Interim Head of People Culture
Mitiga Solutions, Spain
Job Description
Interim Head of People
Duration: 12 months (with possible extension)
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Language: English (Spanish is considered a plus)
Hybrid Office Presence
Our Mission
Climate change is causing deep uncertainty at all levels of society, with climate volatility reducing the security of all land-based assets and posing a multi-level security threat for the functioning of enterprises, societies, and governments.
Mitiga is a spinoff of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, which hosts MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe.
Mitiga's mission is firmly rooted in employing cutting-edge science and technology to mitigate the multifaceted risks posed by climate-driven perils. Our approach spans a spectrum of temporal scales, from real-time and annual forecasts to projections spanning the next century. This comprehensive perspective on risk, coupled with our capacity to transfer risks to capital markets via catastrophe bonds, positions us to significantly contribute to enhanced climate mitigation, resilience, and equity.
And we need you.
Who are you?
We’re searching for an exceptional Interim Head of People amp; Culture who has previous experience in successfully supporting a scale up transition from a series A to series B start-up. You will hold 6+ years within managerial level roles, directly reporting to C-levels within Human resources and 4+ years working within start ups and scale ups. You will need to enjoy the challenges and pressures of an ever evolving innovative company and hold full autonomy and accountability within their role and function.
Our Head of People amp; Culture will play a pivotal role in the company's culture and people strategy, acting as an advisory to our leadership board. Simultaneously, you’re not afraid to role up your sleeves and provide hands-on design, execution, support and mentorship to our People amp; Talent Lead, working collaboratively to drive out successful people-led projects across People, Culture and Talent.
Your Values
You understand that people are our most important asset and have learned how to cultivate and nurture individuals, bringing the best out of them. You have solid experience in building a culture that is based upon the needs of the people. You understand that feedback is to be embraced and acted upon and you are confident in your ability to upskill our executive level, providing executive training and coaching.
Transparency, alignment, and acknowledgement are words that resonate with you. You have proven experience in building a data-driven performance culture that respects the value of the individual whilst simultaneously drives the company towards success. You are confident in working with the executive and front lines of the team to support in building and outlining the next steps in their careers.
You are solutions oriented with a keen understanding of upcoming trends and tools. You bring innovation and creativity to your people designs and strategies. You will work closely with our operations function to ensure that the best practices, procedures and tools are identified and implemented, allowing the company to scale according to the anticipated growth and objectives.
What will you do?
- You will perform a deep-dive audit and report on the current status of the Human Resources function
- You will be responsible for designing a complete people, culture amp; talent strategy with the support of our People amp; Talent Lead. This will include solutions, budgets, timelines, measurable metrics, tracking procedures, reporting timelines etc
- You will be the overall responsible for managing and approving the assigned budget for the Human Resources function
- You will be responsible for the design, strategy and execution for the performance culture of the company
- You will be responsible for the design, strategy and execution for the learning and development pillar of the company
- You will be responsible for the design, strategy ad execution of concise and scalable career development plans for all employees of Mitiga
- You will lead and work directly with other executive management, to align and build the over-all company structure, supporting company alignment and scalability according to the company’s growth goals
- You will support and advise the company with realizing future expansion plans on a global scale and provide hands on support to the CEO on how this will look, minimizing company risk and business disruption
- You will lead the design, structure and implementation of a remote-working friendly benefits plan for all employees
- You will act as a mentor amp; coach for our People amp; Talent Lead
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