Senior People & Culture Business Partner – Tech

Lobster

Partnering with technology leaders in a hybrid setting to enhance people strategies and drive department health. Lobster is a data integration platform aiding businesses in optimizing supply chain data.

Posted 7/27/2026full-timeMünchen • 🇩🇪 GermanySeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in people strategy and career development within tech organizations, with a strong understanding of engineering culture and labor laws in Germany and the Netherlands. Proficient in change management, compensation frameworks, and utilizing modern HR tools to enhance team health and performance.

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Business Partnering With Tech TeamsChange Management ExperienceKnowledge Of Compensation And BenefitsUnderstanding Of German Labor LawFluent In English And Business-Level German

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Hard Skills

Change ManagementCompensation FrameworksPerformance ProgramsEmployee Lifecycle ManagementAgile MethodologiesAI Automation In HRRoadmap PlanningCultural TransformationTechnical UnderstandingLabor Law Compliance

Soft Skills

CoachingPartnership With Senior LeadersInterpersonal CommunicationTeam Health AdvocacyCultural Sensitivity

Tools & Technologies

Modern HR ToolsAI Automation Tools

Industry Keywords

Tech OrganizationEngineering CultureEMEA ExperienceSoftware DevelopmentTalent Market Awareness

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Being the go-to partner for our CPTO and the Engineering & Product leaders on people strategy, career development, and team health
Driving cross-org projects and initiatives that reach beyond product and engineering
Running the full employee lifecycle for our tech organization, from onboarding to offboarding, across Germany and the Netherlands
Building career frameworks, compensation reviews, and performance programs that people actually use
Automating the busywork with AI and modern HR tools, so your time goes to people instead of paperwork
Keeping us compliant and up to date on German and Dutch labor law

Requirements

What you’ll need

Solid experience as a business partner to tech teams in product and software development, with a real understanding of engineering culture, delivery cycles, and roadmap planning, ideally across EMEA
Profound change-management experience, ideally guiding cultural transformation as the organization scales
Knowledge of compensation and benefits for tech teams, and a clear sense of what makes a pay structure fair
Confidence partnering with senior leaders and helping shape their decisions
A genuine affinity for technical people; you understand how engineers and product folks think and work, and you might even code for fun
A finger on the pulse of the software world, from agile ways of working to the tech talent market and how AI is reshaping the way teams build
A coaching background is a plus
Working knowledge of German labor law; Dutch labor law is a plus
Fluent in English, with business-level German. Dutch is a strong plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Real hybrid working: modern offices in Germany and the Netherlands, plus the freedom to work from home when it suits you
A modern, spacious office with a view of Lake Starnberg in Tutzing
Subsidised lunches in our in-house restaurant
A personal learning and development budget
30 vacation days per year
2 additional paid days off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
Up to 20 days of remote work per year from any EU country
Bike leasing through our partnership with JobRad
Opportunity to work flexibly from home
Team evenings every Thursday with refreshments covered by the company
A company pension plan (bAV)