HR Business Partner - Tech, Product & Security

Powens; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Powens, headquartered in Barcelona and Paris, seeks an HR Business Partner to support our Tech, Product and Security teams (about 60 people across Barcelona and Paris). You will help people grow, stay and perform while collaborating with CPTO, CISO and engineering leaders.

Your duties include onboarding, career development, engagement, and HR projects, with a focus on GDPR and confidentiality in a global, remote-aware environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as an HRBP or similar people-partnering role.
• Experience in a tech scale-up or fintech is preferred.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Be the dedicated people partner for Tech, Product and Security teams across Barcelona and Paris.
• Own onboarding journeys from day one through the end of the trial period.
• Develop career plans, training plans and internal mobility for staff.
• Monitor engagement, drive retention plans and handle complex employee situations.
• Lead HR projects, manager training, performance cycles and compensation reviews.
• Uphold GDPR and confidentiality while informing policy decisions.

Skills

HRBP experience

English fluency

Spanish fluency

Tech/fintech familiarity

Stakeholder management

Job description

About us

Powens is the trusted Open Finance partner for financial institutions and fast-growing companies across Europe and Latin America, helping them automate financial workflows, embed payments seamlessly, and turn real-time financial data into actionable decisions.

Headquartered in Barcelona and Paris, Powens operates at the intersection of financial data and payments. Through one platform and two applications, we give our customers the infrastructure to manage finances, automate accounting, assess risk, and grow their businesses.

At Powens, we ask why before we build, we take initiative and see things through, we move from problem to solution together, and we work seamlessly across Europe as one team. If you enjoy pushing things forward rather than accepting the status quo, you'll fit in here.

We are a trusted partner to leading financial institutions and software providers, and we achieve this by hiring exceptional people. Joining Powens means being part of an inclusive, multicultural, and international team of over 130 employees.

About the role:

As HR Business Partner, you will be the dedicated people partner for our Tech, Product and Security teams: around 60 people across Barcelona and Paris. You will work hand in hand with our CPTO, our CISO, and with the engineering managers and tech leads who run the teams day to day.

Recruitment is handled by a dedicated transverse role, and payroll and admin by our People Ops. This leaves you free to focus fully on what matters most: helping our people grow, stay and perform. You will be the first HR contact for your scope, report to our CHRO and join an HR team of five working across France and Spain.

Your missions:

Onboarding

• Own the onboarding journey of every new joiner in your scope, from day one to the end of the trial period.

• Run structured check-ins with new joiners and their managers

• Track trial-period outcomes and act on what they tell us.

Career & talent development

• Follow each employee’s development throughout their career at Powens: career plan, training plan, internal mobility.

• Build career paths for tech, product and security roles with the managers.

• Run People Reviews and 360 feedback cycles, and prepare promotions.

• Make sure your teams have the skills they need to reach their targets, and manage the relationship with training providers.

• Connect annual reviews and performance management to real development plans.

Engagement & retention

• Be a close, day-to-day partner for employees and managers in your scope: regular check-ins, listening, advice and support throughout the employee journey.

• Monitor engagement in your scope and act early on the signals you pick up.

• Build retention plans for key talent with the managers.

• Handle complex individual situations on your own (conflicts, grievances, disciplinary cases) with rigour, impartiality and full confidentiality

• Track and share the HR KPIs of your scope

HR projects & culture

• Act as an ambassador of the HR team and of Powens culture: contribute to company events, team rituals and internal initiatives alongside the rest of the HR team.

• Roll out group HR projects in your scope (manager training, performance cycles, compensation reviews, company values), adapting them to local legislation and culture.

• Run culture workshops with the rest of the HR team.

• Make sure every HR project has a clear owner and clear success criteria.

• Bring the voice of the teams back into the design of our HR policies.

How you work, the Powens way

• You are a trusted, direct and pragmatic partner, comfortable with senior leaders as well as with individual contributors. You adapt your communication to each audience.

• You are data-oriented. You use indicators to steer your actions and tell the story behind the numbers.

• You set high standards: you improve processes as you go, give direct and constructive feedback

• You handle sensitive information with discretion and uphold GDPR and ethical standards.

• You have the writing culture to work in a global and remote environment

Profile and skills required:

• You have 4+ years of experience as an HRBP or in a similar people-partnering role, ideally in a tech scale-up or a fintech.

• You know the world of tech teams: their career expectations, their market and what makes them stay.

• You are fluent in English and Spanish.

Nice to have:

• You are fluent in French.

• Hands-on knowledge of Spanish employment law. We are supported by specialists, but you know the basics.

• Experience in an international company.

Recruitment process:

• HR call

• Meeting with the HR team

• Case study

• Interview with our CHRO

• Powens fit: meetings with the managers and teams you will work with

Salary Range: 45K - 55K€

Women are under-represented in the fintech industry. To women candidates, please dare to take your rightful place!

Powens Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we foster an inclusive and diverse working environment without any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability.. If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please let us know to accommodate!