Senior People Business Partner - EMEA

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co.

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

• 8+ years of HR experience, with at least 3 years partnering directly with senior leaders, preferably in a high-tech environment, and experience as the sole or lead People leader for a region or country.

• Breadth across the full HR function: employee relations, compensation, payroll and leave administration, performance management, org design, and engagement. You move comfortably from an individual employee's pay issue to a reorganization conversation with an executive on the same day.

• Working knowledge of employment practices and requirements in Germany, Sweden, and England and the judgment to know when a question needs local counsel or another specialist before you act.

• Strong business acumen. You understand how the business makes money, where the constraints are, and how talent decisions affect outcomes, and you can speak that language with executives.

• Leadership and high agency. You've been the senior People leader for a region or business with minimal direction, directed partners across payroll, legal, benefits, and vendors without formal authority, and made decisions with incomplete information.

• Strong judgment. You know when to move fast, when to slow down an irreversible decision, and when to bring in partners, and leaders trust your read on sensitive, ambiguous situations.

• A record of influencing in both directions. You've advocated for a region with headquarters and challenged regional leaders when needed, and you can tell the difference between a legal requirement, a business need, and a preference.

• A record of leading change, not just supporting it, including implementing global programs locally and guiding teams through growth or reorganization.

• Fluency with data and clear, concise, direct communication, and the discipline to prioritize ruthlessly when everything feels urgent.

• Business-level fluency in the local language is a plus. Comfort working across time zones with a People team based in California.

• Experience supporting engineering, research, or other highly technical organizations.

• Experience supporting a region through entity setup or expansion into new countries, including work with an employer of record or PEO.

• Experience building People programs from scratch in a high-growth company.