HR Business Partner (Interim / Freelance)

7people; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 117,000; Part time

Job summary

7people is seeking an interim HR Business Partner to join our international scale-up. Based in Rotterdam, you will own Rippling, manage HR data, and support a performance-cycle rollout while keeping day-to-day HR moving.

You’ll coordinate an EOR transition for 10+ international employees, help shape the annual engagement survey, and support year-end activities with Finance. This hands-on, fast-paced role is ideal for a pragmatic, communicative team player.

Qualifications

• Must have experience as an HR Business Partner in a fast-moving international environment.
• Tech-savvy with HR systems, data and tooling; Rippling experience is a bonus.
• Confident with stakeholders, especially in sales compensation work.
• Fluent in English; Dutch is useful but not required as a working language.
• Hands-on, self-starter who thrives in a scale-up culture.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of Rippling, the company’s HR system, day-to-day management.
• Lead the EOR transition for 10+ international employees across countries.
• Support the rollout of the performance review process in Rippling, configuring workflows and permissions.
• Structure the sales compensation process, templates, and cross-stakeholder alignment for 2027.
• Run the annual engagement survey and drive deep-dives into key outcomes.
• Support Finance and HR during year-end activities and external audits.

Skills

HRBP

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Data-driven

Dutch helpful

Tools

Rippling

Job description

An international scale-up with around 420 employees across the Netherlands, Germany, New York and beyond is looking for an interim HR Business Partner. The company is in an interesting phase: after significant growth, the focus is now on building more structure, clarity and focus.

This is a broad, hands-on role. You'll pick up ongoing projects, manage an HRIS transition, support a performance cycle rollout and help run an engagement survey, all while keeping the day-to-day moving. The team works informally and directly, and that's exactly the kind of environment where you'll thrive.

What you'll be doing

• Taking ownership of Rippling, the company's recently implemented HR system, and managing it day-to-day
• Leading the EOR transition: migrating approximately 10+ international employees across different countries into Rippling before 1 January
• Supporting the rollout of the performance review process in Rippling for the first time, including configuring workflows, permissions and requests correctly
• Structuring the sales compensation process: managing templates, aligning with stakeholders and ensuring consistency heading into 2027
• Running the annual engagement surve, building a priority matrix and driving at least one deep-dive into the key outcomes
• Supporting Finance and HR during year-end activities and external audits where HR data is needed

Who we’re looking for

• Experienced as an HR Business Partner, ideally in a fast-moving, international environment
• Tech-savvy: you’re comfortable with HR systems, data and tooling, and you pick up new platforms quickly. Experience with Rippling is a bonus, not a requirement
• Confident with stakeholders: especially in the sales compensation work, you know how to hold the line, protect templates and push back when needed
• Fluent in English, Dutch is useful but not the working language here
• Someone who hits the ground running. You don’t need much handholding to get up to speed and start making an impact
• A good cultural fit for a scale-up: pragmatic, flexible, communicative and comfortable when a lot is happening at once

Rotterdam, (right next to Rotterdam Centraal)

Start: no later than 1 November, with 2–3 weeks of overlap for handover

3 days/week in November, 4 days/week from December onwards

Tuesday is the fixed team day; presence on that day is strongly preferred

Interim / maternity cover assignment

Hourly rate: €80 - €85