HR Business Partner

Location

Hybrid in Lisbon (minimum of 2 days a week from the office)

SHAPE THE FUTURE OF PRIVACY WITH USERCENTRICS

Usercentrics is a global leader in data privacy and privacy-led marketing solutions. We believe that privacy is a driver for growth in a data-driven world. Our vision is to unlock the potential of data privacy to empower a thriving digital ecosystem. We work with companies to create a healthy balance between data-driven business and privacy-led marketing for every size business. Our customers build trust with their users through improved transparency and control to drastically improve marketing and monetization, while achieving full privacy compliance.

We're looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team and help shape a workplace where people and teams can thrive. In this role, you'll work closely with leaders and teams to support growth, drive engagement, and build a strong, inclusive culture. You'll be a trusted advisor, leading key people initiatives and ensuring our teams feel supported, heard, and empowered to do their best work. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy making a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Your Tasks

• Be a trusted partner for our teams — advising people managers/ leaders, supporting individuals and building a culture people love to be part of - you bring out the best in people. 
•  Drive people and culture initiatives that boost engagement, continuous learning & improvement, feedback culture and recognition of the right behaviors and contributions.  
• Coach and support managers on leadership and team dynamics, creating environments where people do their best work and are their best selves - overall building a high-performance environment. 
• Take ownership of talent cycles including goal setting, growth and development conversations, improvement conversations and succession planning.  
• Compliant with labor laws — with an equal balance on people-first as well as organizational compliances.
• Drive initiatives that make our culture thrive — from engagement and learning to feedback and recognition, including but not restricted to running surveys, meetings, workshops and reviews to measure pulse.
• Use data and insights to inform decisions, spot trends and fuel organizational effectiveness with focused short-term actionables and planned long-term initiatives
• Partner with various teams to evolve programs in areas like C&B (career frameworks, job evaluations, pay benchmarks, etc), DE&I, L&D, OD topics.  
• Willing to jump into hiring topics as & when needed, supporting the TA Teams, ensuring every candidate journey reflects the way we care about our own people.  
• Manage vendor/ partners on HR Tools linked to the specific area of HRBPs, driving for improvement in the existing solutions or proactively working towards finding better and more sustainable solutions for a dynamic environment.

Compliance & Audits

• Ensure managers/ leaders in your area of responsibility comply with local and organizational policies, processes and guidelines
• Audit existing policies, processes & guidelines and implement change where required
• Conduct regular internal audits within the HRBP Scope to identify risks, gaps and opportunities for improvement.

Knowledge & Documentation

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge base and documentation of areas relevant to the HRBP Scope, including but not limited to organizational pages (Confluence) and repositories
• Ensure proactive, correct and timely documentation of people-related topics, processes and initiatives 

HR Project Management and Team-work

• Lead and/ or coordinate/ participate in relevant HR projects 
• Collaborate with teams/ members to design, implement and monitor HR initiatives.
• Perform as a team-player and demonstrate ownership in the area of HR as a part of a dynamic team

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and implement process improvements, automation and market best practices to enhance HR departmental efficiency
• Monitor HR metrics and KPIs, preparing regular reports for Management, Senior Leadership, etc.

You Bring

• Bachelor's degree ideally in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• Proven Experience of at least 5+ years as an HRBP, HR Generalist or similar role, in a global environment (SaaS/ Tech preferred)
• User Knowledge of HRIS (Personio/ Workday/ SAP/ Peoplesoft/ HiBob, etc), Culture Amp, etc. 
• Knowledge of data analytics and tools preferred but not mandatory
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex HR/ People-management topics, HR projects and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving abilities complemented by coaching skills and the ability to build strong relationships at every level 
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Balance of strategic perspective and hands-on attitude — you know when to lead the conversation and when to roll up your sleeves.  
• Data-minded approach to HR — you draw insights from people metrics to shape actions.  
• Passion for crafting meaningful employee experiences and the courage to challenge approaches when they don't fit.  
• Fluency in English (additional European languages - Portuguese/ Czech/ Danish/ German a plus but not mandatory)

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Usercentrics we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.Why join Usercentrics?

• Joining Usercentrics means becoming part of a fast-growing, diverse and international team of tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurially-minded who build our success story together
• Company culture is important to us - we strive to continuously develop a positive, vibrantand inspiring environment that enables everyone to thrive both personally and professionally
• Get involved We have plenty of initiatives and love to see people from all department enthusiastically participating and shaping our future together in different cross-department projects
• Your work-life balance is important to us too - we offer flexible working hours, hybrid working and the possibility of workcations (in accordance with our company policy)
• We always remember to have fun along the way, both in our day-to-day work and at our regular team events on site in our offices in Munich, Copenhagen, Odense, Lisbon and Prague or online
• You are the most valuable asset to our company which is why we're happy to offer awesome benefits like our personal development budget, job-related language courses and a lot more (depending on your location) to focus on your well being

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