Senior People Business Partner

Role overview

This is a senior people partner role for a Germany-based professional, working in a fully remote setup on behalf of a partner employer. The position focuses on shaping organizational effectiveness, improving employee experience, and supporting business growth across global teams. It combines strategic advisory work with practical execution and offers the chance to influence leadership decisions, strengthen high-performing teams, and help scale people practices in a fast-moving, remote-first environment.

Key accountabilities

• Work closely with senior leaders to connect people plans with business goals and support growth and performance.
• Advise on organizational structure, workforce planning, leadership impact, and broader talent initiatives.
• Run core talent programs such as performance management, succession planning, career development, internal movement, and development of high-potential employees.
• Handle complex employee relations issues with professionalism, good judgment, and a strong understanding of the business context.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on sensitive people matters and coordinate with legal or other internal stakeholders when needed.
• Review workforce data, spot patterns, and turn insights into practical actions that support engagement, retention, and organizational health.
• Help introduce modern technology and AI-enabled tools to improve people processes and decision-making.
• Contribute to the creation, rollout, and ongoing refinement of people programs, policies, and frameworks.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve the employee experience and advance business priorities.
• Coach and support colleagues in the People function to build capability and promote strong practices.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in a People Business Partner, HR Business Partner, or comparable strategic HR role within a global organization.
• Deep knowledge of employee relations, including complex matters across multiple jurisdictions.
• Proven ability to design and deliver talent strategies covering performance, succession, leadership development, and career progression.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to link people initiatives to business results.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, especially with senior leadership and executives.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience using people data to inform decisions and recommendations.
• Clear communication, coaching, and relationship-building abilities.
• High standards of discretion, integrity, and professionalism when handling confidential information.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Experience in remote or distributed teams is an added advantage.
• Curiosity and openness toward using technology and AI tools to improve people operations and business impact.

Benefits

• Annual compensation between €93,800 and €120,600, depending on experience, skills, and location factors.
• Fully remote working model with the freedom to work from anywhere.
• Flexible working hours in an asynchronous culture.
• Flexible paid time off for rest, balance, and wellbeing.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Support for mental health and overall wellbeing.
• Equity through stock options.
• Dedicated budget for learning and professional growth.
• Home office allowance plus company-provided IT equipment.
• Budget for local co-working spaces and in-person social activities.
• Strong focus on internal mobility, career progression, and professional development.
• Inclusive, diverse, and globally distributed team environment.

Additional information

This role is posted through a hiring partner, which will manage applications and the next steps in the process. Applications are reviewed through an AI-assisted matching workflow that prioritizes candidates based on core role requirements before the shortlist is shared with the hiring company. The final hiring decision, including interviews and assessments, is handled by the employer’s internal team.

Privacy notice

By applying, candidates consent to the processing of personal data for recruitment evaluation and for sharing relevant information with the hiring employer, in line with applicable data protection rules such as GDPR. The hiring process may include AI tools to support application review, resume analysis, response assessment, and consistency checks. These tools assist recruiters but do not replace human judgment, and final decisions are made by people. Applicants may contact the team for more information about data processing and may exercise rights such as access, correction, deletion, or objection where applicable.