Head of People

Location: Barcelona, Spain. Hybrid working with the ability to commute to the Barcelona office a couple of times a week if needed. Candidates based elsewhere should be open to relocating to Spain.

Salary: €80,000–€85,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global provides digital supply chain compliance and risk mitigation solutions for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in the Life Sciences industry.

What you will do

• Lead a lean, distributed People team across People Operations, Talent Acquisition, and Business Partnering.
• Own end-to-end hiring, employer branding, recruitment metrics, and hiring manager enablement across multiple entities.
• Build scalable People Operations using Personio, automation, self-service, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Oversee payroll, benefits administration, vendor relationships, employment policies, contracts, and employee relations.
• Lead compensation reviews, promotions, pay ranges, performance cycles, calibration, and EU Pay Transparency compliance.
• Partner with Finance on workforce planning, headcount reporting, organisational design, offices, and company-wide culture initiatives.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in people, HR, or shared services roles.
• Hands-on ownership of talent acquisition, performance management, payroll, HRIS, and compliance.
• Experience managing complexity across multiple jurisdictions and teams across multiple locations.
• Practical experience with Spanish and/or German labour law is advantageous.
• Tech-savvy approach to AI adoption, automation, and process optimisation.
• Fluent English is required. Spanish and/or German are advantageous.

Nice to have

• Experience in high-change, multi-country, and multi-entity environments.
• Experience with Spanish or German labour law.
• Spanish or German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model with up to three months per year working from anywhere.
• Country-specific vacation and benefits packages, including private healthcare, fitness, and meal allowances.
• Annual personal development budget.
• Country-specific compensation reviewed annually.
• Company-provided equipment and tools.
• Annual in-person company event in Europe.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed manually by the Talent Acquisition team.
• AI is not used to screen, rank, assess, or make hiring decisions; it may support interview note-taking and transcription only.
• The process includes interviews and may include a video introduction.