People & Culture Manager

Skills

About the Role

You manage and continuously develop the complete employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through development, performance management, and offboarding. You advise employees and managers on HR and employment-law matters, lead recruiting processes, improve HR systems and processes, prepare monthly payroll, and manage HR documentation. You also lead People & Culture projects, oversee office operations and external providers, coordinate access management and workplace safety, and organize team events and internal company activities.

Requirements

• Degree in human resources, business administration, business psychology, or comparable commercial training with relevant professional experience
• Several years of professional experience in human resources, ideally in a technology, SaaS, or start-up environment
• Strong knowledge of German employment law and comprehensive experience across the complete employee lifecycle
• Experience independently managing complex recruiting processes and working closely with managers
• Experience developing HR processes, structures, and People initiatives
• Strong advisory skills and confidence when working across all levels of hierarchy
• High initiative, entrepreneurial thinking, and a structured, solution-oriented working style
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills
• Service orientation and hands-on approach
• Very good written and spoken German and English
• Proficiency with modern HR systems and digital collaboration and recruiting tools

Responsibilities

• Manage and continuously develop the complete employee lifecycle from recruitment through offboarding
• Advise employees and managers on HR and employment-law matters
• Manage the complete recruiting process from workforce-needs analysis through onboarding
• Advise managers on performance, development, and employee retention
• Design, manage, and continuously improve performance-management processes
• Prepare, review, and manage employment contracts, contract amendments, references, certificates, and other HR documents
• Maintain and develop HR processes, employee master data, and HR systems
• Prepare monthly payroll in cooperation with the external tax consultancy
• Ensure compliance with employment-law, legal, and internal requirements
• Lead and contribute to strategic People & Culture projects in employer branding, employee experience, talent management, and organizational development
• Manage office operations and develop workplace and office processes
• Manage external service providers and administrative office matters
• Plan and implement team events, workshops, onboarding activities, and internal company events
• Manage access rights and coordinate security and access-control processes
• Coordinate workplace safety, legal compliance, documentation, and training records

Benefits

• 30 days of annual leave plus half a day on December 24 and 31
• Option for additional unpaid leave
• Two weeks of additional paid leave for expecting mothers and fathers
• Option to work from home by agreement
• Flexible monthly benefits budget
• Meal subsidy for groceries, restaurants, or food delivery
• Mobility budget for the Deutschlandticket
• Flexible benefits for EGYM Wellpass, Urban Sports Club, shopping, and more
• Laptop of choice: Mac or Windows