Senior People & Culture Business Partner

ChannelEngine; Leiden; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6% pension contribution

Autonomy to own projects

Diverse, international team

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

ChannelEngine is seeking a Senior People & Culture Business Partner to advise and support managers across customer-facing teams and support functions on the full range of people matters, with a strong emphasis on engagement and performance.

You’ll lead company-wide HR projects, design scalable policies, use HR data to spot trends, and partner with People Operations to strengthen global processes and the People Strategy across multiple countries.

Qualifications

• 6+ years as a People & Culture partner.
• Strong knowledge of Dutch employment law.
• Experience in scale-up and international environments.
• Fluency in English and Dutch.
• Excellent coaching and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Advise, coach, and support managers on leadership, engagement, and performance.
• Lead company-wide HR projects from objective setting to embedding.
• Design scalable HR policies, frameworks, and interventions.
• Collaborate with People Operations to improve global processes.
• Use HR data to surface trends and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Coaching

Consulting

English proficiency

Dutch employment law

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior People & Culture Business Partner to join our People team In this role, you will advise and support managers and leadership across our customer-facing teams (Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Delivery, Customer Support) and our support functions (Finance, Legal) on the full range of people matters. You’ll work closely with managers to build an environment where employees are engaged, feel empowered, and perform at their best.

What will you do as Senior People & Culture Business Partner?

Your role will be to advise, coach, and support (first-time and experienced) managers in their leadership role, with a strong focus on team engagement, performance, and people development. Key focus areas include managing complex employment matters end to end (including cases under Dutch employment law), and partnering with managers to identify current and future people needs within their teams and translating these into concrete proposals.

Through using HR data and metrics, you’ll identify trends, signals, surface risks, and drive continuous improvement, with employee engagement and team performance as key indicators.

You’ll lead company-wide HR projects from objective-setting and stakeholder alignment through to implementation and embedding. You’ll also design and develop new HR policies, frameworks, and interventions that are scalable, evidence-based, and have a meaningful impact on engagement and performance across the organization.

Collaboration is key, as you’ll work with the People Operations team to build and continuously improve global people processes, and you’ll contribute to the development of ChannelEngine's People Strategy and roadmap together with the broader People Team.

What makes you the ideal Senior People & Culture Business Partner?

• 6+ years of experience as a (Senior) People & Culture Business Partner, with a proven track record of advising managers at various levels of seniority,

• Deep, practical knowledge of Dutch employment law, and experience managing complex cases end to end,

• A track record of leading company-wide HR projects with lasting impact on engagement and performance, including stakeholder management across competing interests and priorities,

• Experience working in scale-up and international environment, supporting employees and managers across multiple countries and cultures,

• Strong coaching and consulting skills, with the ability to design and facilitate (group) interventions that build manager capability and ownership,

• Strong interpersonal skills, and excellent written and verbal communication in English and Dutch,

• Currently resident in the Netherlands.

Nice to have (but not essential)

• Experience supporting teams or employees in North America and/or Germany.

Why you’ll love working here

• You’ll be working in an open and collaborative company with +/-200 colleagues of over 40 different nationalities

• We want to make sure everyone is supported mentally and emotionally which is why we provide free access to mental healthcare support

• Plenty of autonomy: we empower people to make independent decisions and take ownership of their work and projects

• We’ll contribute 6% to your pension fund

• Our Happy & Healthy Team organises numerous wellbeing initiatives to keep us all… happy & healthy, including various social activities such as bouldering, ice-skating, game nights, and picnics

• We have a continuous feedback culture to help you track your progress and facilitate your professional development

Statement about use of AI in applications

Excessive AI use in CVs and cover letters is discouraged. We’re most interested in hearing your genuine voice and understanding the person behind the application.