Head of People

Founded in 2019 Qualifyze is a leading company in supply chain compliance management in the Life Sciences industry trusted by over 1600 pharmaceutical and healthcare companies globally. Our digital suite of solutions connects manufacturers suppliers and a global network of more than 250 auditors and quality experts.

With a track record of over 4500 audits across 85 countries and the largest and most accurate supplier network and data analytics tools Qualifyze stands as the all-in-one partner for quality compliance and supply chain risk mitigation in the Life Sciences sector.

We are looking for a Head of People who will own the operational infrastructure that lets Qualifyze hire pay develop and retain people effectively: Talent Acquisition People Operations Performance Management Payroll Compensation & Benefits Administration and Compliance. Reporting directly to the SVP of Finance you are the backbone of the People function.

Youll have end-to-end ownership. Every area below is yours from design through execution to results. You dont hand work off and step back. When something breaks you fix it then fix the process behind it

Youll shape the team hire into new roles and set the standards the People function runs on.

• Leading and developing a high-impact team:

  • Youll lead a lean pragmatic team across People Operations Talent Acquisition and Business Partnering setting clear priorities and performance expectations while carrying your own operational workload.

  • Youll coach each team member through regular 1:1s reviews and growth plans building a team that becomes a trusted advisor to managers and business leaders as the business scales hiring into open roles and putting shared processes in place so delivery stays consistent across every location.

• Driving end-to-end hiring & Employer Branding initiatives:

  • Youll deliver the hiring plan across all entities owning the full recruitment process from sourcing and interviews to hiring manager enablement and offer management while strengthening our employer brand to attract the talent we need.

  • You bring a data-driven mindset tracking and acting on metrics such as time-to-hire pipeline health and source effectiveness to set priorities.

• Building scalable People Operations & HR Systems:

  • Own and continuously improve Personio and end-to-end People Operations across our entities ensuring accurate compliant and scalable processes throughout the employee journey.

  • Oversee accurate and timely payroll across all entities and jurisdictions in collaboration with Accounting and external partners while managing benefits administration and vendor relationships.

  • Drive operational excellence through automation self-service and AI-enabled solutions that improve the employee and manager experience focusing on outcomes rather than activity.

  • Ensure compliance with local labour laws maintain employment policies contracts and the employee handbook and handle employee relations cases in partnership with legal counsel.

• Driving our rewards policy & high-impact performance:

  • Own compensation reviews promotions compensation ranges and progression frameworks ensuring fair and consistent outcomes.

  • Maintain compliance with EU Pay Transparency requirements and related audits and reporting.

  • Lead the performance review cycle across all entities including manager enablement calibration and consistent well-documented outcomes.

  • Design and continuously improve performance frameworks ensuring successful rollout and adoption.

• Workforce Planning & Organisational Effectiveness:

  • Partner directly with Finance to build and maintain workforce planning models budget-to-actuals tracking and headcount reporting.

  • Provide the data and process rigour needed to support organisational design and restructuring decisions.

• Creating and Engaging Workplace & Culture:

  • Ensure the smooth running of our offices in Frankfurt New Jersey Hyderabad and Barcelona creating environments that support productivity community and employee well-being.

  • Lead culture and key company initiatives including global and local office events.

• 7 years in people HR or shared services roles with direct hands-on ownership of talent acquisition performance management payroll HRIS and compliance.

• Experience in high-change environments. Multi-country and multi-entity experience is a strong plus.

• Comfortable managing complexity across multiple jurisdictions. Practical experience with Spanish and/or German labor law is a strong plus.

• A track record of personally owning the operational execution of people processes at scale and of managing teams across multiple locations.

• Tech-savvy with a mindset for adopting AI automation and process optimization.

• Fluent English is required. Spanish and/or German are a plus.

• An organized structured thinker with a pragmatic approach to finding solutions in a fast-paced environment.

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