Strategic People Partner (Learning & Development)

ABOUT OUR COMPANY
We are an engineering organization. Our mission is to “Ship great software” and build custom, large-scale software platforms on time, on budget and on target. In over two decades, we have never failed to deliver what we promised. 
85% of our members are software engineers with a background in computer science, physics or mathematics, many also with a strong background in machine learning.
freiheit.com technologies was founded in Hamburg in the midst of the first internet boom in the last millennium in 1999. Since then, we’ve been building custom software platforms and helping our clients to create their future business models based on software.
For over a quarter of a century, we have been working for the "Who's Who" of German and European industrial and commercial companies. Retail, automotive, e-commerce, healthcare and more.Our large-scale software platforms are used by millions of users every day. Each product has a business-critical, strategic relevance for our customers.
We have a team of 250+ employees from 30+ nations in our engineering hubs in Hamburg and Lisbon. 
We make “mission impossible” possible and very often create things that no one has ever built before.
Our teams work data-driven to constantly optimize their own productivity by removing friction from their work. Each member takes on end-to-end responsibility for their work. To be successful, you need to be productive. To be productive, you need to be efficient and effective.
Technology never rests. Neither do we.

ABOUT YOUR JOB

• As part of our Leadership & Development Team you contribute to our team's mission to empower the growth of our members no matter which role or experience level. Together we drive crucial people topics - on individual, team and company level.
• You design, implement and constantly re-evaluate development measures for our engineers and leads (e.g. lead onboarding, leadership training, performance management). You bring in your ideas, drive them forward and take over end-to-end responsibility for your projects. 
• You closely collaborate with engineering leads and the management to build our future organization. You actively involve them in the process by presenting and discussing our initiatives.
• You act as a coach and consultant for our members, focusing on providing sparring and guidance to our leads to help them develop their leadership skills. 
• You accompany our leads in handling our operational people processes. You closely collaborate with our Member Experience Team and ensure our processes run smoothly.
• You monitor the people KPIs (e.g. growth, performance, attrition) to provide data-driven insights to inform business decisions.
• Together with our leads you observe the performance and well-being of our members and teams and derive suitable measures and initiatives if needed.   

ABOUT YOU

• You have relevant professional experience in the field of learning and development, ideally in a software engineering company. You hold an excellent university degree in psychology, education, anthropology, or business. 
• You have project management experience and have the confidence to successfully and independently drive your own topics and make decisions.
• You bring expertise in designing and implementing development measures. Bonus: You have experience as a trainer or moderator.
• You can always rely on your excellent organizational skills that enable you to handle multiple topics simultaneously. A highly dynamic and fast moving work environment motivates you.
• You have excellent communication and moderation skills. You have the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization (company language is English). You are inspiring, assertive and present yourself confidently in front of a group.
• You are empathetic and understand our members' concerns. Through your practical experience, you have tools and methods at hand to coach and support our leads and members in mastering their challenges.
• Bonus: You are interested in analyzing People KPIs (e.g. growth, attrition, retention) and motivated to build a setup to work data-driven.
• You’re not just looking for any job: you want to learn and use your ideas and skills to make a lasting impact in our community.

ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY
If you ask anyone why they work here, it's pretty likely that they will say “because of the people” and “because I've never learned so much in my life”.
We believe that productive people are happy people. 
In our engineering hubs in Hamburg and Lisbon, you will meet smart, nice, ambitious people from all over the world. 
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