Your role
You bring senior People expertise to Kipu, leading our People strategy, advising managers and building the frameworks needed as we grow. You will build on our existing People operations and work hands-on with our People Operations Manager. You report to our VP Business Operations, collaborate with the leadership, and partner closely with our People Operations Manager.
Your responsibilities
Strengthen People Operations
Set a high bar for excellence and integrity
Set a high bar for excellence and integrity
Own the employee lifecycle: onboarding, offboarding, contracts and references
Improve end-to-end People-related processes across departments
Oversee our payroll provider for our German team and international colleagues
Build and promote employee handbook and policies
Engage and partner the organization
Listen across all teams, monitor engagement, and turn what you hear into visible action
Build a feedback culture that works across many nationalities and working styles
Be the trusted sparring partner on people decisions and organizational change
Act as a trusted go-to person for our colleagues
Drive a consistent career and compensation framework
Shape talent acquisition that scales
Design how we hire: personnel forecasting, requirements scoping, interview process, and decision guidance
Run our open roles yourself, including hard-to-find scientific and technical profiles
Shape our employer brand and a candidate experience people talk about
Your profile
People/HR generalist experience across the full employee lifecycle
You have built or rebuilt a People function at a startup or scale-up
Hands-on recruiting experience, ideally including technical or scientific roles
Expert, practical knowledge of German employment law, and a feel for when to bring in counsel
Experience with Personio or a similar HRIS
You have guided people through change and know how to build trust and engagement
High agency: you set your own agenda, prioritize hard and finish what you starty
Team player: you sport a collaborative way of working
AI-literate: you know how to use AI to optimize People workflows
Data driven: you support your decision making with sounds numbers and analysis
You influence through judgment and credibility, not hierarchy
Experience in international, multicultural teams
Fluent English mandatory
Fluent German preferred
Nice to have
Deep-tech, research or scientific environments
International hiring via employer of record
SOC 2 or ISO 27001 HR controls
Career frameworks, pay bands and pay transparency
Why join us?
A mission at the frontier of quantum computing, alongside world-class scientists and engineers
Direct work with our leadership team on the questions that shape the company
A role with real ownership
An international team based in Berlin
Contributions toward public transport or shopping vouchers
International remote work opportunities
30 vacation days
Adaptable working hours and hybrid-friendly options
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