People Business Partner

Location: Milan, Italy. Hybrid work with at least three days per week in the Milan HQ and travel to European offices approximately once a month.

Salary: €45,000–€65,000 gross per year, depending on experience and level. Equity is offered.

Company

hirify.global is building an AI platform for legal work, used by more than 20,000 legal professionals across Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and Bulgaria.

What you will do

• Own the people agenda for a group of client teams and advise managers on team growth, retention, organisation, and difficult people situations.
• Run and improve performance, engagement, compensation, and promotion cycles end to end.
• Shape organisational structures, roles, reporting lines, and reorganisations as teams scale.
• Coach managers and handle employee relations, including probation reviews and disciplinary matters.
• Provide business context to Talent Acquisition and People Operations.
• Turn people observations into clear insights for the Head of People and leadership.

Requirements

• 4+ years of HR experience, including at least 1 year as an HR or People Business Partner with an independent client group.
• Experience running performance and compensation cycles end to end.
• Hands-on employee relations experience.
• Working knowledge of Italian labour law.
• Comfort using AI tools in daily work.
• Fluent Italian and English.
• Ability to understand the business before advising on people matters, close problems, handle ambiguity, read sensitive situations well, provide clear advice, and follow through.

Nice to have

• Previous experience in Talent Acquisition or People Operations.
• Experience partnering with sales or commercial teams.
• Organisation design or reorganisation experience.
• Experience supporting client groups in more than one country.
• Other European languages.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with flexibility and regular collaboration in the Milan HQ.
• Travel to European offices approximately once a month, plus team retreats and off-sites.
• €7 meal voucher for each working day.
• €600 annual welfare budget via Satispay.
• Direct collaboration with the Head of People and leadership team, with scope for the role to grow as hirify.global scales.

Hiring process

• 30-minute introductory call with the Talent Acquisition Lead.
• 45-minute interview with the Head of People.
• 60-minute case study presentation and discussion with the Head of People and Chief of Staff.
• 30-minute final conversation with the CRO and Co-founder.