Senior People Partner - FTC (9 month)
Be the Heart of People & Culture in Lisbon!
Are you ready to shape the future of People & Culture (P&C) at Pleo in Lisbon? This role combines hands-on impact with strategic influence, placing you at the heart of both day-to-day P&C execution and long-term people strategy. As a People Partner, you'll be the driving force behind creating exceptional employee experiences while ensuring our people initiatives propel business success. With the freedom to innovate and the responsibility to ensure compliance, you’ll play a critical role in transforming our Lisbon Partnering & Advisory team into a trusted and high performing team.
What Fun Awaits You?
- A seat at the table— You’ll Partner closely with our commercial leaders and team leads to develop high-performing teams and an engaging workplace.
- Exciting challenges - Innovate processes to ensure smooth and delightful employee experiences.
- Trusted Advisor & Coach - real opportunity to make valued difference fostering leadership personal & professional growth.
- Fun hybrid working and team collaboration - opportunities to connect with your team 3 times a week in office.
The Bigger Picture: Role Overview
As the Lisbon People Partner, you will serve as a consultant to the commercial leadership on people-related matters, ensuring the seamless implementation of P&C initiatives while fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, and business excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Alignment: Drive P&C strategies that align with business goals and workforce planning.
- Proactive & Consultative Approach: Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on talent, culture, and workforce planning.
- Employee Experience & Culture: Improve employee engagement and strengthen organisational culture.
- Change Management: Lead transformational initiatives that enhance organisational efficiency.
- Data-Driven Decision-Making: Utilise people analytics to guide leadership on workforce trends.
- Diversity & Inclusion: Champion initiatives that foster a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Performance & Growth: Partner with managers to drive performance and professional development.
- Broad Influence: Provide strategic people insights and mentor Advisors.
What You Bring to the Table
- Portuguese Employment Law Expertise: Deep knowledge of Lisbon’s employment laws to ensure compliance in all P&C functions.
- Stakeholder Influence & Relationship Building: Strong ability to partner with employees and leadership, providing valued advisory and support.
- Data Analytics & Metrics: Proficiency in using data to generate insights and inform strategic decisions.
- Operational Excellence: Ability to manage and execute various operational tasks efficiently.
- Strategic Thinking: A sharp business mind that aligns people strategies with organisational goals.
- Resilience & Adaptability: Capacity to navigate complex and evolving workplace dynamics.
- Leadership Development: Experience in coaching and developing leaders to foster a high-performing culture
- Hybrid working - able to to work in the office 3 days weekly.
- Experienced People Partner to commercial & sales teams: Proven experience in a People Partner role within a complex, fast-moving organisation with experience supporting Managers and Team Leads.
Why Join Us?
At Pleo, we don’t just talk about culture—we live it. You’ll be part of a people-first organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and growth. If you’re looking for a role where you can truly make an impact while having fun along the way, we’d love to hear from you!
Why join us?
Working at Pleo means you're working on something very exciting: the future of work. Our mission is to help every company go beyond the books. Pleo itself means ‘more than you’d expect’, and it’s been the secret to our success over the last 8 years. So it’s only fitting that we’d pass this philosophy onto our customers to help them make the most of their finances.
We think company spending should be delegated to all employees and teams, that it should be as automated as possible, and that it should drive a culture of responsible spending. Finance teams shouldn’t be siloed from the rest of the organisation – they should work in unity with marketing, sales, IT and everyone else.
Speaking of working in unity, our values tell the story of how we work at Pleo. We have four core values, the first of which is ‘champion the customer’, which means we address real pain points that businesses face. Next up is ‘succeed as a team’, which highlights how our strength lies in our diversity and trust in each other. We also ‘make it happen’ by taking bold decisions and following through to deliver results. Last but not least, we ‘build to scale’, creating lasting solutions that address today’s challenges and anticipate tomorrow’s needs.
So, in a nutshell, that's Pleo. Today we are a 850+ team, from over 100 nations, sitting in our Copenhagen HQ, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Madrid, Montreal and Lisbon offices —and quite a few full-time remotes in 35 other countries! Being HQ'd out of Copenhagen means we're inspired by things like a good work-life balance. If you don't work in the office with us, we'll help you set up the best remote setup possible and make sure you still have time to connect with your team.
About your application
- Please submit your application in English; it’s our company language so you’ll be speaking lots of it if you join 💕
- We treat all candidates equally: If you are interested please apply through our application system - any correspondence should come from there! Our lovely support isn't able to pass on any calls/ emails our way - and this makes sure that the candidate experience is smooth and fair to everyone 😊
- We’re on a mission to make everyone feel valued at work. That’s only achievable if our team reflects the diversity of the world around us - and that starts with you, hitting apply, even if you are worried you might not tick all the boxes! We embrace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply - regardless of race/ethnicity, colour, religion, nationality, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, neurodiversity, socio-economic status, culture or beliefs.
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