Founding HR & People Manager – HRBP Mentality

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Founding HR & People Manager at Sendent, a software company focused on privacy-first enterprise collaboration. Lead HR strategy and processes from the ground up in a growing team.

Posted 7/23/2026full-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, with a focus on strategic people planning, recruitment, and compliance with Dutch labor law. Capable of building HR processes and policies from the ground up while advising senior leadership directly.

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HR Business PartneringRecruitment End-To-EndDutch Labour Law ComplianceProcess and Policy DevelopmentB2 Dutch Fluency

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Hard Skills

HR ManagementRecruitmentContract DraftingOnboardingPolicy DevelopmentPeople DevelopmentStrategic PlanningCompliance ManagementPayroll BasicsHR Foundations

Soft Skills

Advising LeadershipDelegationDetail-OrientedComfortable in Fast-Growing Environments

Industry Keywords

HR GeneralistPeople DecisionsCompany CultureOperational TasksAdmin Support

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
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
Direct an admin allrounder who supports you on operational tasks

Requirements

What you’ll need

Solid experience as an HR Manager or senior HR Generalist, with real HRBP instincts and exposure
Comfortable owning a genuinely broad remit — from strategic people planning down to drafting a contract template
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
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