Head of Human Resources Malmö

PolyPeptide Laboratories B.V.; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 1,200,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

PolyPeptide Laboratories B.V. in Malmö is seeking a Head of Human Resources to enable a qualified, engaged, high-performing workforce and to partner with site leadership on organizational development and compliant HR services across the full employee lifecycle.

You will shape the site's organization, lead HR processes from recruitment to retirement, ensure payroll and data integrity, and provide professional guidance to managers and staff in Swedish and English within a global structure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of broad, sizeable HR management experience at national/local level.
• Experience in manufacturing, preferably life sciences or regulated setting.
• Strong business acumen, financial and analytical skills.
• Senior HR business partner with transformation and cost management experience.
• Broad generalist expertise across organizational development, recruitment, learning and compensation.
• Fluent in Swedish and English; able to operate in global structures.

Responsibilities

• Act as HR partner to the Site Director and people leaders across the Malmö site.
• Lead core HR processes across the full employee lifecycle, including payroll and benefits.
• Oversee workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, learning, development, and talent management.
• Ensure efficient and compliant HR administration, including contracts and employee data.
• Support organizational development and transformation aligned with group strategy.
• Provide professional HR guidance to managers and employees, including union relations.
• Provide HR support to global functions located at the Malmö site.
• Monitor labour market trends and HR KPIs, taking proactive action when needed.
• Lead and develop the site HR team and implement Group HR tools at site level.

Skills

HR leadership

Business partnering

Workforce planning

People management

HR analytics

Stakeholder management

Swedish labour law

Job description

About Us

PolyPeptide Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries (“PolyPeptide”) is a focused Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for peptide- and oligonucleotide-based active pharmaceutical ingredients. By supporting its customers mainly in pharma and biotech, it contributes to the health of millions of patients across the world. PolyPeptide offers products and services from pre-clinical through to commercial stages, including generics. Its active custom projects pipeline reflects the opportunities from novel drug therapies in development to fight both widespread and rare diseases. Dating back to 1952, PolyPeptide today runs a global network of six cGMP-certified facilities in Europe, the U.S. and India. PolyPeptide Group AG’s shares (SIX: PPGN) are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.

About Us

PolyPeptide Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries (“PolyPeptide”) is a focused Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for peptide- and oligonucleotide-based active pharmaceutical ingredients. By supporting its customers mainly in pharma and biotech, it contributes to the health of millions of patients across the world. PolyPeptide offers products and services from pre-clinical through to commercial stages, including generics. Its active custom projects pipeline reflects the opportunities from novel drug therapies in development to fight both widespread and rare diseases. Dating back to 1952, PolyPeptide today runs a global network of six cGMP-certified facilities in Europe, the U.S. and India. PolyPeptide Group AG’s shares (SIX: PPGN) are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange. The Malmö site in Sweden is an important and growing manufacturing and development location within PolyPeptide’s network, with long-standing expertise in large-scale peptide production, purification and isolation. With approximately 450 employees across local site teams and global functions, Malmö offers a collaborative workplace with a strong focus on safety, quality and customers. The site is currently undergoing ongoing capacity expansion, creating opportunities to contribute to site development, operational excellence and sustainable growth.

About The Role

As Head of Human Resources for the Malmö site, you play a key role in enabling a qualified, engaged and high-performing workforce that supports PolyPeptide’s business ambitions. As HR partner to the site leadership team, you help shape the site’s organizational development while ensuring professional, effective and compliant HR processes and services across the full employee lifecycle. Working in close alignment with PolyPeptide’s mission, values, business priorities and Group HR agenda, you contribute to building a strong, high-performing site organization and provide HR support to the global functions located in Malmö.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as HR partner to the Site Director, Site Management Team and people leaders across the Malmö site.
• Support organizational development, workforce planning, performance management and leadership effectiveness.
• Lead core HR processes across the full employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, learning / development / talent management, compensation and benefits, engagement and offboarding.
• Ensure efficient and compliant HR administration, including payroll, time and attendance, benefits, contracts and employee data.
• Support the site's organizational development and transformation initiatives in close alignment with the group strategy and requirements.
• Provide professional HR guidance to managers and employees, including employee and union relations.
• Provide HR support to global functions located at the Malmö site, ensuring HR processes and employment matters are handled consistently and efficiently.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies and audit requirements.
• Monitor labour market trends and workforce KPIs, taking proactive action where needed.
• Lead and develop the site HR team.
• Contribute to Group HR strategy, processes and tools and ensure implementation at site level.

What You Bring

• Senior HR leader with 10+ years of broad and sizeable HR management experience at national / local level, including responsibility for employee populations of at least 200 people, gained in international and complex organizations. Experience in manufacturing, preferably within life sciences or another highly regulated business environment.
• Proven senior HR business partner with strong business acumen, financial and analytical expertise, and a track record of supporting transformation, workforce planning, personnel cost management, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and organizational performance.
• Broad HR generalist expertise and track record across organizational development, recruitment, talent, learning, engagement, compensation, HR operations and employee lifecycle processes.
• Service-oriented and operationally strong, with experience in HR administration, payroll, HR process optimization and performance management of the HR function.
• Strong knowledge of Swedish labour law, social security, benefits, pensions and union relations.
• Excellent communicator and trusted advisor, with strong influencing, negotiation and stakeholder management skills. Ability to deliver talent / leadership training is a plus.
• High integrity and sound judgment, with the ability to handle sensitive people matters in a professional, ethical and compliant manner.
• Experienced people leader who role-models strong leadership behaviours and PolyPeptide’s values of Innovation, Excellence and Trust.
• Fluent in Swedish and English, with experience and confidence working in global structures.

Does this sound like an exciting challenge?

PolyPeptide offers a great work environment where our co-workers and business are allowed to grow together. We have an open and welcoming atmosphere and are proud of our workplace since we work with the purpose of making life better for patients around the world.