Key Skills

Job Description

The HR Partner Associate Manager acts as a trusted HR partner to business leaders, translating business priorities into effective people strategies and providing hands-on support across the employee lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Partner with business leaders and managers on people strategy, organizational priorities and workforce topics. Provide HR guidance across employee relations, performance management, talent management, compensation and employee development. Support managers in handling complex people situations, ensuring appropriate application of HR policies and local employment practices. Lead and contribute to HR transformation and change initiatives, including implementation of new HR processes and systems. Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders on workforce planning, recruitment and onboarding. Support annual HR cycles including performance reviews, promotions, compensation and talent reviews. Use HR data and insights to identify people trends and recommend appropriate actions. Collaborate with HR specialist teams and other stakeholders in a global and matrixed environment. Coach managers and contribute to building leadership capability and employee engagement. Contribute to projects aimed at improving the employee experience and HR effectiveness. Experience & Skills Strong experience as an HR Business Partner or HR generalist, ideally in an international organization. Solid knowledge of employee relations and employment/labour law. Experience across performance, compensation, talent and organizational change. Demonstrated ability to work with senior business stakeholders. Experience leading HR projects and managing multiple priorities. Strong coaching, influencing and stakeholder-management skills. Comfortable operating in a complex, fast-moving, matrix organization. Experience with HR systems such as Workday is an advantage. For the Netherlands role Fluent Dutch and English. Good knowledge of the Dutch employment environment and ideally familiarity with Works Council topics. Ability to work from Amsterdam and travel when required.

Core Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders on people strategy and provide hands-on HR guidance across employee relations, performance, talent, compensation, and development. Support HR cycles, workforce planning, transformation initiatives, manager coaching, and improvements to employee experience and HR effectiveness.

Requirements

Requires substantial HR Business Partner or generalist experience, strong knowledge of employee relations and employment law, and experience across talent, compensation, performance, and organizational change. The role calls for strong coaching and stakeholder skills, fluent Dutch and English, knowledge of the Dutch employment environment, and the ability to work in Amsterdam and travel as needed.