Founding HR Manager – HRBP Mentality

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HR Manager at Sendent, a privacy-first enterprise collaboration software company. Building the HR function from the ground up while supporting strategic business decisions.

Posted 7/17/2026full-timeEindhoven • 🇳🇱 NetherlandsMid-LevelSenior💰 €4,500 - €5,500 per monthWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in HR Business Partnering, translating business goals into people decisions, and building HR foundations from scratch. Proficient in managing recruitment processes, advising senior leadership, and ensuring compliance with Dutch labor law.

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HR Business PartneringEnd-to-End RecruitmentDutch Labor Law KnowledgeProcess and Policy DevelopmentStrategic People Planning

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Hard Skills

HR ManagementOnboarding DevelopmentJob Description WritingInterviewingContract DraftingCompliance ManagementPayroll BasicsPeople Development

Soft Skills

Strategic JudgmentAdvising LeadershipDelegationConnecting HR Tasks to Business Goals

Industry Keywords

Dutch Employment ContractsFast-Growing EnvironmentsHR FoundationsPeople DecisionsCompany Culture

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

HR Business Partnering: Sit close to the CEO and leadership team as the person who translates business goals into people decisions
Define company culture and help it take root across the team
Design how Sendent hires, retains, and develops people as it scales
Advise on people decisions that shape the company's future — not just execute them
Plan for how the company operates and can grow sustainably at 25, 50, and 100 people — not just today
HR Management — Building and Executing: Build onboarding, policies, and HR foundations from scratch — and run them day-to-day once they exist
Own recruitment end-to-end: job descriptions, interviewing, offers
Manage Dutch employment contracts, payroll basics, and compliance — flagging issues before they become problems
Stay close to the detail — see your decisions play out, not just hand them off
Delegated Operational: Direct an admin allrounder who supports you on operational tasks
Keep your own time focused on the management and strategic judgment calls only you can make

Requirements

What you’ll need

Solid experience as an HR Manager or senior HR Generalist, with real HRBP instincts and exposure — you naturally connect a day-to-day HR task to the bigger business question behind it
Comfortable owning a genuinely broad remit — from strategic people planning down to drafting a contract template — without needing it narrowed or divided up
Experience running recruitment end-to-end: writing job descriptions, screening, interviewing, and closing offers
Comfortable building processes, policies, and structure where none exist yet, rather than optimizing something already in place
Confident advising a CEO or senior leadership directly — this role has a direct line to the top, with no HR layer in between
Relevant HR work experience in the Netherlands, with a solid working knowledge of Dutch labour law — you don't need to be a lawyer, but you know enough to flag "this is probably how it works, let's confirm with legal counsel" before an issue becomes a problem.
B2 (or higher) level Dutch, spoken and written working fluency
Comfortable managing and delegating to a supporting admin resource
Energized by early-stage, fast-growing environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

8% holiday allowance
25 vacation days plus public holidays
Pension
Company laptop of your choice and company phone
Home-office and internet allowance
NS business card or full public transport reimbursement (or the legal km rate if you drive)
Hybrid setup with real autonomy over your time and output
A genuinely rare opportunity: sole ownership of the people function from the ground up