People & Culture Business Partner (m/f/d)

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a People & Culture Partner (m/f/d) who combines strong HR operations expertise with the ability to support and partner closely with our engineering and product teams. This role is designed for someone who enjoys being close to the business, is pragmatic, proactive, and ready to step in wherever needed, and thrives in a fast‑growing scale‑up environment. You will act as the dedicated P&C contact for all Tech units at Korial, ensuring reliable and compliant HR operations while actively shaping how we work as we continue to scale. You will collaborate closely within our P&C team but take full ownership of all HR operations and employee lifecycle topics for our Tech organization.

YOUR TASKS

HR Operations for Tech Teams

• Own and manage all HR administrative processes for engineering, product, and platform teams across the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, probation reviews, internal transfers, and organizational changes.
• Prepare and issue employment contracts, amendments, confirmations, reference letters, certificates, and all relevant HR documentation while maintaining accurate and compliant personnel files and digital HR records.
• Ensure data integrity across HRIS, handle compensation adjustments, leave management, and payroll‑relevant updates, and maintain structured, reliable, and compliant HR processes tailored to technical teams.

HR Business Partnering

• Serve as the day‑to‑day HR contact for Tech managers and employees, providing practical, business‑oriented guidance.
• Support employee lifecycle topics such as performance processes, role clarifications, internal mobility, compliance, and employee relations, including conflict resolution and sensitive HR matters.
• Ensure adherence to labor laws, internal policies, and documentation standards.

Performance, Development & Talent

• Manage the full performance cycle for Tech teams, promote a strong feedback culture, and coach leaders on performance and development conversations.
• Identify skills gaps, succession needs, and development opportunities, and support learning initiatives, mentoring programs, and leadership development tailored to technical roles.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on role profiles, leveling, and workforce planning.

People Analytics & Reporting

• Prepare people reports and insights to support decision‑making for Tech leadership.
• Monitor trends in engagement, turnover, performance, and overall organizational health.

Process Improvement & Projects

• Create, refine, and standardize operational HR processes to support a scaling organization and maintain efficient, compliant HR workflows across HRIS.
• Support BGM processes, including reintegration management and collaboration with health service partners.
• Drive cross‑functional HR projects and contribute to building scalable People & Culture structures.

YOUR PROFILE

• University degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in generalist HR roles, ideally in a start‑up and with exposure to technical teams
• Ability to advise and challenge Tech leaders with pragmatic, business‑oriented guidance.
• Strong knowledge of German labor law and social security.
• Hands‑on, reliable, structured, and highly detail‑oriented.
• Ability to work independently.
• Comfortable in a dynamic engineering environment.
• Communicative, approachable, and solution‑oriented.
• Business fluent English skills and native level German skills.

About Korial

Korial is the Enterprise AI Platform for the autonomous industrial future. From our roots in the labs of TU Darmstadt, we have grown into a team of over 100 people building the intelligence layer that orchestrates autonomous inspections across infrastructure worldwide. Our platform unifies data, missions, and mixed fleets of robots and devices so operators can supervise assets from a single source of truth instead of walking every round on foot.

We work at the intersection of AI, robotics, and industrial operations, turning noisy real‑world telemetry into dependable, actionable insight for customers on five continents. Our team brings together more than 30 nationalities and deep experience in software engineering, robotics, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise operations - including 11 PhDs leading core product development since 2019.