People & Operations Manager

As People & Operations Manager, you'll help build a company where people can do good work, grow, and enjoy being part of the team. You'll shape how we hire, support, and develop our team, and own the everyday operations that make Seqana a good place to work.

What you'll do

• Own hiring end to end: from shaping job descriptions and sourcing candidates to candidate communication, offers, and contracts.
• Own the employee lifecycle, with onboarding that is ready for day one and offboarding that is clear, considerate, and well organised.
• Evolve our growth framework and salary bands, and support the annual review and compensation cycle.
• Keep a read on how people are doing through check-ins and surveys, and bring forward what leadership needs to hear.
• Coordinate our team gatherings, from standups and All-Hands to Thursday hangouts, parties, and the annual offsite.
• Select and introduce an HR system that fits our team, and own migration, rollout, training, and ongoing use.
• Own the employee tool stack: licences, accounts, access, and costs per person.
• Keep our Kreuzberg office welcoming and running smoothly, as a place where our hybrid team wants to meet, work together, and spend time.

What you'll need

• Solid understanding of German employment law, HR practices, and the German administrative system.
• Excellent communication skills in German and English.
• You've built a process, policy, or system from scratch and seen it through to everyday use.
• Genuine interest in people and a willingness to give and receive honest feedback.
• You're comfortable moving between a leadership discussion and a hands-on task in the same afternoon.
• Experience in hiring, office management, and event planning.

Nice to have

• Experience introducing an HR system such as Personio or HiBob.
• Coaching or workshop facilitation experience.
• Experience in a startup with 15 to 50 people.

What they offer

• Competitive salary and a permanent, full-time contract.
• 30 days of paid vacation.
• 500 EUR annual training budget.
• Very flexible hours, home-office days, and a casual, pet-friendly office in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
• Drinks, snacks, team events, and your choice of hardware.