Junior Strategic People Partner

Junior Strategic People Partner
Location: Lisbon, Madrid
Team: Company-wide
Are you ready to shape the future of People & Culture (P&C) at Pleo in Lisbon? This unique hybrid role combines hands-on operational impact with strategic influence, placing you at the heart of both day-to-day P&C execution and long-term people strategy. As a Junior Strategic 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 operations into a model of organizational health and performance.
What you'll get up to

Operational Support:

Employee Lifecycle Management: Administer day-to-day operational tasks such as onboarding, offboarding, payroll queries, and record maintenance, ensuring compliance with Lisbon employment law.
Service Desk Management: Handle P&C service desk inquiries and delegate P&C tickets to ensure efficient resolution.
Policy Communication: Respond to employee inquiries and communicate P&C policies across the lifecycle, ensuring they comply with local regulations.
Compliance: Ensure that all P&C operations adhere to Lisbon's employment laws and internal policies.


Strategic People Partnering:

People Strategy Development: Partner with Senior Strategic People Partners and leadership to develop people strategies that align with business goals.
Leadership Coaching & Support: Offer feedback and coaching to leaders to enhance their leadership capabilities and ensure they effectively manage their teams.
Organizational Health Initiatives: Collaborate with leadership on initiatives that promote a healthy, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
Workforce Planning: Work with domain leads on future workforce planning, aligning talent strategies with business objectives.
Project Management: Drive strategic P&C projects that address both current needs and future organizational growth.


Data and Insights:

Data Analysis & Reporting: Analyze workforce data to offer insights on trends, engagement, and performance. Provide regular reports to leadership to support decision-making.
Process Mapping & Documentation: Maintain and update process documentation to ensure operational clarity and consistency across Lisbon P&C functions.



You'll thrive in this role if you have

Portuguese Employment Law Expertise: In-depth knowledge of Lisbon's employment laws to ensure compliance in all P&C functions.
Stakeholder Influence & Relationship Building: Ability to build trusted relationships with both employees and leaders, providing valued advisory and operational support.
Data Analytics & Metrics: Strong proficiency in analyzing P&C data, generating insights that support strategic decision-making.
Operational Excellence: Ability to manage and execute a broad range of operational tasks accurately, ensuring smooth execution of P&C processes.
Strategic Thinking: Strong strategic mindset to align people strategies with business goals and workforce needs.
Resilience & Adaptability: Capability to handle complex and evolving situations with resilience, while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
Leadership Development: Experience in coaching leaders and developing their capabilities for team and organizational growth.

Show me the benefits!

Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
Lunch is on us - with catering in our Lisbon office
Private health insurance to ensure you're fit in body and mind to do your best work
We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
We offer hybrid working, with 3 days in our Lisbon office and the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week
Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
Wellbeing days - fully paid days off designed for a slower pace, allowing you to take time to recharge and prioritise self-care
Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously
Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work

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.

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