People Operations Manager

Hypersonica GmbH; München; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Hypersonica GmbH is seeking a People Operations Manager to build scalable HR processes for a high-performance engineering team in Europe. You’ll own onboarding, lifecycle management, compliance and performance coordination, designing AI-enabled workflows to grow with the company.

You will partner with the Head of People and Performance to implement data-driven HR programs, maintain records in HiBob and SAP SuccessFactors, and ensure German employment law compliance while keeping speed and

Qualifikationen

• Proven HR operations background with German employment law in a start-up or fast-moving business.
• Hands-on experience building and using AI tools for HR automation, data analysis, and document generation.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement scalable, complex processes.
• Proficiency with HRIS platforms (HiBob, SuccessFactors, or equivalent).

Aufgaben

• Coordinate onboarding and lifecycle management, with AI-assisted workflows and compliance checks.
• Maintain clean employee records in HiBob/SAP SuccessFactors and validate data with AI.
• Oversee performance cycles, probation, objectives, feedback, and documentation.
• Ensure German employment law compliance, security, and data protection.
• Design reusable templates and scalable workflows managers can execute independently.
• Identify broken processes and redesign using AI tools for efficiency; measure and optimize.
• Create dashboards for headcount, onboarding, probation, turnover, absence; surface trends with AI.
• Partner with Talent, IT, Finance, Security, Facilities on onboarding and transitions.

Kenntnisse

German employment law

AI tools for HR automation

Data analysis

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in HR or related

Tools

HiBob

SAP SuccessFactors

Jobbeschreibung

Help Build Europe’s Hypersonic Capability

AtHypersonica,we’reredefiningwhat’spossible in Europeandefencetechnology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast.

As our People Operations Manager, you will help build the operating system that supports one of Europe’s highest-performing engineering teams. This is not a corporate HR admin role. You will work directly with the Head of People and Performance to keep hiring, onboarding, people processes, performance cycles, documentation, and employee operations running with speed, clarity, and discipline.

We are deliberately talent dense. Every hire matters. Every process should make the company faster, clearer, and more accountable. If you are highly organised, commercially minded, strong on HR fundamentals, and motivated by supporting exceptional people in a high-performance environment, we want to hear from you.

What you’ll do

Core Mission:
Build and operate scalable HR processes for Hypersonica DE using AI automation. Own onboarding, employee lifecycle management, compliance, and performance coordination - with a focus on designing repeatable, AI-enabled workflows that grow with our company.

Support Saskia, our Head of People and Performance across day-to-day people operations like

• Onboarding & Lifecycle:

  • Execute end-to-end new hire onboarding: documentation, contracts, culture, system setup, compliance checks
  • Design AI-assisted workflows to automate repetitive tasks and scale seamlessly

• Data & Systems

  • Maintain clean, accurate employee records in HiBob/SAP SuccessFactors
  • Implement AI-driven validation and anomaly detection to ensure data integrity

• HR Processes

  • Coordinate performance cycles (probation, objectives, feedback, documentation)
  • Ensure compliance with German employment law, security, and data protection
  • Build reusable templates and workflows managers can execute independently

• Automation & Iteration

  • Identify broken or slow processes; redesign using AI tools for efficiency
  • Continuously test, measure, and optimize workflows for scale
  • Reduce manual touchpoints through intelligent automation

• Reporting & Insights

  • Create dashboards for headcount, onboarding, probation, turnover, absence
  • Use AI to surface trends, risks, and improvement opportunities

• Cross-Functional Coordination

  • Partner with our Talent, IT, Finance, Security, Facilities teams on employee onboardings and transitions
  • First point of contact for German employees on onboarding, benefits, policies

Who you are

• Proven HR operations background with German employment law in a start-up or fast-moving business.

• Hands-on experience building and using AI tools for HR automation, data analysis, and document generation.

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement scalable, complex processes.

• Proficiency with HRIS platforms (HiBob, SuccessFactors, or equivalent).
• Data-driven mindset, strong written communication skills. Able to work with senior leaders, managers, engineers, and new starters with confidence and professionalism.

• Discreet,matureand trusted with confidential people matters.

• Proactive by default. Comfortable operating in a high-performance environment where standards are high, pace is fast, andpeopledecisions matter.

• Experience in aerospace,defence, engineering, manufacturing, technology, or another high-consequence environment preferred.

• Bachelorsdegree, or similar professional qualification in HR, Business or similar subject is preferred.

• Motivated by building a people function that increases company velocity, protectsstandardsand helps exceptional people do their best work.

• Fluent in German and English

What success looks like

• New starters are onboarded cleanly, quickly and with no avoidable confusion.

• HRIS tools and people records are accurate, complete and audit-ready.

• Our processes like probation, performance, and onboarding are tracked and followed through and can scale.

• HR administration is compliant, fast, and reliable.

At Hypersonica, every hire raises the bar. We are deliberately small, intensely capable, and deeply mission-driven.

Hypersonica is an equal-opportunity employer and assesses candidates solely on merit, capability, and potential.