Head of HR

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Head of People managing recruitment and HR operations at intent. Overseeing a team and building effective people strategies.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇱 PolandLead💰 PLN 16,000 - PLN 24,000 per monthWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the People team: manage two recruiters and an office manager, run weekly 1:1s, quarterly evaluations, and develop their skills
Own the full recruitment cycle: plan hiring in sync with the sales pipeline, set priorities, run or oversee ~50 hires per year across specialist, leadership, and back-office roles
Design and optimize recruitment processes, train hiring managers (PMs, tech leads), and manage relationships with recruitment agencies and outsourcing partners
Run onboarding, workshadowing, and offboarding programs
Partner with team leads on quarterly performance reviews, competency matrices, development plans, and corrective processes
Step in when things get hard: burnout, conflicts, terminations, difficult conversations. You're the person leaders lean on
Advise C-level on hiring decisions, compensation structures, team rotation, org design, and succession planning
Own HR operations: contracts (B2B, UoP, UZ, NDAs), leave management, overtime calculations, invoice approvals, compensation reports
Build and maintain all people policies: leave, equipment, remote work, recruitment, bonuses, offboarding, benefits
Manage vendor relationships: Saltus (medical), legal counsel, payroll/accounting partner, training providers
Drive HR reporting: recruitment pipeline metrics, retention, headcount efficiency, and translate data into recommendations for leadership
Lead people initiatives: wellbeing programs, mentoring, feedback frameworks, strategic projects
Handle compliance: ISO 27001 audits, labor inspection requirements, access management across tools (Google, Slack, Jira, Recruitee, Calamari, and more)
Use AI tools as part of your daily workflow, not as a party trick.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in a senior HR/People role, with at least 2 years managing a team
Hands-on recruitment experience at scale: you can run a hiring process yourself, not just delegate it. Tech/software services industry strongly preferred
Solid understanding of Polish labor law and contract types (B2B, UoP, UZ), enough to draft documents and make sound decisions without calling a lawyer every time
Experience building HR systems from scratch or significantly rebuilding them: compensation frameworks, performance reviews, onboarding programs, policies
Commercial awareness: you understand how hiring plans connect to revenue, and you can have a real conversation with a CEO about headcount vs. pipeline
Strong with data: you define metrics, build reports, and turn numbers into recommendations, not just dashboards
English at C1+ (written and spoken)
Direct, honest communication: you say what needs to be said, especially when it's uncomfortable
The ability to switch between strategic thinking and hands-on execution within the same day
Initiative and ownership: if a process is broken, you fix it. If a policy is missing, you write it. You don't wait for permission.

Benefits

Comp & perks

26 days paid leave (B2B)
10 days paid sick leave
Saltus medical care (private health insurance)
Training budget (2,000 PLN+): courses, conferences, books, whatever makes you better at what you do
Mentoring budget: access to external mentors and coaching sessions to support your growth
Fully remote, with a pet-friendly office in Warsaw and a coworking space in Gdansk if you want them

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Hard Skills & Tools

recruitment cycle managementonboarding programsperformance reviewscompensation frameworksHR systems developmentdata analysismetrics definitionPolish labor lawcontract draftingcompliance management

Soft Skills

leadershipdirect communicationstrategic thinkinginitiativeownershipconflict resolutionmentoringadaptabilityteam managementcommercial awareness