Team Manager HR Operations with German

Location: Multiple locations; hybrid work model with remote work opportunities. Workation is available from hirify.global locations for up to 4 weeks per year within the EU.

Company

European provider of payroll and HR services supporting clients across the employee journey, from salary payment to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent.

What you will do

• Lead the HR Operations team in delivering high-quality HR outsourcing services in line with contractual scope and SLAs.
• Ensure accurate and timely payroll processing, including salary calculations, deductions, tax withholdings, and compliance with legal, tax, social security, and internal regulations.
• Review and approve payroll results, analyze data, investigate discrepancies, and resolve errors before deadlines.
• Set team objectives and KPIs, create individual development plans, and conduct team meetings, performance reviews, and structured 1:1 discussions.
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors, manage vendors and partners, and act as an escalation point when required.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities, and organize testing for system changes.

Requirements

• Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, team development, and performance management.
• Very good German and good English, both written and spoken.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Strong service and customer orientation with a clear commitment to quality and reliability.
• Ability to listen actively, lead with empathy, and support team members constructively and respectfully.
• Strong analytical thinking for assessing complex payroll topics, risks, and impacts.
• Solution-oriented and improvement-driven approach to optimizing processes and collaboration.
• Clear, confident, target-group-oriented communication with employees, stakeholders, and external partners.
• High resilience, flexibility, and assertiveness, especially during escalations; openness to digitalization, automation, and data-driven decision-making; collaborative team mindset; positive and responsible role-model leadership; curiosity and commitment to continuous development.

Nice to have

• Experience with agile and/or lean methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment contract after a 6-month fixed-term contract.
• Flexible working hours, hybrid work, and a financial allowance for remote work.
• Private medical care, cafeteria system, sports card, lunch card, life insurance, holiday allowance, and annual bonus.
• Workation from an hirify.global location for up to 4 weeks per year within the EU.
• Free language courses during working hours, individual development plans, professional training, and career growth opportunities.
• Employee loans, free parking, referral program, integration events, and a 3.5% employer contribution to PPK.