Head of People Business Partners

About the opportunity

We are seeking a Head of People Business Partners to lead our team supporting Risk Operations CEO Office People Finance Legal Marketing and Comms teams.
You will be working closely alongside the Head of People Business Partners for Product and Technology and leading a team of 5. Our Business Partners support our leaders to implement the N26 People Strategy and build high performing teams.

In this role you will:

• Partner with senior leadership team to understand their strategic business goals and align people strategies to business needs that drive high performance.
• Lead the development of a diverse high performing business team through retention and development of top talent across the business.
• Support people managers to manage employee relations matters providing guidance on conflict resolution performance management and disciplinary matters.
• Provide expert coaching and support to people managers in relation to performance management diversity equity and inclusion reviews of talent and feedback.
• Lead the design and execute business change initiatives ensuring smooth transitions and minimal disruption to business operations by using data and metrics to adjust strategies as needed.
• Leverage people analytics insights to infirm decision making and drive business outcomes to support leaders in achieving business goals and building a culture of high performance.
• Ensure people practices are compliant with legal and regulatory requirements in local markets including identifying opportunities to mitigate people risk.
• Lead the implement cyclical people initiatives such as talent management and succession annual performance cycle promotion process support leadership hiring and onboarding.
• Lead a team of people business partners and provide coaching support to them whilst being available to step in to partner with senior leadership team members where appropriate.

What you need to be successful:

Background:

• 10 years relevant experience.
• You have experience partnering with C level executives.
• You have led People Business Partners in another organisation for a significant period of time to have been through multiple cycles of business change and processes like pay reviews.
• You have worked in a complex regulated business across multiple European locations.
• You have experience of working with Workers Councils Unions or similar.
• Fluency in English is essential fluency in German or Spanish is desirable.

Skills:

• Strong leadership and coaching abilities with experience influencing at senior level.
• Strong business and commercial accumen comfortable with understanding business results and financial information.
• Ability to balance the needs of our people and the needs of the business.
• Familiarity with people systems to support business decision making.
• Ability to think strategically to align HR practices with business objectives and think longterm be a strong problem solver.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and advise leadership effectively.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to lead complex employee challenges.
• Project and change management skills.

Whats in it for you:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europes most talked about disruptors .

• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget work from home budget discounts to fitness & wellness memberships language apps and public transportation.

• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.

• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.

• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities life experiences and family statuses.

• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.

Who we are

N26 has reimagined banking for todays digital world. Technology and design empower everything we do and its how we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use.

Weve eliminated physical branches paperwork and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings. Giving people the power to live and bank their way is what gets us out of bed in the morning and inspires the work that we do.

We are headquartered in Berlin with offices in multiple cities across Europe including Vienna and Barcelona and a 1500strong team of more than 80 nationalities.

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Equal Opportunities:

We recognize that our strength lies in our people and the varied perspectives they bring to our workforce. We strive to build talented and diverse teams to drive our business success and empower our people to reach their full potential.

We genuinely welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds cultures genders sexual orientations abilities neurodiversities and ages. Were committed to creating an inclusive workspace where everyone feels valued and respected free from harassment and discrimination. If theres anything you need to make the application process work for you please let us know by reaching out to .

Visit our website to learn more about Diversity Equity & Inclusion at N26.