Head of People Strategy
TomTom
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Amsterdam • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
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Lead
About the role
- Define and continuously evolve the strategic direction for the People (HR) team.
- Own and drive the portfolio of People initiatives and products.
- Lead the People team to understand business challenges before designing solutions.
- Partner with senior leadership and HRBPs to embed strategic initiatives across all functions.
- Advance data-driven decision-making by sustaining and evolving a robust people analytics infrastructure.
- Promote and develop “PowerSkills” within the team.
- Leverage technology and automation to scale, personalize, and enhance HR products and services.
- Ensure product-led principles guide prioritization and delivery.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and iteration.
Requirements
- Strategic mindset with proven experience aligning people strategy to business objectives.
- 5+ years of experience in portfolio management, organizational transformation, or agile execution within HR or related fields.
- Strong change leadership skills, including experience in driving process improvements and cultural shifts.
- Exceptional organizational and prioritization abilities.
- Comfort with digital tools supporting strategy and analytics (e.g., Productboard, Miro, or similar).
- Ability to build strong relationships across C-level, senior leadership and HR teams, and collaborate beyond HR.
- Interest in technology as an enabler of people-centered solutions.
- Outstanding public speaking and communication skills; you enjoy being an ambassador for the People strategy and inspiring diverse audiences inside and outside TomTom.
- Certifications in PMO, Six Sigma, Agile, or Scrum are a plus but not mandatory.
Benefits
- A competitive compensation package
- Time and resources to grow and develop, including a personal development budget and paid leave for learning days, as well as paid access to e-learning resources such as O’Reilly and LinkedIn Learning.
- Time to support life outside of work, with enhanced parental leave plus paid leave to care for loved ones and volunteer in local communities.
- Work flexibility, where TomTom’ers, in agreement with their manager and team, use both the office and home.
- Improve your home office with a setup budget and get extra support with a monthly allowance.
- Enjoy options to work from your home country and abroad for a set number of days each year.
- Take the holidays you want with a competitive holiday plan, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday.
- Join annual events like our Hackathon and DevDays to bring your ideas to life with talented teammates from around the world.
- Become a part of our inclusive global culture and have the chance to collaborate with a diverse community – we have over 80 nationalities at TomTom!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
portfolio managementorganizational transformationagile executionprocess improvementspeople analyticsdata-driven decision-makingproduct-led principles
Soft skills
strategic mindsetchange leadershiporganizational abilitiesprioritizationrelationship buildingcollaborationpublic speakingcommunicationcontinuous learninginspiring diverse audiences
Certifications
PMOSix SigmaAgileScrum