Head of People (m/f/x)

present of AI; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Skeleton Technologies, a leader in high-power energy storage systems, seeks a Head of People in Germany to lead hiring, development, retention and workplace practices. The role balances employee needs with business goals across engineering, manufacturing and commercial teams within a hardware-focused company.

AI-enabled HR tools and analytics shape the function, while human judgment guides trust, conflict resolution, and career conversations during change.

Qualifications

• Experience building people programs in a growing hardware or industrial company.
• Experience leading the people function including hiring, development, retention and workplace practices.

Skills

People strategy

Hiring and retention

HR analytics tools

Change management

Industrial background

Job description

A Head of People typically leads the whole people function, covering hiring, development, retention and workplace practices. A strong candidate brings experience building people programs in a growing hardware or industrial company, plus the judgment to balance employee needs with business goals. At a company making high power energy storage for data centers, grids, transport and defense, that means supporting teams that mix engineering, manufacturing and commercial work.

How it fits the AI era

AI tools now handle scheduling, screening, survey analysis and routine policy questions, so the people lead spends less time on administration. What stays human is trust, conflict resolution, career conversations and shaping how teams work together through change. The role becomes more about designing fair, clear systems that people actually want to use.

How it builds AI experience

This role offers hands on exposure to AI in HR: using analytics to spot turnover risks, automating onboarding steps and testing tools for fairer hiring. A candidate can build this by learning one people analytics platform, running a small pilot on a real process and measuring what improves. Experience with AI in a manufacturing or engineering setting is especially useful here.

Worth showing

• People strategy at scale
• Hiring and retention
• HR analytics tools
• Change management
• Industrial or hardware background

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About Skeleton Technologies

Skeleton Technologies makes high-power energy storage systems, including supercapacitors and SuperBatteries, for AI data centers, power grids, transportation and defense (per the company).