Senior People & Culture Manager (m/f/d) - (Limited)

• Own all core HR processes end-to-end (contracts, payroll interface, benefits, policies)
• Ensure legal compliance and smooth day-to-day operations
• Translate business priorities into people initiatives

Your mission

People Operations

• Own all core HR processes end-to-end (contracts, payroll interface, benefits, policies)
• Ensure legal compliance and smooth day-to-day operations
• Manage external partners (payroll, legal, advisors)
• Translate business priorities into people initiatives

Talent & Performance

• Oversee ongoing hiring processes together with hiring managers
• Drive performance management cycles (goal setting, feedback, reviews)
• Support managers in leadership, feedback, and people decision

Culture

• Drive the development of our company culture and ensure it scales with the organization
• Address employee relations topics Drive initiatives that support team engagement and retention

Your profile

• Several years of experience in a senior People / HR role, ideally in a startup or scale-up environment
• Strong hands‑on mindset — you are comfortable doing the work yourself
• Solid knowledge of labor law and HR best practices
• Experience building and developing people structures, processes, and tools in a growing organization
• Confidence working closely with the leadership and senior leaders
• Pragmatic, calm, and structured — especially in ambiguous situations
• High level of trustworthiness, discretion and emotional intelligence when dealing with sensitive topics
• Strong communication skills in English and German

Our Benefits

• Dynamic and diverse mission‑driven team from more than 25 different countries
• A fast growing company with opportunities for personal development
• Flexible working hours with entitled Home Office days in an innovative and agile working environment
• Gym Membership, language classes or an attractive alternative from our benefit program
• Flat hierarchies and short decision paths
• Great team events such as “lunch & learn”, “Demo Day”, cultural celebrations and food tastings
• Drinks, cereal bar and fresh fruit at the office, our home products tasting session for new employees
• Lastly, join us in the journey as we change the food system as we know it!

About Us

Infinite Roots® is a biotech company based in Hamburg, Germany. We tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges through products we develop by leveraging the fungal kingdom. Our team of 60+ people from 25 nationalities — 55% women and 10 PhDs strong — shares one mission: to unlock the full potential of fungi for a more sustainable future.