[Hiring] Vice President of People @vialytics

Role Description

As Vice President People at vialytics, you take on a pivotal role within the leadership team. Your mandate is to build a scalable, international organisation in which our teams can reach their full potential, through clear structures, efficient collaboration, and greater impact in everything we do. You are the architect of our organisation, a coach for our leaders, and a driver of a culture that puts clarity, ownership, and performance front and centre.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Transformation
  • Developing a global People strategy and optimising admin and People processes to successfully enter international markets and stay ahead of growing pains.
• Data-Driven Organisational Design & Efficiency
  • Designing clear structures, processes, and role models that enable speed, impact, and sustainable growth.
  • Identifying and proactively shaping future trends and challenges in People & Culture through KPI-based working and predictive analytics.
• Culture & Performance
  • Evolving a high-performance culture that fosters focus, trust, and accountability with clear structures that ensure performance and shared growth.
• Business Enabler
  • Sparring partner to the CEO and Executive Team — turning People & Culture into a genuine growth driver.
• Talent & Brand
  • Scaling and professionalising our recruiting process into a repeatable system that continuously attracts top international talent.
  • Advancing our employer brand in existing and new markets, in close collaboration with Marketing and Leadership.
• Leadership & Development
  • Coaching and empowering our leaders to embed accountability, ambition, and excellence across the entire organisation.
  • Developing scalable career paths, performance frameworks, and leadership programmes for sustainable growth.
  • Evolving a scalable, fair, and market-competitive compensation and benefits strategy, including salary bands, bonus structures, and equity models.
  • Fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable work environment as the foundation for international expansion.
• Systems, Data, Compliance & Processes
  • Ensuring adherence to employment law across all markets and working closely with Legal.
  • Owning core HR processes such as onboarding, feedback cycles, and the evolution of our bonus models.
  • Creating efficient standards across the employee lifecycle and sustainably strengthening our People experience.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in a senior People/HR leadership role within a high-performance tech, SaaS, or AI company in Germany.
• Successfully scaled organisations from >100 to several hundred employees, ideally across international markets.
• Built and/or developed tech organisations, establishing clear structures, accountabilities, and scalable processes.
• Strong People excellence combined with sharp business acumen.
• Ability to lead with clarity, set priorities, and get things done — hands-on and with real impact.
• Clear and effective communication in English (German and/or French is a plus).

Requirements

• Solid expertise in recruiting, organisational design, leadership development, compensation & benefits, talent strategy, and culture building.
• Structured, data-driven work approach, for example with OKRs, People Analytics, and scalable HR/People processes.
• Experience with employer branding, DEI, succession planning, and employee retention.
• Confident working with modern HR tools (e.g. Teamtailor, HiBob) and the automation of People processes.

Benefits

• Direct Impact: The opportunity to actively shape one of Europe's most exciting SaaS stories — in a key role with direct influence on the future of vialytics.
• Leadership Responsibility: Functional and disciplinary leadership of an international People and Operations team of 10 heads.
• C-Level Proximity: Close collaboration with our leadership team, which leads with fairness, openness, and positive intent.
• A Strong Team: An international, ambitious vialytics team with a real hunger for growth and genuine enthusiasm for what we do.
• Our Culture: A company culture that lives its values: We are open. We are appreciative. We are up for it.
• Flexible Working: Modern equipment, working hours that fit your life, and the option to work hybrid or remotely.
• Growth: Space for personal development through coaching, conferences, and leadership development programmes.
• An Attractive Package: A compensation package that reflects your responsibility and your impact.