People Partner Lead, Germany & Sweden
Hybrid (Berlin)Full-timePosted 3w ago
About the role
Lead the development of Neko’s clinical organisation in Germany from the ground up and architect the people strategy to scale it, with eventual expansion to Sweden and broader Europe.
Responsibilities
- Ensure German employment framework setup with legal, external counsel, People Ops and Workforce Planning (contracts, working-time and rostering models, pay structures, policies, payroll and people systems)
- Design the clinic organisation from a blank sheet and a staffing model aligned to market ambitions
- Own the launch workforce plan, cover and contracting model, and reward in a German context – pay, pension, equity
- Build a German clinical employer proposition with TA and a reusable playbook for future markets
- Design workforce policies (scheduling, pay, performance) mindful of German labor law and employee representation
- Determine the right structure for German clinic operations with legal counsel
- Ensure people systems/tools comply with German labor regulations
- Be the day-to-day People partner across German clinical leadership (senior ops, medical leaders, frontline managers)
- Spend time in clinics to sense staffing, structure and leadership effectiveness
- Coach clinic leaders through hiring, performance, and challenging conversations; build leadership capability and multi-way feedback
- Support first-time clinic managers in developing confidence and steady leadership habits
- Manage staffing model against growth plan considering absence, leave, part-time realities, clinical qualification and mobility pipeline
- Translate central People programmes to clinic-ready practice, flagging misalignments between central and frontline reality
- Revisit pre-launch foundations as clinics operate; apply data and AI to improve People agenda; increase adoption and reduce manual effort
- Drive change from decision to adoption, keeping delivery uninterrupted
- Contribute to global and European People Partner strategy with German perspective
- Support wider European market growth and other markets as needed
Qualifications
- 8+ years as a senior People or HR Business Partner leader (senior leadership and frontline leaders)
- Builder's mindset with experience starting from a blank sheet or building/scaling German people function
- Deep, practical command of German employment law and co-determination; ability to know when to consult counsel
- Germany as core requirement; multi-market European experience preferred (Sweden a plus)
- Experience building scalable staffing models and localising rewards (pay, pension, equity) in Germany
- Comfort delivering in both pre-launch ambiguity and live operations
- Ability to lead through change and maintain trust and delivery
- Local delivery mandate with cross-market strategic involvement
- Fluent with people data and using AI in decision-making; link to member experience
- Fluent German and English; based in Berlin; willingness for regular clinic visits
Skills
Required:People leadershipGerman employment lawWorkforce planningPeople data and AI in HR
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