Head of People (Remote Europe)

n8n is a low-code platform for workflow automation and AI app integration, designed for technical users. It simplifies connecting to any app or API and enables the incorporation of AI into business processes. n8n is Source Code Available and has a passionate and engaged community of builders!

We were founded end of 2019 and currently:

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 We’re a diverse team of + 65 talented people
🚀 Our annual recurring revenue is growing 5x year-over-year
⭐️ With +48k GitHub stars, we are in the top 0.0001% most popular projects on Github
🌱 We now count a total of $20m in funding: we were Sequoia's first seed investment in Germany, and most recently secured a Series A extension (February 2024)

YOUR MISSION 🚀

🎯 As the Head of People at n8n, you’ll spearhead our mission to create an exceptional people-first culture while scaling the organization for long-term success. You’ll partner with leadership and the People team to architect a high-performance, values-driven environment that drives employee satisfaction and retention, fosters talent growth, and supports rapid scaling across Europe.

1- Empowering Managers and Teams

🤝 Business Partnering: Coach and advise managers on hiring, role scoping, underperformance, dismissals, and organizational design decisions.
🌟 Talent Development: Own career paths, titles, compensation models, and performance retros; drive learning and development initiatives to empower employees to grow.
🏆 Performance Optimization: Implement frameworks to recognize star talent, set team goals, and drive high performance across departments.

2- Leading Recruitment and People Operations

🔍 Recruiting Excellence: Lead a team of 3 in talent acquisition, ensuring robust, inclusive hiring processes; support workload prioritization and set hiring teams up for success.
🌐 People Operations: Support our People Ops team of 1 with onboarding, offboarding, benefits, and office management; create seamless processes that enhance employee engagement.
🎉 Creating a Positive People Experience: Take a PM-style approach to the employee journey, owning the handbook, surveys, and policies to create a smooth, delightful experience for all.

3- Ensuring Compliance and Data-Driven Decision Making

📊 Analytics and Infrastructure: Maintain high HRIS data quality, own people metrics, and use insights to inform decisions and refine strategies; drive automation wherever possible.
⚖️ Compliance Across Jurisdictions: Ensure compliance with labor laws across our 10+ hiring regions, and support data privacy and security programs.
📣 Internal Communication: Amplify employee voices to leadership, and ensure company-wide updates are clear, accessible, and well-understood by all.

4- Building Our Culture and Future

💡 Revisiting Values and Culture: Regularly review and refresh our company values to keep them relevant and authentic; instill an “n8n-y” personality that resonates throughout the organization.
📈 Developing Career Frameworks: Build tailored career progression frameworks for departments (e.g., Engineering, Sales) to set clear development paths and strengthen retention.
⏲️ Tracking & Efficiency Systems: Implement time-tracking where required, and ensure compliance and process efficiency.

Requirements

Must-have

🎯 Experience Scaling Teams: You have experience navigating the complex growth phase from 50 to 150 employees.
🤝 Leadership Acumen: You bring 10+ years of experience, including 3+ years in a senior people role, and you know how to manage, mentor, and motivate a team.
🌐 Remote Work Expertise: You’re adept at crafting people programs for a fully remote or hybrid workforce, with a keen understanding of remote-first best practices.
📊 Data-Driven Decision Maker: You’re analytical, data-driven, and metrics-focused, making decisions based on insights from HR metrics.
⚖️ Compliance Knowledge: You understand European labor laws and are confident ensuring compliance across multiple countries.

Nice-to-have

🌱 Diverse Background: You’ve had experience in other functions (e.g., Sales, Marketing, Product) and bring a unique perspective to People leadership.
📈 Engineering Culture Fit: Experience in engineering-focused organizations would be an asset.
🚀 Startup Resilience: You’re no stranger to the fast pace and occasional ambiguity of a startup environment, thriving in high-growth, dynamic teams.
🧩 Cultural Architect: You’re skilled at crafting and maintaining company culture, especially in rapidly scaling teams.
🛠 Tech-Savvy: Experience with modern HRIS, automation tools, and talent analytics platforms is a big plus.

Benefits

💸 Competitive compensation
💪 Ownership: Our core value is to “empower others”, and we give you a slice of n8n in the form of equity.
🏖️ Work/life balance: We work hard, but make sure everyone can properly recharge their batteries with 30 days holiday, plus public holidays wherever you are.
📈 Career growth: We are looking to hire 'rising stars', who can grow with the company into more senior roles. We give you €1k a year to spend on courses, books, events and coaching, to support you in developing your career.
🤩 A passionate team: We love our product, and we have regular office hackathons to see who can build the coolest thing with it!
🌏 Remote-first: Our team works remote from anywhere within Europe but we have regular off-sites to help build team bonds and alignment.
🙏 Transparency: We all know what everyone’s working on, how’s the company doing — the whole shebang.
🤝 Giving back: We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about.
😍 Ambitious but kind culture where people love to work - our eNPS for 2023 is 100!

Disclaimer: If you see the same job posting in different locations, it's because we're hiring remotely and are pushing it to several locations! We're currently only making one Head of People hire. Please do not apply twice for the same position.