HR Business Partner, German speaking

• Act as a trusted advisor to managers and leadership, translating business needs into HR initiatives, org design, and workforce planning
• Support workforce planning and advise on headcount decisions with Finance and Talent Acquisition
• Lead the people side of the Kolsquare–Storyclash integration and future group-wide change initiatives
• Assess organizational readiness for change and design communication and adoption plans
• Help employees and managers navigate change with structure and empathy
• Identify and address friction between teams, processes, and ways of working
• Build and drive the performance management cycle, including goal-setting, calibration, and ratings consistency
• Coach managers on feedback, underperformance, and team development
• Facilitate talent reviews and succession planning for critical roles
• Partner on retention strategies for critical talent using turnover and risk analysis
• Advise managers on complex employee-relations matters, conflict resolution, and sensitive conversations
• Serve as the main HR contact for the Austrian Works Council and other applicable employee representative bodies
• Partner with external counsel where needed on employee relations and legal risk
• Interpret engagement survey results and co-create tailored action plans with managers
• Use engagement, turnover, and performance data to diagnose issues and shape recommendations for leaders
• Open and coordinate approximately three helloCash role openings per year with the central Talent Acquisition team
• Partner with hiring managers to define profiles and provide input throughout recruiting

• 5+ years of HRBP experience
• Experience ideally in a fast-growing tech or SaaS environment; experience with 50–150 employees is a strong plus
• Generalist grounding across talent, employee relations, performance, and engagement
• Experience advising and influencing senior leaders
• Strong knowledge of Austrian labor law
• Experience with collective agreements and works councils
• Ability to build HR processes and tools from the ground up
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• High emotional intelligence and real conflict-navigation skills
• Fluent in German and English, written and spoken
• French/Spanish is a plus
• Experience partnering across a multi-entity or multi-brand group, or in a post-acquisition/integration context, is a nice-to-have
• Data-driven mindset with experience in HR reporting and people analytics
• Familiarity with HRIS platforms such as HiBob and engagement tools such as Culture Amp is a plus
• Proven experience managing full-cycle recruiting and supporting hiring managers in defining role profiles

• Full remote work with European hubs and 400+ coworking spaces worldwide
• Monthly and quarterly in-person team-building events
• Stability and resources of a profitable group
• Agility of a scale-up
• Continuous training opportunities
• Career development support