People & Culture Manager (w/m/d)

People Operations

• Own and continuously improve all personnel processes, including contracts, terminations, payroll preparation (together with our tax advisor), benefits, vacation planning, workation (incl. A1 certificates) and onboarding/offboarding
• Ensure compliance with relevant labor law regulations
• Optimize and automate our HR processes with tools like Personio and, increasingly, AI

People & Organizational Development

• Build and own our learning & development offering, from onboarding enablement to targeted training for employees and people leads
• Develop career paths and a lightweight competency framework that make growth and expectations transparent across the company
• Own our feedback and development cycle (development conversations, retrospectives) and continuously improve it
• Develop and implement initiatives that strengthen our company culture
• Advise and coach our people leads and work with them to build strong teams and evolve roles, structures and collaboration as we grow
• Be a main point of contact for employees on all HR-related questions
• Organize and lead team events and offsites that bring our team together

Recruiting

• Manage recruiting processes end to end together with our people leads, from defining team needs and profiles to working with freelancers and external partners
• Keep our hiring process fast, structured and a great experience for candidates

Projects

• Drive strategic P&C and organizational development projects together with our People & Culture team and management

• Several years of experience in People & Culture, ideally in a fast-growing company
• Solid knowledge of operational HR processes and the basics of German labor law
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and a genuine passion for people and culture
• Experience in team or organizational development, for example facilitating retrospectives, workshops or team development processes
• Experience with HR software such as Personio and a strong interest in automating processes
• Experience in advising and coaching managers is a plus
• A structured, solution-oriented and independent way of working, and you enjoy sharing responsibility within a small team
• Fluent in German and English

• A role with real scope: you help shape a growing P&C function in a scaling company
• An open culture with transparent communication and room for feedback
• A diverse, committed team built on trust and mutual support
• A centrally located office in Berlin Kreuzberg
• Flexible working hours and the option to work remotely
• Regular conversations about your professional and personal development
• Benefits such as workation, Edenred, a mobility budget, team offsites and events

Perseus is growing, and so is our People & Culture team. We are looking for a People & Culture Manager who reports directly to our CEO, works side by side with our current People & Culture colleague and takes on real responsibility across the entire employee lifecycle: from recruiting and onboarding to development, culture and offboarding. Today, one person covers all of People & Culture at Perseus, and we are looking for someone who complements them. That is why we deliberately leave the split of responsibilities open and will shape it together based on your respective strengths.