Location: Hamburg
At Freenow, we are on a mission to empower smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive.
We believe our success starts with our people, culture, and leadership. As we continue to grow and evolve our European business, we are looking for an exceptional People Leader to help shape the future of our organization. The People Leader for Europe will report to Lyft's Chief People Officer, with a dotted-line relationship to the European leader and the Senior Director, People Business Partner at Lyft.
As a senior People leader in Europe, this role serves as a trusted advisor to the European Leadership Team and a key member of both the Europe Leadership Team and Lyft's global People organization.
The role is responsible for translating global people strategy into regional impact while driving organizational effectiveness, talent strategy, culture, leadership, and transformation across Europe.
YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE:
Business Leadership & Partnership
- Act as primary People Business Partner to the European Leadership Team and team members
- Translate business strategy into people, organizational, and talent priorities that drive performance.
- Align European people strategy with Lyfts global People strategy.
- Shape workforce planning and operating model decisions to support growth.
Transformation, Growth & M&A
- Lead people strategy for organizational transformation and business evolution across Europe.
- Own European people integration in partnership with Global People M&A and partner with cross functional partners on diligence and integration efforts
- Drive organizational design and change initiatives to enable scalable growth.
- Lead critical integration phases, including temporary oversight of HR Operations where required.
Talent, Leadership & Culture
- Define and drive talent, succession, and leadership strategies for European key and senior roles.
- Coach senior leaders to improve leadership effectiveness and organizational performance.
- Shape a high-performance, inclusive, and accountable culture across Europe.
Employee Relations & Risk
- Provide executive oversight of employee relations, labor relations, compliance, and workforce risk across Europe.
- Partner with Legal and leadership teams on complex and high-impact people matters.
People Leadership, AI & Scaling
- Provide dotted-line regional leadership across all European People functions, driving alignment and consistency without direct reporting authority.
- Lead a high-impact People Business Partnering team across Europe.
- Drive adoption of AI, analytics, and technology to improve decision-making, workforce insights, and efficiency.
- Scale People processes through automation and target="_blank">
