Associate People Manager

BLP; München; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real ownership of People processes

International scope

Shape Munich office from start

steep learning curve at AI company

Job summary

BLP is expanding globally and seeks an HR/People Operations specialist to own the employee lifecycle end-to-end and be the go-to expert for the team on People topics.

You will configure HRIS features, automate workflows, and build dashboards to support data-driven decisions across Europe and the US, with a focus on Munich and international growth.

Qualifications

• Degree in Business Administration, Psychology, or related field.
• Internship or working student experience in HR/People Operations.
• Strong interpersonal skills and high discretion with sensitive topics.
• Analytical and structured thinking with process mindset.
• Tech affinity and hands-on HRIS experience (Rippling or Personio).
• Ownership mindset: fix manual processes proactively.
• Fluent in English and German.

Responsibilities

• Own the employee lifecycle end-to-end (onboarding, offboarding, contracts, probation, reviews).
• Own HR systems on the People side: configure features, automate workflows, ensure data quality.
• Be the first point of contact for employees and managers on People topics.
• Lead People projects from concept to rollout (engagement, performance, policies, culture).
• Handle day-to-day HR administration across Europe and US teams.
• Build People dashboards and reports to support data-driven decisions.

Skills

Interpersonal

Discretion

Analytical

Ownership

HRIS Rippling/Personio

Bilingual English/German

Education

Bachelor's in Business Administration or Psychology

Tools

Rippling

Personio

Job description

Join BLP and help make the world’s business processes autonomous!

Our agentic platform helps finance and operations teams worldwide remove manual work from their core business processes, so work runs end-to-end with greater control and significant productivity gains.

Today, over 550 enterprise customers use BLP across 1,300+ deployed projects. In the processes we automate, customers achieve productivity improvements of 5 to 10 times.

To date, BLP remains majority employee-owned, with Goldman Sachs holding a minority stake as a growth investor. Our success is driven by deep expertise in technology and business processes, a superior product with strong product-market fit, reflected in an expanding customer base that includes Fortune 500 companies.

BLP is one of Switzerland's fastest-growing SaaS scale-ups; we are now entering our next phase of growth. From our headquarters on Zürich's Bahnhofstrasse, we're expanding globally, with a growing presence across Europe and North America.

Join us and help make autonomous operations the new standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the employee lifecycle end-to-end (onboarding, offboarding, approvals, contracts, probation and review cycles)
• Own our HR system on the People side: configure features, automate workflows, keep data quality high, and be the go-to expert for the team
• Be the first point of contact for employees and managers on People topics
• Lead People projects from concept to rollout (e.g., engagement, performance, policies, culture initiatives)
• Handle day-to-day HR administration across our European and US teams
• Build People dashboards and reports that support data-driven decisions

Requirements

• Degree in Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field
• Some practical experience from internships or working student roles, ideally in HR or People Operations
• Strong interpersonal skills and a high level of discretion with sensitive topics
• Strong analytical and structured thinking, with a mindset for building processes
• Tech affinity: you enjoy working with tools and have hands-on experience with an HRIS (e.g., Rippling, Personio)
• Ownership mindset: You see a manual process and fix it without waiting to be asked
• Fluent in English and German

Nice to Have

• Experience automating workflows or building reports (e.g., HRIS workflows, dashboards)
• Project management experience
• A focus on HR, organization, or labor law in your studies
• Experience in an international, fast-growing company

Benefits

• Real ownership of People processes, systems, and projects from day one
• International scope, working with teams across Europe and the US
• The chance to shape our Munich office from the start
• A steep learning curve at a fast-growing AI company serving 550+ clients in 40+ countries