HR Business Partner (German speaking)
At a glance
Mid-level HR Business Partner & Generalist role at Kolsquare. Barcelona.
Pay not stated HR Business Partner salary
hrroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Advise leaders on organizational structure and staffing plans, coordinating headcount choices with Finance and Talent Acquisition
- Drive the people side of the Kolsquare, Storyclash merger and prepare teams for wider changes
- Run goal-setting and performance reviews, coach managers, and plan development and succession for essential roles
- Guide managers through difficult employee situations and represent HR in discussions with Austrian and other applicable staff bodies
- Use engagement and turnover figures to shape action plans, and coordinate helloCash vacancies with central recruiters
What you bring
- At least five years as an HR business partner, ideally in a scaling technology or SaaS setting
- Broad HR experience across talent, employee relations, performance and engagement, plus confidence advising senior leaders
- Strong Austrian labor-law knowledge, including collective arrangements and employee representative bodies
- You can establish HR processes and communicate fluently in German and English
Who this fits
This role suits an experienced HR generalist who can build processes and advise managers through organizational change. You’ll spend four days a week with Kolsquare and one with helloCash, reporting to the VP People and working closely with the People & Culture Manager in Austria. The role is remote-first in Europe, with Spain or Austria preferred.
From the employer
ABOUT KOLSQUARE
------------------------------
Kolsquare is the #1 Influencer Marketing software solution in Europe, used by marketing professionals for managing KOL Marketing campaigns (K.O.L for Key Opinion Leaders, aka Influencers), and designed to optimize brand communication strategies in response to new digital challenges.
Using our technology, professionals can identify the best KOL profiles, fully manage their KOL Marketing campaigns and measure their results and performances.
Kolsquare offers hundreds of customers (Coca-Cola, Danone, Publicis, Orange, Sézane, Decathlon, etc.) the latest Big Data, AI and Machine Learning technologies to activate inspiring and genuine partnerships with over 3M KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) with more than 5,000 followers in 180 countries on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter (now X), Facebook, Snap and YouTube.
In 2024, Kolsquare joined the team.blue group, one of the largest private tech companies in Europe, with a culture of innovation and excellence, to further fuel its impressive track record of outstanding profitable growth.
KOLSQUARE MISSION
------------------------------
Kolsquare is a Benefit Company, certified B-Corp in 2024.
Kolsquare exists to help you reach your greatest potential. And positively impact the world.
Influencer Marketing is today described as a revolution, a 30B$ market that is a major transformation in the media and digital world. It has also become a real gold mine, creating high hopes but also bringing its share of myths and legends. Everyone knows it works and can have an amazing impact on brand awareness or customer acquisition, but not everyone knows exactly how to do it. At Kolsquare, we firmly believe in this new media and are convinced that it's the best way for ideas, people and organisations to grow and reach their greatest potential. We also believe that it's a great way to create positive impacts for a better world. Our mission is therefore to give everyone access to the power of KOL Marketing.
KOLSQUARE CULTURE & VALUES
------------------------------
Deliver WOW
Be Responsible in your actions
Pursue Growth & Learning
Be passionate and determined
Share your Power, Knowledge & Wealth
Build Authentic relationships
We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results.
📌 More info about culture here in our Culture Book.
THE ROLE
------------------------------
In 2024, Kolsquare joined the team.blue group, one of the largest private tech companies in Europe,. Since then, Kolsquare has grown through acquisition, welcoming Storyclash in Austria and Inflead in Italy in 2025.
Today, Kolsquare is also partnering with helloCash, another well-established Austrian SaaS company within team.blue, to help professionalize its People function as it scales.
Kolsquare and helloCash together represent 160+ people, mainly across Austria, France, Spain, Italy and other European entities.
You'll split your time 4 days/week with Kolsquare and 1 day/week with helloCash, supporting a population of around 35 people managers group-wide.
You'll report to Tatiana, VP People at Kolsquare, and work closely with Larissa, our People & Culture Manager already on the ground in Austria with Kolsquare & Hellocash, bringing seniority and support on the more complex topics (employee relations, works council, manager coaching).
