People & Workplace Director

Quick Facts

• Senior People & Workplace leadership role with end-to-end responsibility for the employee lifecycle and Workplace & Community.
• Leads a ~13-person organization across People Operations, People Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and Workplace & Community.

Description

Own People & Workplace with full responsibility for the employee lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, payroll, benefits, compliance, offboarding) and Workplace & Community (offices/work environment, community, events, wellbeing) across three jurisdictions and four work locations. Lead the function, including budget ownership and monthly business reviews for board/investors. Drive key initiatives such as HRIS transition and integration with Finance/payroll, grading and career ladders, engagement survey follow-up actions, annual compensation reviews, and AI-enabled automation of People processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead People Operations, People Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and Workplace & Community teams (about four teams; ~13 people) through their leads.
• Manage the employee lifecycle from hiring and onboarding to offboarding, including payroll, benefits, and compliance.
• Run Workplace & Community activities: offices/work environment, community, events, and wellbeing.
• Own the P&W budget, monthly business review materials, and inputs for board/investors.
• Lead change management tied to HRIS and Finance/payroll integration.
• Introduce grading system and career ladders.
• Execute engagement survey action plan.
• Run annual payroll reviews and bonus/incentive program reviews.
• Continuously refine the People & Workplace roadmap as business priorities evolve; guide AI automation with responsible rules.

Requirements

• 8+ years in HR/People roles.
• 2+ years of team leadership (ideally manager-of-managers).
• Strong operational HR across the full spectrum: business partnering, hiring, employee lifecycle, HRIS, payroll, benefits, compliance.
• Successfully implemented HR technology and automation end-to-end.
• Experience in fast-growing environments or building new HR disciplines.
• Proven change management skills without disrupting core operations.
• Data-driven approach with ability to build and defend dashboards (e.g., Power BI).
• Czech or Slovak and English fluency (both written and spoken).
• Views AI as natural in modern HR; can identify meaningful use cases and set responsible team rules.

Benefits

• Hybrid work; most meetings in the Port7 offices in Prague (Holešovice).
• 5 weeks of vacation plus 4 additional free days; wage top-up during sickness or caring for close ones up to 100%.
• Multisport contribution, meal allowance flat rate, and referral bonus.
• Preferential Shoptet tariff for your own e-shop.
• Education budget, English courses, internal Masterclass, and management programs.
• Choice of computer (Mac or Windows) and mobile plan for you and your close ones.
• 6 therapy sessions per year.
• New offices in Holešovice; bike-friendly facilities; coffee and fresh snacks.
• Team dinners, birthday celebrations, company beer, offsites, and team-building activities.