The Role
About Us
Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
Role Summary
The Senior HR Manager for this region will lead both HRBP and Operations in the region. This is both a strategic and hands-on role that provides full cycle Human Resources support to divisions and/or departments. The role is critical in executing our people initiatives, providing great internal client support, and driving HR functional excellence and process improvement in the organization. The incumbent understands business goals and recommends new approaches, policies, practices and procedures to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity and development of Human Resources within the company
This is a great opportunity to join an engaging, fun and inclusive global HR team that focuses on delivering results in an innovative, simple, and highly effective way. Just like our cybersecurity solutions!
What You Will Do:
- Drive development and execution of People Plan for assigned countries designed to enhance employee, manager, and organizational effectiveness.
- Partner with HR Centers of Excellence and Global HRBPs to develop and implement HR programs, processes, and tools within respective client groups.
- Play a consultative role with managers in a variety of areas including communications, employment law, employee relations, recruitment, performance management, compensation and benefits, team and individual development, practice/policy interpretation and application, and other management challenges.
- Partner with talent acquisition and business leaders in the development and execution of staffing strategies to ensure recruitment of high potential talent at appropriate staffing levels. Recommend changes to staffing strategies as appropriate.
- Drive the labor relations agenda with local Works Councils across new programs and annual HR programs, such as bonus allocations, installations of new systems and processes, change management, etc.
- Use HR data analytics and business information to consult with senior leaders and other functional leadership to develop appropriate HR strategies and solutions.
- Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to senior leaders and line management (including but not limited to coaching, counseling, career development and disciplinary actions).
- Resolve complex employee relations issues (such as harassment and discrimination allegations) in a balanced, fair and objective manner, using appropriate counseling, investigative, intervention and mediation techniques.
- Provide recommendations and course of action necessary to establish a positive employer-employee relationship that is consistent with the Company’s practices, policies and procedures. Serve as a neutral party.
- Complete all other duties as assigned by management.
What You Will Bring:
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Fluent English – written and spoken
- Either Hungarian or Romanian – high degree of language competence – written or spoken
- Experience of driving programs across sometimes complex structures
- Deep expertise in managing HR demands with varying employment laws and cultures
- Experience of working successfully in a US culture
- Directly supervising a team of 3-4 HR professionals
- No direct budget responsibility
- Previous experience of working in an international business, proven to participate as a member of business-wide HR & management team
- HR Qualified to degree level (or equivalent relevant experience) ; sound and current knowledge of local country employment law
- Highly collaborative with a strong desire to deliver results and create a positive work environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to adapt to a variety of communication settings and styles
- Strong prioritisation skills
- Ability to work as part of a team, whilst simultaneously being accountable for personal delivery and results
- Understanding of commercial drivers
- Conflict resolution
- Design and implementation of policies
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Ready to Join Us?
At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
Data Protection
If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. For more information on Sophos’ data protection practices, please consult our Privacy Policy Cybersecurity as a Service Delivered | Sophos
Sophos Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sophos and has not been reviewed or approved by Sophos.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is positioned as broad, with company-wide wellness days plus dedicated learning days and paid volunteer time.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related leave appears more comprehensive than baseline offerings, including paid parental leave, caregiver leave, and extended bereavement leave.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support is emphasized through always-available assistance resources and a Calm subscription, suggesting a lifestyle-oriented benefits approach.
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The Company
What We Do
Cybersecurity Evolved. As a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, Sophos protects nearly 400,000 organizations of all sizes in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyberthreats. Powered by SophosLabs – a global threat intelligence and data science team – Sophos’ cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more.
