We’re looking for fintech enthusiasts to join us in creating the financial infrastructure of tomorrow. We’re building the first European Investment API to enable any financial institution to offer a broad range of investment products in their apps. Our view is backed by Europe's largest tech VCs (Earlybird, Notion Capital, Partech, HV Capital, ABN AMRO Ventures) by renowned fintech entrepreneurs (including Maximilian Tayenthal, founder of N26, and Felix Haas, founder of IDnow) and Bessemer Venture Partners in the USA.

The role should be based in Berlin. If you want to move to Berlin though, we’re happy to support your relocation.

At Upvest, our vision is to make investing as easy as spending money. By enabling any business to offer investment opportunities, our goal is to empower anyone to invest. Today, we count 100+ talented people from 30 different countries.

As a senior people business partner you will:

• Act as a performance improvement agent and accelerate positive changes in the people management
• Proactively support and improve the delivery of people processes and policies
• Support the recruitment process by conducting in-depth Values interviews with our candidates
• Support the design of onboarding plans for new employees and help in monitoring their progress from the people perspective
• Help to maintain a strong bond between management and team, be a focal point of telling the story and bring the best solutions for employees
• Coach and provide feedback to key stakeholders to help improve business efficiency
• Promote learning & growing by facilitating our bi-annual progress cycle, and ongoing check-ins. Help to implement learning and development offerings within the teams
• Strengthen our team first approach by shaping happy & productive teams. Take part in arranging and facilitating team and company events
• Challenge the organisational structure when needed, help teams and departments to shape the best working environment to make it easier for everyone

Team's mission

A simple purpose brings us together every day: to hire, develop and retain our people. Our Upvengers’ wellbeing, happiness and success are at the heart of everything we do, and we strongly believe in creating a healthy, productive and fun environment where our people can thrive.

We’re looking for people who share the same passion for supporting, developing and empowering others to do their very best work. People who care about maintaining an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard and valued.

Job requirements:

• 5-8 years experience as people partner within dynamic tech companies
• Fintech background is an advantage
• Team first approach, great relationships builder
• Maturity, ability to see the big picture and mediate complex situations
• Owning the outcome, ability to deliver matrix projects and drive excellence result
• Strong project and change management skills
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• German labor law knowledge, skills and experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English (German is a big plus)

Why Upvest?

• We're working on solving a hard problem: fixing the European securities financial infrastructure that empowers more people to be able to invest. You have the opportunity to contribute to this change.
• We invest in you. From access to a personal coach, development budget and plenty of opportunities to grow in your role.
• We take hiring seriously with a strong focus on keeping a high bar when interviewing (equally important is that we hire decent people, who are passionate about their craft and helping us achieve our shared mission).
• While we're not quite fully-remote, we are committed to being a flexible employer, as we understand you don't have to be in the office to do your best work.

We live a culture of empowerment, trust (that we hire the best people and get out of their way) and openness (there's a greater advantage in sharing information than keeping it to ourselves).

Our values:

• Learn and grow. We aim high to shape our future. We give and request honest feedback knowing that we develop together. Progression over Perfection.
• Team first. We make it easy for others. We value our differences and are open to others' opinions. We win and celebrate together! Team over Egos.
• Own the outcome. Whether we win or we lose, we stand together. We are proactive and get the job done. Outcome over Process.
• Tell the story. We always start with the why. We share knowledge to empower others. Transparency over Complexity.