People Partner - Tech

Picnic Technologies; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fresh lunch, coffee and snacks

Health insurance discount & bike plan

Learning & development opportunities

25 holidays

Travel expense coverage

Pension plan

Phone and laptop provided

Job summary

Picnic Technologies is revolutionizing HR for Europe\'s fastest-growing online supermarket app. As a People Partner - Tech, you will collaborate directly with Software Engineers, Product Owners, and Data Engineers across Amsterdam, Paris, and Düsseldorf to own talent development, coaching, and scaling tech team structures.

You will drive performance management, leadership coaching, staffing decisions, and data-driven HR programs while partnering with tech leaders to enable a strong leadership

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience as HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, or similar in a fast-paced environment (tech/engineering exposure a strong plus).
• Excellent communication skills with cross-functional tech stakeholders.
• Proven project management and operations experience.
• Driven to challenge convention and reinvent how work is done.
• Natural ability to coach, support, and develop technical teams and leaders.
• Ability to apply a data-driven approach to complex people problems.
• Fluency in English (Dutch, French, or German a plus).

Responsibilities

• Drive performance management across the tech domain with regular check-ins and reviews.
• Be a trusted advisor and coach to tech leadership to enhance leadership effectiveness.
• Manage tech staffing and talent to place engineers and product leaders in right roles.
• Drive people-related initiatives using data-driven insights for proactive solutions.
• Design and refine core tech people programs including onboarding, learning & development, and rotation.
• Collaborate with tech leaders to cultivate a strong leadership pipeline.
• Maintain operational rigor around development agreements, contracts, and compensation structures.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Coaching & development

Project management

Data-driven decision making

Fluency in English

Education

Master's degree in HR, Psychology, Business, or related field

Job description

In a nutshell

What’s it like to revolutionize HR at the fastest-growing online supermarket app in Europe? At Picnic, we’ve reinvented grocery delivery, and our People team is doing the exact same thing for how teams grow, scale, and thrive! As a People Partner - Tech, you aren't an advisor sitting on the sidelines. You're embedded right where the action happens. Partnering directly with :75 Picnic-ers in our Tech domain, including Software Engineers, Product Owners, and Data Engineers, across our central hubs in Amsterdam, Paris, and Düsseldorf, you’ll take end-to-end ownership of your team’s organizational strategy, from talent development and high-performance coaching to scaling tech team structures.

Tricks of the trade

• Performance management: Drive performance and talent across your tech domain by conducting regular check-ins, bi-annual reviews, and performance calibrations with employees.
• People management: Be a trusted advisor and coach to the tech leadership team, playing a critical role in enhancing leadership effectiveness.
• Staffing & Talent: Manage tech talent dynamically to ensure the right engineers and product leaders are in the right roles at every stage of growth.
• Project management: Drive impactful people-related initiatives, leveraging data-driven insights to guide decision-making and deliver proactive solutions.
• Continuous improvement: Design, challenge, and continuously refine core tech people programs, including staffing, onboarding, learning & development, and rotation processes.
• Stakeholder management: Partner closely with tech business leaders to cultivate and enable a strong, effective leadership pipeline.
• Documentation & Ops: Maintain operational rigor by handling all administrative-related tasks around development agreements, contracts, and compensation structures.

Your superpowers

• Master's degree in HR, Psychology, Business, or a related field.
• 3 to 5 years of experience as an HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, or similar role in a fast-paced environment (experience partnering with tech/engineering teams is a strong plus).
• Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional tech stakeholders across multiple levels.
• Proven project management and operations experience.
• Driven to challenge convention, ask "How can we do this better?", and reinvent how work is done.
• A natural ability to coach, support, and develop technical teams and leaders.
• Ability to see the big picture while applying a clear, data-driven approach to complex people problems.
• Fluency in English (Dutch, French, or German is a plus!).

Picnic perks

Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks

Our 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 plan

We 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 & development

You’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.

All the rest

• 25 holidays
• we cover your travel expenses
• we offer a pension plan
• your phone and laptop are on us