation or guidance.
- Oversee Immigration and RTW:  ensuring familiarity with immigration topics and updating local policies in relation to this. Ensuring compliance to immigration laws and supporting visa applications.
- Be the Point of escalation: in relation to employee queries and Jira tickets
- Jira ticket and HR Mailbox triage
- Provide advisory support:  for managers and coaching managers through employee management. partner with people managers to support their coaching of employee underperformance and to support with performance development in regard to L&D strategies and role stretch opportunities.
- Support onboarding and offboarding: to ensure employees have a good experience
- Employee relations: Case support and management of cases within assigned client groups including restructuring and reorganisation support.
- Administrative responsibility:  for all aspects of the employee lifecycle, for example salary letters, employee relations communication, Workday administration, ensuring employee data is correct.
- Partner with P&O BPs:  to support on entity specific projects (for example – Gender Pay Gap reporting, System implementation, Payroll and Benefit support, Company car, Corporate Credit Cards, Audit etc.)
- Build a strong business relationship:  with internal clients, managers, employees and the P&O team.

We are looking for people who have 3 - 5 years experience in Employee Relations as a P&O Generalist, Junior Business Partner or Employee Relations Specialist role, you may also hold a degree, You will have an open adaptable approach to your work and show the ability to pivot and flex as the business develops

The Key skills we are looking for

- Experience partnering with managers and PO BPs to address performance and employee relations issues
- Workday or similar HRIS System working knowledge
- Advanced knowledge of global HR employments law - key geos being UK, US, Ireland
- Strong consultative skills, communication (written and oral) skills,
- Well organised with a high attention to detail
- Adaptability, initiative, detail-orientation, and problem-solving skills
- Experience with build HR reports and data collation
- Strong Excel skills and proficiency in Google Suite - Microsoft suite

Total Rewards

Dotmatics utilises a national market-based approach to base pay benchmarking and pay band development. The candidate's final starting pay is based on job-related skills, experience, job specific qualifications & location. In addition to base salary, Dotmatics has implemented a total rewards strategy, which is the combination of compensation, benefits and recognition.

Certain positions are also eligible for variable pay; your recruiter will discuss the full compensation package details.

Other Total Rewards Offered

- Private Medical
- Wellness Benefits (Mental Health Apps and Fitness Perks)
- Company-paid Life cover
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
- Pension/Retirement Plan

This is the range that we, in good faith, believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

Base Pay Range £39,000—£55,000 GBP

Research shows us the[confidence gap](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/) and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting outstanding candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.

By submitting your application, you agree that Dotmatics may collect your personal data for recruiting, global organization planning, and related purposes. Dotmatics [Privacy Notice](https://www.dotmatics.com/privacy-policy) explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, our purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over Dotmatics use of your personal information.

Dotmatics is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.

## About Dotmatics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Dotmatics provides a cloud‑based scientific R&D platform that connects best‑in‑breed software applications to accelerate research and innovation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG following a $5.1 billion acquisition completed July 1, 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Stephen Gallagher, Alastair Hill

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Scientific R&D software for life sciences, biopharma, clinical research, and academia.
- **Target customers**: B2B – biopharma companies, contract research organizations (CROs), academic institutions, and forensic/genetic testing labs.
- **Mission**: “To accelerate scientific innovation and help make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.”

## Products & Services
- **Dotmatics Platform**: Cloud‑based enterprise data management platform that harmonizes data from instruments and software for AI‑ready analysis.
- **Luma Agent**: Agentic AI assistant that plans, executes, and documents research workflows, from data query to audit‑ready reports.
- **GraphPad Prism**: Widely used statistical analysis and graphing software for scientists.
- **SnapGene**: Molecular biology visualization and cloning software with detailed documentation.
- **Geneious Suite**: Bioinformatics tools for molecular biology, genomics, and antibody screening.
- **LabArchives**: Electronic lab notebook for capturing and collaborating on experimental data.
- **Other Applications**: OMIQ (flow cytometry), Protein Metrics, nQuery, SoftGenetics (clinical/forensic genetics), and M‑Star.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by Siemens AG for $5.1 billion (announced April 2025, closed July 2025)
- **Key Metric**: 2 million+ users, 10,000+ customers, 800+ employees (LinkedIn data: 364 employees as of mid‑2025, with 4.7% YoY growth)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Insight Partners (lead prior to acquisition), Siemens (current parent); customers include Illumina, GSK, Waters Corporation, and PerkinElmer.
- **Growth Signals**: Launch of Luma AI agent; acquisition of SoftGenetics expanding into clinical and forensic markets; 20%+ LinkedIn follower growth; 65% average NPS score.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Ecosystem play**: Open platform that unites multiple industry‑leading scientific applications (GraphPad Prism, SnapGene, Geneious) with a data‑driven backbone.
- **AI leadership**: Luma Agent provides end‑to‑end automation with full traceability, a key differentiator in the lab‑of‑the‑future space.
- **Siemens backing**: Access to global industrial reach, resources, and digital infrastructure after acquisition.
- **User base loyalty**: 2 million active scientists across 180+ countries; strong brand recognition in academia and biopharma.

## Strategic Focus
- Transitioning to an AI‑native "Lab of the Future" with Luma Agent as the central orchestrator.
- Expanding into clinical and forensic genetic analysis via recent acquisitions.
- Deepening integration with Siemens’ digital industry portfolio to offer end‑to‑end R&D solutions.
- Continuing to build a multimodal science platform that structures data for AI/ML applications.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Science Driven, Customer Centric, Better Together” – built by scientists for scientists.
- **Work model**: Remote‑friendly with hubs in Boston, UK (Bishop’s Stortford), San Diego, Auckland, Tokyo, Cork, and others.
- **Employee ratings**: 4.1/5 on LinkedIn (work‑life 4.2, culture 3.9, compensation 3.8, career 3.7).
- **Engineering roles**: Senior Full Stack Engineer (Node.js), Staff Data Engineer, Senior Data Analytics Engineer, Performance Test Engineer.
- **Impact**: Work on products used by millions of researchers globally, with the opportunity to shape AI‑driven scientific discovery.

## Sources
1. [dotmatics.com](https://www.dotmatics.com/) – Main site, product overview, Luma Agent details.
2. [dotmatics.com/about-us](https://www.dotmatics.com/about-us) – Mission, vision, company history, acquisition by Siemens.
3. [dotmatics.com/about-careers](https://www.dotmatics.com/about-careers) – Culture, remote/hybrid policy, 800+ employees, global hubs.
4. [linkedin.com/company/dotmatics](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dotmatics) – Employee count, revenue, funding, acquisitions, recent departures, job postings.
5. [dotmatics.com/jobs](https://www.dotmatics.com/jobs) – Current open positions.

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