Vice President of People
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Job Summary
Job description
At SnapSoft we are scaling our global organization across the US Hungary and the EU and are looking for a senior People leader to lead and evolve our People & Culture function as we grow from 150 to 300 colleagues.
This is a strategic leadership role with a strong operational focus. You will be responsible for building a scalable consistent and compliant People function establishing the processes systems and structures needed to support sustainable growth across multiple regions. You will review the current setup identify gaps and implement improvements while ensuring a positive and consistent employee experience.
As part of this role you will align and lead our People Operations and Talent Acquisition leaders building a cohesive and high-performing People leadership team. You will create a unified operating model and establish a single source of truth across all regions balancing global consistency with local needs.
You will act as a key partner to the executive team contributing to organization-wide decisions and supporting leadership with insights structure and people-focused guidance.
We are looking for an experienced pragmatic People leader with strong operational expertise who can bring structure clarity and discipline to a dynamic environment while respecting the companys history and enabling future scale.
Core Responsibilities
Strategic Transformation & Organizational Design
Review the current People & Culture setup and define priorities to strengthen and scale the function.
Lead the development of a clear People leadership structure aligning the Talent Acquisition and People Operations leaders into a cohesive team.
Define a scalable People structure that supports global consistency while enabling effective regional execution.
Culture & Employee Experience
Shape culture as we scale ensuring it is reinforced through consistent leadership behaviors and well-designed people processes.
Set direction for employee experience programs that support our growing workforce.
Use employee feedback to identify whats working and where to improve.
Global Integration & Platform Harmonization
Establish consistent people operations practices and platforms across the US Hungary and the EU.
Oversee the evaluation of current HRIS payroll and time-tracking tools; develop a unified systems roadmap that ensures a single source of truth.
Partner with Finance Legal and IT to integrate people platforms with enterprise systems.
Compliance & Governance
Ensure People practices and policies comply with employment regulations across the US Hungary and the EU.
Oversee the development and maintenance of employment policies contracts and data privacy practices (GDPR/SOC2).
Ensure compliance is embedded in platforms and processes not managed through manual workarounds.
Organizational Structure Across the Company
Partner with the executive team to evolve the broader organizational structure: reporting lines spans of control and decision-making.
Guide career path development and role clarity across the organization.
Advise leaders on structuring their teams for impact.
Talent Compensation & Equity Architecture
Champion a data-driven compensation philosophy ensuring fairness across multiple countries.
Define and maintain clear compensation frameworks and salary bands across regions.
Continue EU Pay Transparency work already underway; partner with Legal on compliance.
Own ESOP administration education and future grant criteria.
Leadership Coaching & Change Navigation
Act as a trusted advisor to the executive team helping leaders navigate scaling complexities.
Coach managers through organizational change.
Job requirements
What you bring
12 years in People Operations Talent and HR leadership with 5 years in a senior leadership role scaling organizations through 150300 employees.
Proven track record strengthening a People function to support growth through structure and process.
Demonstrated experience shaping culture through consistent leadership and well-designed people processes.
Demonstrated experience establishing consistent operations and platforms across multiple countries (US-HU-EU).
Deep expertise in multi-country compliance including Hungarian labor law and US employment law.
Proven ability to lead complex compliance initiatives (GDPR SOC2 pay equity) and monitor emerging regulations like the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
Experience with equity compensation and ESOP administration including employee communication.
Executive presence advising C-level leaders through significant change.
Fluency in English and Hungarian is required.
Bachelors degree required; Masters degree preferred.
Nice to Have:
Experience integrating HRIS and payroll platforms across multiple countries.
Familiarity with Bamboo Gusto Deel Remote or Clockify.
Working knowledge of Jira.
Prior experience in technology or professional services with distributed global teams.
What we offer
We believe that exceptional people deserve exceptional recognition:
A company culture based on autonomy and accountability
Flexible working hours remote setup
Cool office with great location in Budapest nearby Deak Ferenc Square / Astoria
Macbook in order to be the most efficient in your daily tasks
Company-sponsored technical trainings
Company-sponsored trips to relevant professional conferences
Medicover Health Insurance
AYCM SportPass contribution yoga at the office SnapSoft football
Regular cocktail parties team buildings an annual all staff 3-day summer retreat
Book club & SnapSoft library Board game club & regular board game evenings
Apply If You
Are an experienced leader with deep operational expertise building for the future while stabilizing the present.
Thrive in complexity and provide clarity for others.
Have a track record of aligning and leading functional experts to support scalable growth.
Have experience leading complex compliance transformations (GDPR SOC2 pay equity) and monitoring emerging regulations.
Have experience rolling out equity compensation that makes employees feel informed and valued.
Care deeply about culture shaped by consistency fairness and intentional employee experience design.
Are energized to build the foundation for the next 150 people we hire.
Are comfortable operating as the most senior People leader with a C-suite seat while holding a VP title.
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About Company
SnapSoft is managing cloud-based projects, including e-commerce, fintech, data & analytics, quality assurance solutions and system migrations to AWS.
