Senior HR Business Partner (all genders)

Your tasks:

• Act as a trusted strategic partner to the departmental leads within the assigned business areas shaping people and organizational decisions in line with company strategy.
• Build and maintain strong credible relationships with the broader senior leadership team including Managing Directors CXOs and influential leaders across other departments.
• Serve as a sparring partner at executive level providing clear data-informed and forward-looking perspectives on organizational effectiveness leadership and talent.
• Partner with leaders to design scalable efficient and future-ready organizational structures balancing business needs cost and talent strategy.
• Ensure org design decisions are coherent across departments and aligned with long-term company priorities.
• Act as a senior anchor within the People & Culture function setting standards for strategic HR partnering. Translate business strategy into people priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Oversee and contribute to all core HR processes relevant to the business areas (performance talent engagement employee lifecycle change management).
• Act as a change leader during periods of growth transformation or restructuring.
• Act as a senior HR interface for works councilrelated topics ensuring high-quality preparation alignment and decision-making across relevant people processes.
• Lead complex or sensitive topics in the works council context with strong judgment legal awareness and pragmatic problem-solving.
• Be a critical thinker and a professional mediator when navigating through a high degree of complexity and ambiguity in a growing company with different business models.
• Staying updated with industry best practices recommending innovative approaches to enhance HR processes and programs.

You bring to Lingoda

• Min. 5 years of experience in a strategic HR role
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Human Resources psychology law economics or social sciences or in a related field
• Strong facilitation and negotiation skills particularly in regulated or co-determined environments. Experience to work and maintain a fruitful relation with works council in Germany.
• Experience in applying local labour law regulations and mitigating grievances experience in DE and other international (EU) labour law is an advantage
• Excellent executive-level communication skills articulate confident and credible with senior stakeholders. Ability to influence without authority and navigate sensitive topics with diplomacy and clarity.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to connect people topics to commercial and strategic outcomes.
• High degree of independence ownership and judgment in complex or ambiguous situations. Demonstrated ability to effectively plan and manage change and HR projects from initiation to completion.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to proactively identify areas for improvement and innovation within the HR function
• A mindset of continuous improvement and a proven experience in implementing lessons learned from previous projects and applying best practices to drive efficiency and effectiveness
• Strategic yet pragmatic - ability to move seamlessly between big-picture thinking and operational execution.
• High integrity resilience and discretion.
• Business fluency in English (German would be an advantage).

• Following your hands-on attitude and can-do approach you go for pragmatic but aligned solutions rather than waiting.
• You know about the importance of strong networks and connections and use them in your and Lingodas best interest.
• You are business savvy and strive to develop a business acumen that lets you understand our business models revenue streams and maturity grades of the company.

What you can expect from Lingoda:

• Approachable leaders and transparent communication - every voice counts at Lingoda!
• Company events and colleagues who are always happy to socialise budgets towards team building events!
• An inclusive environment with great team spirit and passion for languages
• A well-structured and exciting onboarding process to set you up for success!
• The possibility to work remotely from your home or in the office located in the heart of Berlin
• Learning & development opportunities
• Free access to our language classes
• Mental Health programs
• Corporate benefits & pension funds
• 30 vacation days per year
• Free snacks & drinks at the office
• The modern hardware necessary for your work (n/a for freelancers)
• Flexible working hours