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Key facts
Job Title
Senior HR Business Partner
Role type
Contract
Start date
ASAP
Remote friendly
No
Location
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Salary
Negotiable €
Senior HR Business Partner
Location: Amsterdam
Hours: Full‑time
Contract: 6 months, Freelancers only
Language: English
Hours: Full‑time
Contract: 6 months, Freelancers only
Language: English
About the Role
For one of our international partners in the tech industry, we are looking for an interim Senior HR Business Partner. As Senior HR Business Partner, you are the strategic people advisor to the VP Product Experience and a key partner within the Marketplace leadership team. You play a pivotal role in shaping how the organisation is structured, led, and enabled to deliver its business ambitions.
Operating at both strategic and tactical level, you advise senior leaders on complex people topics including organisational design, change, leadership effectiveness, performance, and capability building. You translate business strategy into a focused people agenda and ensure that HR policies, initiatives, and ways of working are effectively implemented and adopted.
This role is ideal for a seasoned HR Business Partner who thrives in complex, international environments and enjoys influencing leadership decisions while driving tangible organisational impact.
What You'll Do
Strategic partnering & people agenda
- Act as a trusted advisor to the VP Product Experience and senior Marketplace leaders on all people‑related topics
- Actively engage in shaping strategic and tactical business priorities and translating them into a clear people agenda
- Partner with HRD to drive and execute the people agenda for supported departments, aligned with the global Marketplace strategy
Organisational design & change
- Lead organisational design initiatives, restructures, and change programmes within defined organisational principles
- Ensure structures, roles, and capabilities are fit for current and future business needs
- Support leadership teams through transformation, ensuring clarity, engagement, and adoption
Delivery of people initiatives
- Own the end‑to‑end delivery and adoption of critical people initiatives such as engagement, performance optimisation, talent attraction, retention, and succession
- Ensure the organisation has the capabilities required to achieve business targets
- Translate HR strategy into practical, compliant solutions for your business unit
Leadership enablement & stakeholder management
- Act as escalation point for HR Advisors within your scope
- Represent the People function towards senior business stakeholders, ensuring consistency, quality, and a single voice
- Act as the voice of the business within the People organisation, identifying and articulating current and future people challenges
Collaboration & governance
- Work closely with CoEs and People Services & Systems to design and deliver solutions aligned with business needs
- Contribute to the optimisation of HR policies, processes, and tools and guide their operational implementation
- Ensure local implementation is compliant with legislation and aligned with global HR strategy
- Support Works Council consultations and collaborate with ERO where applicable
What You Bring
- 10+ years of HR experience, including several years as a Senior HR Business Partner in a complex organisation
- Proven experience advising VP‑level or ELT stakeholders on organisational design, change, and leadership topics
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect people decisions to commercial outcomes
- Experience operating in international, matrix‑driven environments
- Confidence to challenge, influence, and advise senior leaders with credibility
- Pragmatic mindset, comfortable balancing strategy with execution
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Nice‑to‑Have
- Experience in a tech, product‑led, or marketplace environment
- Exposure to large‑scale transformations or rapid growth contexts
- Experience working with mature HR CoEs and global people agendas
Why This Role
This role offers a unique opportunity to operate at the heart of a dynamic Marketplace and Product organisation, partnering closely with senior leaders and shaping how people strategy enables long‑term business success. You will have real influence, autonomy, and the chance to drive meaningful organisational change at scale.
Interested?
Apply now via our website or reach out to Nick Keizer for more information.
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