Head of People & Growth — Remote

Intent; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 179,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Office in Warsaw + coworking in Gdansk

Training budget

Mentoring budget

Private medical care

Flexible hours

26 days paid holidays

10 days paid sick leave

Job summary

Intent is seeking a Head of People to own all people-related functions, from hiring to policies, reporting directly to the CEO. You’ll manage a small team, drive around 50 hires annually, and build scalable compensation and performance systems.

This fully remote role reports to the founders and collaborates across leadership to grow the company. The role requires strategic leadership, hands-on recruitment, and deep knowledge of Polish labor law, with English proficiency for international

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior HR/People role, with at least 2 years managing a team.
• Hands-on recruitment experience at scale in tech/software services.
• Strong knowledge of Polish labor law and contract types (B2B, UoP, UZ).
• Experience building HR systems from scratch or rebuilding them: compensation, performance reviews, onboarding.
• Commercial awareness: link hiring plans to revenue and CEO discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the People team: manage two recruiters and an office manager; run weekly 1:1s; conduct quarterly evaluations.
• Own the full recruitment cycle: plan hiring with sales pipeline; ~50 hires per year across roles.
• Design and optimize recruitment processes; train hiring managers; manage agencies and outsourcing.
• Run onboarding, workshadowing, and offboarding programs.
• Partner with team leads on performance reviews, competency matrices, and development plans.
• Advise C-level on hiring decisions, compensation structures, org design, and succession planning.
• Own HR operations: contracts (B2B, UoP, UZ, NDAs); leave, overtime, invoicing, compensation reports.
• Build and maintain all people policies: leave, remote work, bonuses, benefits.
• Drive HR reporting: recruitment pipeline, retention, headcount efficiency; translate data into leadership recommendations.
• Lead people initiatives: wellbeing, mentoring, feedback frameworks, strategic projects.
• Handle ISO 27001 audits and labor inspection requirements.
• Use AI tools in daily workflow.

Skills

Senior HR/People experience

Team management

Recruitment at scale

Polish labor law knowledge

HR systems design

Data-driven HR

English proficiency C1+

Tools

Recruitee

Calamari

Primetric

OfficeVibe

Job description

Intent is seeking a Head of People to own all people-related functions, from hiring to policies, reporting directly to the CEO. You’ll manage a small team, drive around 50 hires annually, and build scalable compensation and performance systems.

This fully remote role reports to the founders and collaborates across leadership to grow the company. The role requires strategic leadership, hands-on recruitment, and deep knowledge of Polish labor law, with English proficiency for international