The Role
Serve as the primary People Partner to the CRO and Sales and Marketing leadership, advising on organizational, performance, employee relations, and people matters. Lead scalable people processes, employee lifecycle support, compliance, policy management, and people analytics. Manage conflicts, guide sensitive employment matters, support cross-functional projects, and translate HR data into recommendations that improve team effectiveness and organizational performance.
Summary Generated by Built In
At osapiens, we're scaling fast – and so is our People team. We're looking for a Senior People Partner who has the confidence to navigate senior stakeholders, brings structure to complexity, and knows how to drive impactful people initiatives from idea to execution.
You'll be the go-toPeople Partner for our Sales and Marketing organization, working primarily with our CRO and his leadership team. It's a hands-on, high-stakes role — and as the role and our business continue to grow, you'll help shape what it becomes, so flexibility and comfort with change are key.
This senior role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys bringing structure to complexity, and wants to make a real impact on how we work and grow. With a strong foundation in People Operations and a focus on project management, you'll help shape scalable, people-first processes while collaborating closely across teams.
Your Responsibilities
- Business Partnering & Enablement: You act as the primary People Partner to the CRO and the Sales/Marketing leadership team, building trusted relationships and acting as a sparring partner on organizational, people, and performance topics.
- Employee Relations & Employment Law: You confidently guide managers and employees through sensitive employee relations topics, backed by a solid understanding of employment law. You know when to handle a situation yourself and when to loop in legal or specialist support, always ensuring things are managed fairly and compliantly.
- Conflict Management & Resilience: You're comfortable managing conflict, pushing back on stakeholders when needed, and staying resilient under pressure from senior and demanding counterparts.
- Core People Processes & Cycles: You coordinate and continuously improve key people processes that drive performance, engagement, and operational excellence — such as goal-setting frameworks, performance conversations, feedback cycles, and internal mobility — ensuring they're well-scoped and deliver measurable impact.
- People Data & Insights: You use data to uncover trends and patterns that enable informed, people-centered decisions, translating insights into recommendations that help leaders improve performance and team effectiveness.
- People Operations & Employee Lifecycle Support: While not your core focus, you partner closely with the People Operations team and provide senior-level expertise on employee lifecycle topics. You act as a sounding board for complex cases, share best practices, and support cross-functional collaboration in areas such as onboarding, offboarding, and contract administration to help ensure smooth and scalable processes.
- Compliance & Policy Management: You ensure our people processes and policies are legally compliant and aligned with our values, supporting the evolution of internal policies and helping communicate them clearly across the business.
Your Experience
- 10+ years of experience in HR Business Partner / HR Generalist / People Operations roles, ideally in a fast-paced, tech-driven environment.
- Stakeholder & project management: Agile mindset for cross-functional projects, and the resilience to stand your ground with senior, challenging stakeholders.
- Employment law knowledge: Solid understanding of employment law and experience handling sensitive employee relations situations confidently and compliantly.
- Strong analytical skills: Comfortable using HR metrics and data to generate insights, improve processes, and inform business decisions.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: Able to build and maintain relationships across the organization, balancing empathy with business needs. Experience or training in coaching, mediation, or negotiation is a strong plus.
- Background mix: Experience in both startup/scale-up environments and larger organizations is a strong plus - you know how to apply the structure and thinking of a bigger company to a growing one like ours.
- Fluent in English (German is a plus): Ability to handle complex discussions and documentation in both languages.
Join us for this and more...
- A purpose-driven mission tackling complex sustainability challenges while working alongside global industry pioneers at a fast-growing unicorn company
- Room for creativity through collaborative teamwork and an open communication culture
- Flexibility and team bonding with our hybrid work options
- Sustainable mobility options, promoting eco-friendly commuting solutions
- Fun team events and outings with our global teams
- An inspiring working environment in Mannheim (and globally!)
About
osapiens develops holistic Software-as-a-Service solutions that help global companies ensure transparency, efficiency, and trust across their entire value chain. Through its cloud platform, the osapiens HUB, the company leverages innovative technologies, including artificial intelligence, to strengthen businesses while promoting human rights, ecological responsibility, and sustainable corporate governance.Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, osapiens works with around 2,500 companies in over 50 countries across industries such as consumer goods, automotive, fashion, pharmaceuticals, and medical products. The company is backed by Goldman Sachs and Decarbonization Partners, reinforcing its commitment to responsible, sustainable growth and has reached unicorn status in January 2026.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, or People Operations roles
- Experience in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment
- Stakeholder and project management experience
- Ability to manage challenging senior stakeholders and demonstrate resilience
- Solid understanding of employment law
- Experience handling sensitive employee relations matters compliantly
- Strong analytical skills, including using HR metrics and data to generate insights
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Fluent English
- German language proficiency
- Experience or training in coaching, mediation, or negotiation
- Experience in startup or scale-up environments and larger organizations
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The Company
What We Do
osapiens develops holistic Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions that help global companies ensure transparency, efficiency, and trust across their entire value chain. Through its cloud platform, the osapiens HUB, the company leverages innovative technologies, including artificial intelligence, to strengthen businesses while promoting human rights, ecological responsibility, and sustainable corporate governance. Headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, osapiens supports over 2,500 customers worldwide, from SMEs to global enterprises, in driving sustainable growth and regulatory compliance.
