Role Overview
We are a pioneering health partner in the insurance industry, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for innovation. Our mission is to revolutionize the traditional employee insurance model, providing cutting-edge solutions that support employees before and after they get sick, and help them make the most of their time.
We pride ourselves on our people-centric culture, which fosters a dynamic, diverse, and creative team environment. As we continue to grow rapidly, we're seeking a Senior People Partner to lead and manage people operations in Switzerland while driving strategic people initiatives.
Your Responsibilities
1. People Operations (50%):
2. Oversee the entire employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, and transitional phases, ensuring exceptional employee experiences.
3. Serve as the primary point of contact for complex employee inquiries related to benefits, leave, payroll, policies, and employment law compliance.
4. Maintain and improve personnel records, data accuracy, and system functionality within our HRIS (Hibob).
5. Oversee payroll input and collaborate with our Finance Manager to ensure accuracy and timeliness in payroll cycles.
6. Ensure compliance with all relevant laws and regulations while proactively updating policies to align with organizational growth and market changes.
7. Develop and manage people analytics, delivering actionable insights to guide data-driven decision-making and shape organizational strategies.
8. People Business Partnering & People Projects (50%):
9. Lead and execute strategic people projects, monitoring and improving total rewards programs, performance & growth management, implementing engagement surveys, and fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
10. Partner with the Head of People to design and implement strategic people initiatives, such as talent development programs, succession planning, and change management.
11. Collaborate with leadership and managers to address complex employment-related challenges.
12. Continuously identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency across all HR functions, driving forward-thinking solutions and best practices.
13. Serve as a culture ambassador, contributing to initiatives that strengthen team collaboration and organizational alignment.
Requirements
1. 6+ years of experience as an HR Generalist across a full range of HR topics in a fast-paced tech or startup environment.
2. Comprehensive understanding of people operations, compensation structures, employee relations, and HR compliance requirements.
3. Strong affinity for people, process simplification, and problem-solving, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in an organized manner.
4. Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
5. Detail-oriented with a commitment to maintaining accurate systems and records, coupled with the ability to handle project ambiguity and complexity while always building for scale.
6. Proactive mindset with a drive for continuous improvement and the ability to adapt to the evolving needs of a growing organization.
7. Data-driven mindset with experience in people analytics, translating metrics into actionable insights.
8. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships across all organizational levels.
9. Excellent communication skills with fluency in both German and English (verbal and written).
What We Offer
1. Empowering workplace: Join a passionate team and an empowering workplace where you are given the ownership, tools, and support to make decisions and take initiative. Together we grow and build innovative solutions.
2. Hybrid setup: Enjoy the flexibility of our hybrid work setup, with the freedom to work remotely or from our offices in Basel and Zurich. On Thursdays, our team day, we meet together in our Zurich office.
3. Salary: A competitive compensation package with the opportunity to obtain phantom stock options.
4. Results-Oriented Work Environment: In a full-time (5 days per week / 42 hours), we encourage you to focus on objectives and delivering high-quality work rather than sticking to a fixed schedule.
5. Learn & Grow: We support you in improving your skills, acquiring new knowledge and advancing your career. We also allocate a CHF 1'500.- budget annually.
6. Wellbeing: Work-life balance is important to us and we foster a supportive work environment. You will have access to 12 mental health sessions per year.
7. Leave: Enjoy 5 weeks of annual leave (25 days) of paid vacation and 9 public holidays.
8. Travel Support: We will provide you with a SBB half-fare card.
9. Relocation Support: We aim to make the transition as smooth as possible. If you are relocating from the EU, we will cover your relocation costs and visa.
10. Social gatherings: Together we have fun at our monthly team events and bi-annual team retreats.
Our Hiring Process
When making a hiring decision, we look for a match in four main areas: skills and technical abilities, mindset & values, and we assess them in the following three steps.
Step 1 - Your Application: Our talent acquisition team and hiring manager will review your application and respond within one week.
Step 2 - Your Motivation: We'll invite you to a 30-minute motivational chat with our talent acquisition team so we can get to know each other better.
Step 3 - Your Role & Culture Fit: You'll have two more interviews to confirm your fit for the selected role and our culture. In case of highly technical roles, we'll additionally assess the specific skills you'll need for your role.
A variety of experiences, perspectives, and voices make us the company we are, and we'd love to hear about yours.