Human Resources Manager

Digital Pipl; Rotselaar; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Pipl in Belgium seeks an HR Manager / People & Culture to own the HR function, partnering with senior leadership to shape people processes, develop employees, and drive international growth.

This hands-on role covers recruitment, onboarding, performance management, training, engagement, and retention, with responsibility for building scalable HR policies across regions and ensuring a high-performing culture.

Qualifications

• Experience leading HR in tech/industrial companies.
• Strong knowledge of employment law across European markets.
• Proactive, structured, and pragmatic approach to building processes from scratch.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day HR operations, records, payroll coordination, and HR documentation.
• Develop training, learning, career progression, and managerial development initiatives.
• Lead internal communications, company-wide meetings, and engagement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain compensation, benefits, benchmarking, and governance frameworks.
• Support audits, governance, risk management, and information security requirements.

Skills

HR leadership

People & Culture strategy

Stakeholder management

Recruitment & onboarding

Performance management

Job description

Our client is an ambitious fast-growing, technology-driven company revolutionizing performance of electronics. By combining advanced software, engineering, and physical product innovation, the company is addressing one of the biggest challenges facing next-generation GPUs, electronics, and data centers in the AI era.

The Role

As HR Manager / People & Culture, you will own the HR function, working closely with senior leadership to build effective people processes, develop employees, strengthen company culture, and support international growth.

This is a hands-on, broad-scope role covering the entire employee lifecycle — from recruitment and onboarding to performance management, training, engagement, and retention.

You will build and improve HR processes, introduce practical frameworks, and ensure employees have the support, communication, and development opportunities they need to perform at their best.

Key Responsibilities

HR Operations & Compliance

• Own day-to-day HR operations, employee records, contracts, payroll coordination, and HR documentation.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and local requirements, coordinating with external payroll providers and legal advisers.
• Establish consistent, scalable HR policies and processes across international operations.

Employee Management, Performance & Development

• Manage the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, and feedback.
• Develop training, learning, career progression, and managerial development initiatives.
• Support workforce planning, organizational design, and capability development.
• Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional growth.

Engagement, Communication & Retention

• Strengthen employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.
• Lead internal communications, company-wide meetings, team activities, and engagement initiatives.
• Ensure employees understand company goals, feel connected to leadership, and have opportunities to share feedback.
• Foster a positive, collaborative, and high-performing workplace culture.

Compensation, Benefits & HR Governance

• Develop and maintain compensation, benefits, benchmarking, and incentive frameworks.
• Maintain clear HR policies, employee acknowledgements, and compliance records.
• Support audits, governance, risk management, and employee-related information security requirements.

What You Bring

• Experience in HR management, People & Culture, HR leadership, or senior HR business partnering, ideally in a growing technology, engineering, or industrial company.
• Strong knowledge of HR operations and employment legislation in the company's main European market.
• Experience with payroll coordination, employee administration, and external HR or legal partners.
• Practical knowledge of performance management, training and development, compensation, benefits, and employee retention.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior leaders and employees alike.
• A proactive, structured, and pragmatic approach, with the ability to build processes from the ground up.
• Fluency in English; additional local languages are an advantage.

Nice to Have

• Experience in an international, technology-led business combining software and physical product development.
• Experience supporting employees across multiple countries.
• Familiarity with HR audits, governance, and information security requirements.
• Experience building HR foundations during organizational growth or international expansion.

Why Join?

• Ownership: Lead and shape the HR function.
• Influence: Work directly with senior leadership and contribute to business decisions.
• Impact: Improve employee performance, engagement, development, and retention.
• Opportunity to build: Create practical HR processes and frameworks as the company grows.
• Meaningful innovation: Contribute to a business developing next-generation technology for the AI infrastructure powering tomorrow's world.