Senior People Partner (all genders)

Overview

As Senior People Partner at tonies, you drive organizational effectiveness and support leaders across a global, scaling organization. You act as a strategic advisor on people and org matters, coach senior leaders, and help implement people programs and change initiatives. You’ll navigate employee relations with empathy and partner cross-functionally to create a seamless employee experience. This role offers exposure to international collaboration, works councils, and a mission-driven culture that shapes the future of play and learning.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• comprehensive location-tailored benefits
• internal/external training and learning budget
• tonie discounts
• generous paid time off
• international collaboration culture

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to act as a strategic advisor on people and organizational topics across multiple levels
• Contribute to organizational design and structural changes to support growth
• Coach leaders to improve leadership effectiveness and navigate cultural change
• Drive adoption and delivery of people programs (e.g., performance feedback) within the area
• Support employee relations issues with empathy and professional handling, including escalation with the Employee Relations Specialist
• Collaborate with cross-functional People & Culture teams to ensure a cohesive employee experience

Key requirements

• Multiple years of People Partner experience in a complex global, fast-paced, scaling organization
• Strong business acumen and ability to align people priorities with business needs
• Excellent collaboration, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across levels and regions
• Clear, empathetic communication and adaptability to diverse audiences
• Proactive ownership to drive topics to completion and realize outcomes
• Strong systemic thinking and problem-solving to interconnect people, processes, and structures
• Global mindset with flexibility for international collaboration and travel to Düsseldorf
• Ideally experience with works councils and related processes

• collaboration
• stakeholder management
• empathetic communication
• organizational design
• change management
• people programs delivery

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