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What is Leapsome

Leapsome is the AIpowered people platform revolutionizing HR for modern teams. Leapsome drives HR excellence and empowers highperforming teams by automating connecting and simplifying every HR process across the employee lifecycle from onboarding and performance management to engagement and development. Built with ease of use in mind our platform ensures high adoption by employees managers and People teams alike.

Our purpose is to make work fulfilling for everyone and our vision is to reshape the future of work by being the leading People platform for HR excellence and highperforming teams. We enable companies to create environments where people can achieve their goals learn and grow together and build genuine motivation & engagement.

Trusted by thousands of organizations globally Leapsome secured $60 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners in March 2022. This funding allowed us to further develop our intelligent platform create exceptional employee experiences and expand into the US market.

Its an incredibly exciting time to join Leapsome and be part of reshaping the future of work!

Your opportunity:

Join Leapsome in a highly impactful crossfunctional leadership role that blends IT excellence modern compliance practices and proactive platform enablement. As our Senior IT & Compliance Lead you will own and evolve Leapsomes internal IT security and compliance operations spanning everything from infrastructure and automation to audit readiness and security culture.

This is not a support role. Were looking for a strategic operator and technical leader who can spot gaps before they become risks partner across the business to streamline workflows and confidently lead compliance conversations as Leapsome scales internationally. You will manage our internal IT tooling and infrastructure stack support automation initiatives lead audit processes (ISO 27001 SOC 2 AI) and shape the security posture of our growing company. Youll also support the development of internal IT and ops capabilities including guiding team members and collaborating deeply with stakeholders in Product Engineering Business Intelligence and Legal.

You will:

• Own and continuously improve our internal IT landscape: device management (Kandji) identity & access (Okta) tool provisioning support coordination and network reliability

• Lead ITsecurity initiatives across the organization including access controls documentation Vanta ownership and platform governance

• Act as Leapsomes primary lead for audit readiness and (ISO 27001 SOC 2 AI compliance) including ISMS oversight evidence collection risk assessments and stakeholder enablement

• Drive automation and productivity tooling across teams using Notion Automations Zapier AI integrations and other workflow solutions

• Support and advise BI Engineering and Product on DevOps and infrastructure operations especially around secure AWS management architecture reviews and compliance alignment

• Act as a sparring partner for AI enablement initiatives across the organization identifying where IT capabilities can unlock smarter workflows and scalable innovation

• Coordinate the timely and accurate completion of security questionnaires and client reviews

• Establish and update internal training initiatives to improve security awareness and best practices across the company

• Provide leadership and guidance within the IT & compliance function ensuring clarity of responsibilities continuous learning and room for growth

• Act as a connector between departments to identify operational blind spots set priorities and implement longterm improvements

Youll be a good fit if you:

• Have 6 years of experience in IT operations infrastructure or DevSecOps including significant experience in compliance leadership around SaaS platforms

• Have played a leading role in the design implementation or continuous improvement of an Information Security Management System (ISMS) or similar

• Bring handson experience with modern MDM and IAM tooling (Kandji Okta etc. and strong familiarity with AWSbased infrastructure

• Have led or owned audits such as ISO 27001 SOC 2 or comparable frameworks not just as support but as a driver of crossfunctional audit programs

• Thrive in highownership environments and can prioritize plan and execute with minimal oversight

• Communicate clearly with technical and nontechnical stakeholders alike and can lead crossfunctional initiatives with confidence

• Know how to scale systems and processes pragmatically balancing robustness with speed

• Get excited by automation and love enabling others with smarter workflows

• Approach challenges with curiosity and humility always open to learning from others and excited by Leapsomes mission to make work more meaningful

Benefits at Leapsome

• Impact: Become part of a fastgrowing scaleup taking over the People Performance & Enablement space by making work fulfilling for more than two million people by 2025

• Teammates: Join a diverse and international team of talented smart and kind people

• Feedback and recognition: We value feedback exchange and celebrating successes big and small

• Hybrid model: Enjoy our hybrid model by working from home or in our offices in the heart of Berlin Germany

• Flexible work: Experience a worklife balance with flexible hours and the option of working elsewhere for up to 2 months per year

• Learning and Development: Develop your skills with a yearly development budget of 2000 and access to Good Habitz platform

• Vacation: Take 30 vacation days every year plus public holidays (or upgrade to 40 vacation days at adjusted pay) & benefit from a monthlong paid sabbatical after 5 years with Leapsome

• Health & Wellness: Stay active and healthy with a free Urban Sports Club membership and Oliva subscription

• Mental health: Access to 1:1 therapy sessions via our mental health partner plus company workshops and learning pathways on topics like mindfulness and digital wellness

• Corporate Benefits: Get exclusive discounts and deals from our partners.

• Workfromhome stipend: Receive a onetime workfromhome stipend of 1000

• Monthly team activities: Have fun at monthly team activities like kayaking laser tag and game nights

• Competitive pay and preIPO equity package

Leapsomes values

We stay true to our values in everything we do at Leapsome.

• Seek impact What brought us together is the desire to make work fulfilling for everyone. Were likeminded in that we seek out and hold ourselves accountable for the impact we want to have in this world.

• Listen & learn We thoroughly and genuinely seek understanding. It helps us to constantly grow together and learn from each other as well as from our customers and partners.

• Challenge the status quo We regularly challenge ourselves. We dont walk the beaten path just because everyone else does. Instead we reflect and seek out better ways.

• Take ownership & pursue excellence Were a group of smart and dedicated people and we trust each other to truly own our work. Were not afraid of high expectations as we strive for excellence.

• Be honest & transparent Were honest and transparent with each other and ourselves. We want to get to the core of it always. We trust each other to handle all shared information with care.

• Be kind & humble We are more than just colleagues we genuinely care for each other. We give each team member the appreciation they deserve and the support they need. We have no interest in serving our own ego.
  
  

Excited to be part of Leapsome

Just send us your CV. You wont need to input any information already mentioned on your CV later on promise!

A cover letter isnt necessary but wed really appreciate a brief answer to these questions: Why Leapsome Why you

We look forward to getting to know you!

You can find more about what our colleagues think about working at Leapsome here Glassdoor Kununu

Dont meet every single requirement Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. If youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.


Help us make work fulfilling for everyone!

At Leapsome we want work to be the best it can be for everyone. We help companies create environments where people can achieve shared goals build authentic relationships learn and grow together.

Put simply; our purpose is to make work fulfilling for everyone. And we know how to get there. But we can only do this by walking our talk and building a diverse and inclusive company where people not just the business thrive.

Apply now or keep scrolling to read more about what makes Leapsome a unique workplace!