Head of Talent Acquisition & People Operations - Space tech startup
Key Responsibilities In your capacity as Head of People, your role will be continuously evolving, but day to day your duties will include:
- Leading and developing our Talent Acquisition and People Operations teams, ensuring alignment with global growth plans and business priorities.
- Designing and scaling people processes and policies that support seamless employee experience across multiple regions, while ensuring compliance with local labor laws and free zone regulations.
- Partnering with HRBPs to ensure leaders and managers are supported with the right frameworks, processes, and tools to scale their teams effectively.
- Overseeing global payroll coordination, contracts, benefits administration, and employment documentation to ensure smooth operations.
- Elevating our global employer brand to attract top-tier talent, while ensuring a consistent and positive candidate experience.
- Identifying and implementing HR tech solutions and automation strategies that enable efficiency and scalability in both People Operations and Talent Acquisition.
- Tracking and analyzing people metrics to inform decision-making, measure impact, and continuously improve TA and People Ops performance.
- Supporting organizational culture initiatives, employee engagement efforts, and global people projects in close partnership with the Chief Commercial & People Officer.
- Ensuring business continuity by managing vendors and external partners related to HR, recruitment, and operations.
- 10+ years of experience in People/HR roles, with deep expertise in Talent Acquisition and People Operations.
- 3-5 years of experience in leading and scaling global People teams in high-growth, tech-oriented environments.
- Plus - experience in functions outside of People/HR as well
- Plus - experience in Deep tech or engineering-heavy industries
- Plus - experience in Series C/D companies
- Strong knowledge of global and European labor laws and HR compliance frameworks, with practical experience tailoring policies across multiple geographies.
- Proven success in building high-performing TA and People Ops teams and delivering measurable improvements in hiring outcomes, onboarding, and retention.
- Data-driven mindset with experience in people analytics, KPIs, and metrics-driven performance.
- Demonstrated success in implementing HR tech and automation solutions to streamline processes and support scaling.
- Experience partnering with senior leaders and HRBPs on workforce planning, culture initiatives, and organizational design.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across diverse geographies and cultures.
- Expertise in org development a plus.
- Fluent in English; additional European languages a strong plus.
- Passion for startups, adaptability, and resilience in fast-paced, scaling environments.
- We're Agile - we make decisions fast whilst keeping our goals and systems in mind
- We're Open and Collaborative - we are transparent about risks and obstacles, so that we can cooperate to overcome them
- We have a lot of Fun - we refuel our energy knowing we are democratising space. It's a wonderful and rare opportunity, are YOU up for the challenge?
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