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deepset • Spain Catalonia

Senior People Operations Partner

Employment type:  Full time

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top 3 scores:
94%

Location flexibility

89%

Autonomy

88%

Role modelling

Job Description

Your mission

As the Senior People Operations Partner, you will play a pivotal role in building and sustaining a thriving organizational culture. As we are a growing organization, this role requires someone that is truly happy to span across multiple different topics within the people team.
This is a hands-on, high-impact position where you will work across core people functions, with a strong focus on Talent Management, Talent Development and Employee Experience. You will act as a trusted partner to leadership and employees, driving initiatives that support growth, engagement, and operational excellence.

Our mission

We are an AI startup that empowers developers to build applications that use natural language as the interface to data. Our open-source framework Haystack is used by thousands of developers to build LLM applications.
Our LLM platform, deepset Cloud, enables enterprises worldwide to unlock the potential of large language models for their business cases. Come join our team and work with tech experts on real-world cases, in a fast-paced and high-impact environment, and shape the AI space together with us.

Life at deepset

At deepset you will find an environment with equal opportunities to grow, share ideas, build relationships, and succeed. We believe every employee is important and generates a direct impact on our team’s success.
We are certified by Flexa® Careers as a flexible employer, and our remote first culture is designed to provide work-life balance, autonomy, and flexibility.
Our daily meetings, the in person "re:base", and the social events allow us to work with great synergy. We would like to invite you to visit our life page to learn more about our culture.

Your impact

  • People Operations: Working with other team members to ensure Oversee seamless HR processes across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to offboarding; Contributing to the Implementation and maintenance of people policies, ensuring compliance with global labor laws and best practices; Leveraging data to provide insights and drive decision-making on employee engagement, retention, and performance.
  • Talent Management: Collaborating with the VP People and Hiring Managers to look at skill gaps in the organization to meet business objectives; Partnering on workforce planning to ensure we have the right talent in the right roles at the right time.
  • Learning and Development: Building and leading impactful L&D programs to support employee growth, from technical up-skilling to leadership development; Facilitating workshops, training sessions, and mentorship initiatives to promote continuous learning; Developing and tracking metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of L&D efforts and align them with business goals.
  • Talent Development: Implementing improved performance management processes, ensuring they are fair, consistent, and aligned with our culture; Working closely with managers and employees to create personalized career development plans; Championing succession planning and internal mobility to unlock employee potential and meet future business needs.
  • Employee Engagement & Culture: Fostering a culture of feedback, collaboration, and inclusivity by supporting designing programs that enhance employee engagement and satisfaction; Leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives that create a welcoming and equitable workplace, whilst also making sure fairness and equity are built into all of our process, policies and procedures.

Your profile

  • 5+ years of proven experience in a People Operations, HR Business Partner, or similar role, ideally in a high-energy, tech-driven environment.
  • Demonstrated expertise in talent management, learning and development, and talent development.
  • Strong knowledge of HR practices, with a global perspective.
  • Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
  • Data-driven mindset with experience using HR analytics to inform decisions.
  • Passion for fostering inclusive and innovative cultures where people can do their best work.

Perks

  • Remote First: You can choose to work from home or any other workspace that suits you. We offer home office setup (equipment and furniture).
  • Grow: Personal and professional growth are important to us. We have an annual learning and development budget, and also the opportunity to speak at conferences, internal knowledge sharing, and workshops.
  • Connect: We have a virtual office, a monthly social budget to reconnect virtually or in person, online walks and talks with colleagues from other teams, and a flexible travel policy that enables you to meet colleagues in person for special occasions.
  • Re:base: We meet in person on a quarterly basis, because we believe it’s important to get to know each other. We have fruitful discussions, we hold workshops, we brainstorm together, and we have leisure activities and fun.
  • You are an owner: All employees are enrolled in the employee stock option plan and own a part of the company.
  • Personal time off: If you want to recharge and travel the world - there are 30 days of paid vacation.
  • Choose your tech: The choice is yours among our pre-selected options, and we will provide what you need.
  • Pension fund and Health Insurance fitting with your main working location: All full-time employees are eligible for the pension plan. We also offer health, dental, and vision for employees in the US, in compliance with the local market.
  • Travel Insurance: We want you to be secure during your travels. Therefore, we offer every employee additional travel insurance.
  • Sports budget: To boost your health and well-being, we offer a monthly allowance for your sports activity.
  • Oliva - employee mental wellbeing benefit: To boost your well-being, we offer a benefit that helps you to respond to pivotal moments at work and beyond.
  • Dog-friendly: Our headquarters in Berlin welcomes dogs, so you can also bring your best friend to the office.
  • Enhanced days off for Family Sick Leave: We offer additional days in case your child gets sick.
  • Additional days off: We don't work on the 24th & the 31st of December.
  • Flexible working hours: You can adapt your work to your private life.

What colleagues say

“deepset is at the forefront of innovation, leading the charge empowering developers to build applications that use NLP as the interface to data. Haystack is currently used by thousands, and the reach is only going to accelerate as we grow! Culturally, the deepset team is bright, collaborative, and inclusive.”
(Stephanie, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager)

”What deepset is doing at the forefront of the AI/NLP space is incredibly exciting. AI is a busy field right now, and deepset truly stood out to me with its product, use cases, and strategic growth—I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of. My interest was only further confirmed after meeting the team. The culture is wonderful, and every individual I had the opportunity to meet was kind, genuine and passionate. I’m very excited to be joining deepset as the founding field marketer. I look forward to growing my knowledge of the space and helping businesses find value in integrating AI into their data repositories.”
(Jaagriti, Field Marketing Manager)

Company benefits

30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Company shutdown periods – Holiday Period (24th and 31st)
Dog friendly co-working space
Enhanced sick pay – for Family Sick Leave
Home office set up
Open to job sharing
Open to part-time employees
Teambuilding days
Personal development budgets
Health insurance
Co-working space allowance
Enhanced pension match/contribution

We asked employees of deepset what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
94%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
77%
Employees are largely happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
81%
Employees are very happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
67%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
88%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
89%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Working at deepset

Company employees

80

Gender diversity (male:female:non-binary)

65:34:1

Funding levels

€44,5M

Currently Hiring Countries

Spain

Office Locations

Awards & Achievements

Most flexible companies

Most flexible companies

Flexa100 2024
DeepTech, Data & AI

DeepTech, Data & AI

Industry awards 2023
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Most flexible companies

Flexa100 2023
AI & VR

AI & VR

Industry awards 2022