Head of HR (f/m/d)

About this role

In this role you serve as a critical bridge between the business and people, working directly with managers, our senior leadership team and workers council. The Job Holder will be part of an international People Leadership Team and in this role drive the internal business and People-Agenda for Publishing.

You describe yourself as a strategic partner, trusted guide, performance coach and change agent. As strategic partner and trusted guide you help our leaders as they lead their teams to achieving their business goals. You support them to develop solutions relating to business challenges. As performance coach and change agent you support managers and employees with the most relevant initiatives to succeed in their roles. The job holder is responsible for all HR-relevant topics in the area assigned to them. They support and advise managers, are responsible for the introduction and optimization of HR processes and programs and proactively promote employee satisfaction. In addition, the job holder will manage cross-national HR projects.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide strategic HR support to leaders of our Business Unit Publishing in Germany, while ensuring alignment of HR initiatives with business objectives
• Independently drive organizational change, improve processes and implement HR best practices in alignment with the business goals to increase efficiency and effectiveness 
• Partner with senior management to provide solutions for all multifaceted people topics 
• Understand the business strategy and challenges in order to align and translate overall People strategy to local business requirements,  
• Deliver on key HR initiatives such as leadership development, performance and talent management, 
• Coach our managers in a range of people skills to ensure we retain and develop our key talent,
• Identify training needs and introduce new training formats in close collaboration with our L&D department,
• Leverage the full potential of People Analytics data to drive change and proactively support your key stakeholders, 
• Acts as a mediator in difficult individual personnel cases 
• Creates and monitors HR-relevant KPIs 
• Manages cross-country HR projects and participates in global HR initiatives

Team Leadership:

• Lead by example, motivating HR team members through clear vision, accountability, and encouragement
• Actively support the professional growth of HR staff, providing regular feedback, development opportunities, and career guidance
• Guide the team through organizational changes with clarity and empathy, ensuring resilience and adaptability
• Maintain open, honest, and transparent communication with the HR team, ensuring alignment on goals, policies, and priorities

Qualification/ Experience:

• University degree with a focus on economics, psychology or a comparable course of study, alternatively professional training with additional qualification
• At least 7-10 years of professional experience in HR business partnering, including disciplinary leadership responsibility 
• Proven track record in independently planning, developing and implementing people projects (such as: performance management, employee engagement, Talent, change management) across the entire employee lifecycle
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• High degree of proactivity, solution orientation and implementation strength
• Business fluent verbally and written in English and German

Knowledge, Skillset, competencies:

• Feel at home in a fast-paced and demanding environment that develops quickly every day
• Ability to take ownership and act autonomously, but work effectively with the entire HR community in order to leverage on collaborative strengths
• Well-developed leadership skills 
• An expert communicator with strong emotional intelligence
• Strong analytical skills, a good business sense and the ability to deliver hands-on and pragmatic solutions in a change environment

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

We want to inspire not only our customers, we also want to inspire our colleagues. How? By giving you the opportunity to take on responsibility and by offering you a long-term perspective.

You can also benefit from our attractive offers:

• Individual solutions for the flexible organisation of working hours and location
• Targeted and individual training for your professional and personal development
• A central location in Hamburg's city centre with good transport options (bus & train)
• Subsidy for Deutschlandticket & bike leasing
• Effective health management (e.g. health week, free sports programmes & Wellhub)
• 30 days of holiday & frequent events for employees
• Company restaurant, free magazines & various discounts via corporate benefits
• A culture in which personal responsibility, teamwork and creativity are valued and you have room for creativity and for exciting and challenging tasks

If you are looking for an independent position and would like to enrich our existing team with fresh impulses, we look forward to receiving your complete application documents.

Your contact for this position is Corinna (Kalkschmidt)

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.