People business partner in fintech

N26; Berlin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development budget

Work-from-home budget

Fitness & wellness discounts

Language apps

Public transportation benefit

Relocation package with visa support

Job summary

N26 Inc. in Berlin seeks a Senior People Business Partner to partner with executive leaders across our Product and Business divisions, driving people strategy in a fast‑growing tech environment.

You will lead organizational design, workforce planning with Finance, and end-to-end people processes while coaching leaders and leveraging data to forecast talent needs and optimize people initiatives.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a People Business Partner in fast-paced, high-growth, or tech environments.
• Credible peer and trusted advisor to VP/C-Level executives.
• Experience leading reorganizations, mergers, or structural shifts.
• Partnering with cross-border, distributed teams across Europe with knowledge of labor laws and Works Councils.
• Excellent communication and emotional intelligence; influence without authority.
• Solutions-oriented mindset delivering high-impact outcomes.
• Coaching for both emerging managers and seasoned executives.
• Proficient with people analytics and qualitative insights.

Responsibilities

• Build trust with CPBO and executive leaders; advise and guide high-stakes conversations.
• Enable fusion of Product and Business divisions via organizational design and cross-functional synergy.
• Lead strategic workforce planning with Finance for Product and Business; manage headcount and budget.
• Oversee end-to-end people cycles (talent management, succession, compensation reviews, onboarding).
• Identify friction points, align priorities, and apply conflict-resolution frameworks.
• Provide coaching and feedback to leaders at all levels.
• Utilize data to forecast risks and present data-informed recommendations.

Skills

People Business Partner

Executive leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

People analytics

Leadership coaching

Tools

HR analytics tools

Organizational design tools

Job description

Описание: Hi, I’m Cristina, the Head of People Business Partnering at N26 and I am looking for a Senior People Business Partner to join our People Team, partnering directly with our executive leaders across our Product and Business divisions.

Задачи:

• Build a robust, trust-based relationship with our CPBO and executive leaders, serving as a pragmatic advisor who can diplomatically challenge assumptions, steer high-stakes conversations, and deliver solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Enable the seamless fusion of Product and Business divisions through impactful organizational design solutions and cross-functional synergy.
• Lead strategic workforce planning in close partnership with Finance for Product and Business, optimizing organizational design while actively steering headcount, costs, and budget compliance.
• Lead the end-to-end execution of core people cycles across the organization (e.g., talent management, succession planning, compensation reviews, senior leadership onboarding), ensuring smooth operational delivery that directly supports business evolution.
• Proactively spot friction points, align diverging priorities, and apply diplomatic conflict-resolution frameworks to maintain team alignment and momentum.
• Provide continuous coaching and constructive, actionable feedback to leaders at all levels, helping them elevate their effectiveness and scale their capabilities.
• Harness data and workforce metrics to anticipate organizational risks, forecast capacity and talent needs, and present data-informed recommendations to demanding stakeholders.

Требования:

• Extensive experience as a People Business Partner within fast-paced, high-growth, or tech-driven environments, ideally supporting product, commercial, or tech teams.
• A proven track record of acting as a credible peer and trusted advisor to decisive, high-standard senior executives (VP/C-Level).
• Demonstrated experience leading teams through reorganizations, mergers, or structural shifts to build shared culture and cross-functional synergy.
• Proven track record of partnering with cross-border, distributed teams across multiple jurisdictions, with a sound working knowledge of varying European labor legislations and Works Councils.
• Exceptional communication and emotional intelligence, with the ability to influence without authority, manage expectations, and lead with radical candor.
• You bring a solutions-oriented mindset, capable of cutting through complexity to deliver simple, high-impact outcomes.
• You have the practical capability to coach both emerging managers and seasoned executives on people leadership and team engagement.
• You are comfortable using people analytics and qualitative insights to build compelling business cases, track team engagement, and measure the effectiveness of people initiatives.
• You are a proactive self-starter who drives initiatives autonomously, delivers tangible business impact, and embraces a continuous drive to learn, reflect, and iterate on existing ways of working.

Условия:

Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors.

• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation.
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account.
• As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.
• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.
• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, experiences, and backgrounds.
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.