About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Director, PX Business Partner based in Germany.
Responsibilities
- Lead the regional People Experience strategy: develop and execute a comprehensive people agenda for Spain and Portugal that supports business objectives, long-term growth, and a people-first culture.
- Partner with senior leadership: act as a trusted advisor to executive teams, providing strategic guidance on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent, culture, employee engagement, and retention.
- Oversee talent and organizational development: drive talent acquisition, onboarding, succession planning, career mobility, leadership development, and organizational design.
- Build an inclusive and engaging workplace: champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, strengthen the employee value proposition, and promote wellbeing and work-life harmony.
- Lead compensation and rewards initiatives: manage regional compensation processes, including salary reviews, benchmarking, internal equity, and payroll coordination.
- Manage employee relations and labor matters: provide guidance on Spanish employment law, collective bargaining, labor agreements, works councils, trade unions, and employee representatives.
- Drive organizational change: lead reorganizations, integrations, individual and collective termination processes, and broader transformation initiatives.
- Use data to inform decisions: analyze workforce metrics, identify emerging trends, build business cases, and translate insights into practical strategies.
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives: collaborate with specialist teams across talent acquisition, people operations, compensation and benefits, learning, organizational effectiveness, HR systems, and inclusion.
- Support compliance and employee wellbeing: oversee occupational health and safety coordination, internal investigations, confidential employee matters, and data protection.
- Lead and develop the team: manage two direct reports, foster collaboration, and contribute to regional and global People Experience initiatives.
Requirements
- More than 12 years of relevant professional experience, ideally including senior-level People Experience, HR leadership, or business partnering roles.
- Demonstrated success advising executive leadership teams and translating business priorities into effective people strategies.
- Strong business acumen and HR expertise, with an interest in or experience within the music, entertainment, or another creative industry.
- Proven experience leading teams, developing talent, and delivering high-quality employee experiences.
- Deep knowledge of Spanish labor law and substantial experience managing complex employee relations matters, collective bargaining, labor agreements, consultation processes, and conflict resolution.
- Experience working in international, matrixed organizations.
- Expertise in organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, compensation, employee engagement, leadership development, and change management.
- A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Excellent coaching, consulting, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to deliver complex decisions or difficult messages with clarity, discretion, care, and empathy.
- A pragmatic, solutions-oriented mindset.
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret people data, identify trends, and develop evidence-based recommendations.
- Exceptional organizational skills and sound judgment when handling confidential information and sensitive investigations.
- A collaborative and adaptable leadership style, high emotional intelligence, and intellectual curiosity.
Conditions
- An inclusive, collaborative, and global working environment connected to the creative industry.