Team Lead, People Operations

🕒 July 24

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

💵 €55k - €75k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👥 People Operations

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Syde GmbH

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51 - 200 employees

🤝 B2B

💼 Consulting

B2B • Consulting

Syde GmbH is Europe's biggest pure WordPress agency and one of the leading WordPress agencies worldwide. Founded in 2006, Syde specializes in delivering sophisticated enterprise and SMB WordPress solutions, including website relaunches, online shop creations, custom plugin development, and integrating connections to internal software. As official WordPress VIP Gold Agency Partners and certified WooExperts, they uphold high coding standards and engage with the open-source community through various contributions. Their comprehensive services encompass all aspects of web technologies, providing tailored solutions for diverse client needs.

📋 Description

• Autonomous leadership of the People Operations function • Take ownership of our salary band framework once the initial rollout is complete and further develop it • Promote and embed our new feedback-culture frameworks so they are actually practiced, not just published • Lead how we use AI in People Operations. The tools are already available — applying them effectively is new territory • Lead HR-related projects to improve collaboration and internal processes • Implement strategic decisions • Develop and maintain official company policies • Serve as the primary point of contact for all employee-related HR matters • Own the full recruiting process, including interviews, candidate communication and applicant management in German and English • Continuously optimize and improve recruiting processes • Prepare monthly payroll • Communicate with external institutions such as health insurance providers • Monitor vacation requests and sick leave notifications • Own employee onboarding and offboarding • Maintain employee data in our HRIS (Personio) • Formalize our ways of working. Some processes are already documented, others are incomplete or outdated — you will turn them into a unified, reliable single source of truth • Prepare HR-related documents, including employment contracts, certificates and references in German and English

🎯 Requirements

• Successfully completed commercial vocational training, a degree in business administration, human resources, or an equivalent qualification • At least 5 years of professional experience in HR management and recruiting • Solid, practical knowledge of German labor law, including contract drafting, terminations and compliance; experience supporting an international workforce • Strong organizational skills with a structured, detail-oriented approach • High level of self-motivation, ability to work independently, and experience in a remote work environment • Excellent interpersonal skills, a collaborative mindset and outstanding communication abilities • Languages: business-fluent German and English (minimum C1). German is required for employment contracts and legal matters; English is the primary working language of our international team • Strong affinity for IT and a good understanding of software • Drive to identify opportunities for using AI in People Operations and the initiative to implement them proactively without waiting to be asked

🏖️ Benefits

• Work from home (we are 100% remote in Germany) • Flexible working hours • Annual hardware budget • Interesting projects with clients such as SAP, Facebook, P&G, PayPal, etc. • Work at the heart of WordPress as a partner of WordPress VIP and WooCommerce • Regular team meetups • Supportive, global team in an agile environment • Lifelong learning and growth with many career opportunities • A dynamic work environment that encourages entrepreneurial thinking and action • A warm culture that values YOU