People and Culture Lead [80%]

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About OptimlOptiml is transforming real estate with Real Estate Decision Intelligence (REDI),

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About the Role

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Build and scale people systems suitable for a fast-growing B2B SaaS company — attracting, hiring, developing, and retaining talent aligned with our mission
Create clarity, fairness, and accountability through effective people systems and rituals, automated wherever possible
Maintain and evolve a culture of ownership, trust, and high performance as the company scales across three+ countries

Design and build automated onboarding, offboarding, and performance-review workflows
Own the people tech stack: evaluate and implement tools/automations (AI-assisted scheduling, document generation, Notion-based systems) that reduce manual admin
Run performance management processes (30/60/90s, probation reviews) and continuously automate the repeatable parts
Act as the day-to-day point of contact for employees on culture, wellbeing, and people questions
Own recruiting and hiring end-to-end: sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and managing candidate pipelines across commercial, technical, and operational roles
Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, build interview kits, and drive hiring decisions to close (templates, automated comms, structured interview kits)
Design and own culture rituals and communication systems that work across a distributed, hub-and-spoke team
Plan and help run team offsites and culture initiatives (starting with the September offsite)
Partner with the Head of Operations on HR administration and compliance across entities
Own end-to-end HR administration across CH/DE/UK entities — contracts, amendments, employee records, and compliance with local employment law
Manage day-to-day employee relations: performance concerns, grievances, and sensitive people situations, escalating appropriately
Support compensation and benefits administration; salary reviews, benchmarking, and benefits setup/renewal across entities
Maintain and keep evolving internal people documentation as a living system

Requirements

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5–8+ years in People Ops/HR/Culture, including time in a scaling startup — or a strong track record in an adjacent field (ops, consulting, founder's office) with a genuine pull toward people and culture work
Proven track record owning full-cycle recruiting — sourcing, screening, and closing — not just coordinating interviews
Comfortable operating across multiple countries/employment frameworks (CH/DE/UK exposure a plus)
Strong written and verbal English; German a nice-to-have
Genuinely AI-native, uses AI tools daily in your own workflow, not just aware of them
Builder mentality over administrator mentality, energized by "how do we never do this manually again"
Based in or able to work from London; willing to travel to Zurich at times plus offsites