People Director

emeraldstay; Barcelona; Híbrido; EUR 90.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible work environment

Flexible benefits

Discount on Emerald stays

Regular team outings and events

External coaching

Anniversary perks

Descripción de la vacante

Eterniti is seeking a seasoned People Director to lead HR across the group from our Barcelona office. The role focuses on protecting and evolving culture while delivering excellence in recruitment, development, and people analytics across destinations.

You will report to the CEO and COO, shape the HR strategy, and drive employee engagement. A flexible, hybrid work model is available with part-time or full-time possibilities and international collaboration.

Formación

• At least 5 years of senior HR/People experience across multiple entities or countries.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with experience in a fast-growing startup.
• Strategic HR business partnering with a hands-on execution approach.

Responsabilidades

• Act as HR Business Partner for all group companies and ensure HR monitoring and compliance.
• Lead culture, internal communication projects and annual HR planning.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding and training for the group; develop coaching skills.

Conocimientos

Senior HR experience

People leadership

Strategic HR partnering

Data-driven

Multinational experience

Herramientas

HR dashboards

HR analytics

Descripción del empleo

Eterniti is the leading operator of vacation rentals in iconic holiday destinations, led by a passion for excellence, authentic adventures, and hospitality. With over €2 billion in assets under management, we operate 800+ chalets, villas and apartments under 3 consumer brands: Emerald Stay (our 4* brand), Bo House (our 5* brand) and Verbier Exclusive (our Palace brand). Our guests can discover our properties in more than 25 exceptional destinations across Europe and North America. We are a fast-growing company generating around €100M in annual revenue, backed by more than €50M raised from top-tier investors. Join us at a pivotal moment, with the ambition and the means to keep raising the bar. We are looking for a talented People Director to join our dynamic team, at our Barcelona office. In this role, you will be exposed to an international group spanning various business units, where your ability to protect and nurture our culture and to excel at recruitment will be absolutely key to your success.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic HR & business partnering

• Act as HR Business Partner for all companies in the group.
• Ensure HR monitoring and compliance.
• Be accountable for the OKRs process, together with our Chief of Staff.
• Run the annual employee survey and propose an annual HR plan based on the results.
• Own, monitor and act on the people dashboards to steer performance across destinations.
• Prepare the people slides for our board meetings.

Culture, communication & engagement

• Be the guardian of our group's culture.
• Lead HR and internal communication projects (internal newsletters, AI trainings, Learning & Development, etc.).
• Organise and host our annual offsite for the Eterniti and Emerald Stay team.

Talent acquisition & development

• Oversee recruitment and training.
• Participate in team members' onboardings and offboardings.
• Deliver individual training sessions (e.g. presentation or communication skills).
• Help managers develop their coaching and mentoring skills.

Team management, entities & tools

• Manage two HR team members.
• Complete the HR integration with the Jewels (acquired companies).
• Handle key individual HR matters and HR situations that elevate.
• Be accountable for our HR tools: JazzHR and Skello.

Depending on priorities as well as your bandwidth, skills and interest, you may be involved in other projects, in line with your qualifications.

KEY INFORMATION

• Employment start: as soon as possible.
• Reporting to the CEO (Maxime Friess) and COO (Laurent Lacourt).
• Position based in Barcelona.
• Occasional travel across our entities and destinations, as needed.
• Permanent contract (indefinite Spanish contract).
• We’re open to a part-time or full-time position: we work at the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and home office is possible on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.
• The application journey has 5 key steps:
  • Step 1: screening call for selected candidates.
  • Step 2: case study.
  • Step 3: video interview with our Chief People Officer and our HR Manager.
  • Step 4: video interview with our COO.
  • Step 5: video interview with our CEO.
  • Step 6: references check.

ABOUT YOU

We’d love to hear from you if…

• You have solid senior HR / People experience, ideally across several entities or countries: at least 5 years.
• You are an entrepreneur at heart and have prior experience at a fast-growing startup - we expect you to be proactive and constructive at all times; you thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• You combine strategic HR business partnering with a hands‑on, get-things-done approach.
• You are a natural people leader who builds trust and handles confidential matters with discretion.
• You have a good working knowledge of labour and employment frameworks (France and Spain a plus).
• You are comfortable steering with data, dashboards and KPIs, and strong with digital tools.
• You speak (and write) French and English fluently; Spanish is a plus.
• You can work in the EU without visa sponsorship.

ABOUT US

We offer a work environment that values and empowers people while fostering personal development. Our culture is dictated by the following values :

• Make Mistakes - We foster a creative environment where the best ideas win, where it is okay to make mistakes and unacceptable not to learn from them.
• Question - We don't accept the status quo and look for ways to leverage technology while empowering people.
• Speak Up - We are true people who give honest feedback, who are not afraid to share opinions and who don't talk behind one's back.
• Think Big - While staying humble, we aim for the stars and work towards established goals and metrics.
• Don’t Compromise - We are obsessed with quality, like a Swiss watchmaker.
• Care - We care about our team members, our partners and our clients, and make our passion and our work one and the same.

We are demanding - everyone really counts at Eterniti. But keep in mind that we value hard work and give growth opportunities to those who deserve it. We want you to grow with the company.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to any characteristic unrelated to their skills and experience.

Oh, we’ve got perks...

• Flexible work environment: we have a flexible home office policy; you'll work at the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the rest of the time, it's up to you. Feeling like working with another view? We offer 15 days yearly of remote work from wherever you’d like
• Flexible benefits: you’ll get a card to spend on what matters most to you: food, transport, or health insurance to optimize your net income
• Discount on Emerald stays, during specific periods, on selected properties
• Regular team outings and events: because work is fun when you’re part of an awesome team
• External coaching: for supervisor level and above - we believe and invest in you
• Anniversary perks