People Partner - Tech

Picnic Technologies; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fresh lunch

Bike plan

Health insurance

Learning & development

Holidays 25

Job summary

Picnic Technologies is seeking a People Business Partner for Tech to support 75 tech employees across software, product and data roles. You will partner with tech leadership, run reviews, coach managers, and drive staffing, onboarding and development initiatives.

You will design people programs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and manage contracts, compensation, and performance processes to enable scale in Amsterdam.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in HR, Psychology or similar.
• 3–5 years of experience as an HR Advisor, HR Business Partner or similar.

Responsibilities

• Conduct reviews and development conversations with employees.
• Lead people-related projects and staffing initiatives for tech teams.
• Staff, onboard, develop, rotate, motivate and retain tech staff.
• Provide data-driven insights and partner with tech leaders to shape strategy.
• Oversee admin related tasks around contracts and compensation.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Coaching

Communication

Project management

Data-driven

Education

Master's degree in HR or related field

Job description

At Picnic, we're revolutionizing the way people buy groceries with our innovative and sustainable app-only service. We do almost everything in-house, developing cutting-edge technologies and processes to ensure we continue to grow rapidly without missing a beat. If you're a passionate People Partner for Tech, we're offering you the opportunity to join the diverse team at our Amsterdam HQ and make a real difference in our scaleup environment.

In a nutshell

Our People team strives to revolutionize human resources in the same way that Picnic has revolutionized grocery delivery. Picnic's central team is built of 1,000 talented individuals across Amsterdam, Paris, and Düsseldorf. The People team consists of 15 People Business Partners that take full responsibility for the development and organization of everyone in the central team.

As a People Business Partner - Tech, you will be responsible for approximately 75 Picnic-ers in our Tech domain (including Software Engineers, Product Owners, and Data Engineers).

Your responsibilities will vary from conducting reviews, working on people-related projects, and having development conversations with our tech teams. You'll demonstrate an understanding of the business and act as a thought leader regarding people topics within tech. You'll partner with a cross-functional group of tech experts to design and execute the strategy for how your assigned team: staffs, onboards, develops, rotates, motivates, retains, and organizes.

Tricks of the trade

• Performance management: Drive performance and talent by conducting check-ins and bi-annual reviews and performance calibrations with employees
• People management: Be a trusted advisor and a coach to the tech leadership team and play a critical role in enhancing leadership effectiveness
• Staffing: Manage talent to ensure the right people are in the right roles
• Project management: Drive people-related initiatives, provide insightful data to guide decision-making, and provide proactive solutions
• Continuous improvement: Design and improve people programs (including staffing, onboarding, learning & development and rotation processes)
• Staffing: Manage talent to ensure the right people are in the right roles
• Stakeholder management: Enable tech business leaders to cultivate an effective leadership pipeline
• Documentation: Conduct all admin-related tasks around development agreements, contracts, and compensation

Your superpowers

• Master's degree in HR, Psychology or similar
• 3 to 5 years of experience as an HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, or similar
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders
• Project management and operations experience
• Driven to challenge convention and reinvent how work is done
• Natural ability to coach and develop teams
• Ability to see the big picture and data-driven approach
• Passionate about people and able to work with colleagues of all levels
• Fluency in English and Dutch is a plus

Picnic perks

• Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacksOur offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.
• Health insurance discount & bike planWe have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate
• Learning & developmentYou’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. We offer personal development through Lepaya courses, Academy trainings, and more. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.
• All the restAt Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well.