Much of the HRBP function doesn't exist yet in its target form here. In year one, your main focus will be the Kolsquare–Storyclash integration, and alongside it, making visible progress on a few foundational areas (performance management, manager coaching and succession planning for critical roles).
What success looks like in year one:
a performance management cycle with manager accountability, and clear development paths across the team
measurable progress on engagement and retention
the Storyclash integration meaningfully advanced
constructive social dialogue with employee representative bodies where they apply
YOUR MISSIONS
------------------------------
1) Strategic HR Partnership & Org Design
Act as a trusted advisor to managers and leadership, translating business needs into HR initiatives, org design, and workforce planning
Support workforce planning and advise on headcount decisions with Finance and Talent Acquisition
2) Change Management & Integration
Lead the people's side of the Kolsquare–Storyclash integration and future group-wide change initiatives
Assess organizational readiness for change and design communication and adoption plans
Help employees and managers navigate change with structure and empathy
Spot friction early — between teams, processes, and ways of working — and address it before it compounds
3) Performance, Talent & Succession
Build and drive the performance management cycle (goal-setting, calibration, ratings consistency)
Coach managers on feedback, underperformance, and team development
Facilitate talent reviews and succession planning for critical roles
Partner on retention strategies for critical talent, using turnover and risk analysis to target interventions
4) Employee Relations & Works Council
Advise managers on complex employee-relations matters, conflict resolution, and sensitive conversations
Serve as the main HR contact for the Austrian Works Council (Betriebsrat) and other employee representative bodies where they apply
Balance business needs, fairness, and legal risk, partnering with external counsel where needed
5) Engagement & People Data
Interpret engagement survey results and co-create action plans with managers, tailored to each company
Use people data (engagement, turnover, performance) to diagnose issues and shape recommendations for leaders
6) Talent Acquisition Support (helloCash)
Open and coordinate helloCash role openings (on average 3 job openings per year) in collaboration with team.blue's central Talent Acquisition team, who lead full-cycle recruiting
Partner with hiring managers to define profiles and provide input throughout the process
YOUR PROFILE
------------------------------
Must-haves 🫵
5+ years of HRBP experience, ideally in a fast-growing tech or SaaS environment (50-150 employees a strong plus)
A generalist grounding across talent, employee relations, performance, and engagement, with experience advising and influencing senior leaders
Strong knowledge of Austrian labor law; experience with collective agreements and works councils
Comfortable building HR processes and tools from the ground up, not just running an established framework
Excellent communication and stakeholder management, high emotional intelligence, and real conflict-navigation skills
Fluent in German and English (written and spoken); French/spanish is a plus
Nice-to-haves ✌️
Experience partnering across a multi-entity or multi-brand group, or in a post-acquisition/integration context
Data-driven mindset with experience in HR reporting and people analytics; familiarity with HRIS platforms (e.g. HiBob) and engagement tools (e.g. Culture Amp) is a plus
Proven experience managing full-cycle recruiting and supporting hiring managers in defining role profiles
WHAT WE OFFER?
------------------------------
Full flexibility: full remote work with European hubs and 400+ coworking spaces worldwide.
Monthly and quarterly highlights in person to get together with other Kolsquarians for great team-building events.
The stability and resources of a profitable group, with the agility of a scale-up.
Continuous training opportunities and career development support.
THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
------------------------------
Our hiring process consists of 6 steps:
Talent Acquisition interview – 30 min
Tatiana, VP People at Kolsquare – 45 min
Annamarie Zalesak, People Lead at helloCash – 45 min
Alexis, CFO – 30 min
Julia, External Coach – 30 min
Quentin, CEO – 30 min
The process is designed to give you the opportunity to meet key stakeholders across Kolsquare and helloCash and get a good understanding of the role, the team and the broader context.
LOCATION
------------------------------
Remote first in Europe, preferably residing in Spain or Austria.