Regional People Partner, KAYAK
2-3 days a week in office (Friedrichshain, Berlin)
Travel search engine
Open for applications
Travel search engine
1001+ employees
Open for applications
2-3 days a week in office (Friedrichshain, Berlin)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
Role
Who you are
- The role requires a deep understanding of local legislation and employment practices, alongside a clear picture of the global People agenda - ensuring partnership and alignment with the Global Business Partners and the overall company vision
- At least 6 years of demonstrable experience working in Human Resources with a dynamic background
- Expert knowledge of current German employment legislation and an ability to apply this knowledge to real life employee issues
- Experience working for a global company in the technology sector
- Ability to work independently and be proactive in a high performance environment
- Possess a solid sense of ownership and accountability
- A collaborator who acts with a proactive drive and adapts to a fast-paced and evolving environment
- A client service bias, meeting and anticipating employee needs
- Ability to use data to tell a story and support P&C initiatives
- Patience in sticky situations and resolving issues with clarity and discretion
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong coaching skills and experience in guiding employees through various HR processes
- Superb communication skills and serve as an ambassador for the P&C Team.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Responsiveness and a focus on quality
- Fluency in both the English and German language
What the job involves
- As Regional People Partner, you are the local German expert, supporting the organization operationally, offering strong partnership and mentorship to global People Business Partners, leadership, and employees
- Serve as the main point of contact for managers and employees in Germany, building trust-based relationships and implementing People & Culture initiatives (~110 employees across 5 departments)
- Utilize expert knowledge of regional legislation to provide advice and support while mitigating legal risks
- Address complex employee relations and performance issues in collaboration with Legal, focusing on positive outcomes
- Coach and advise managers on various employee topics including but not limited to: compensation, performance, development, management and leadership style, career growth and compliance
- Provide expertise to local talent planning - considering talent acquisition, employee development & retention efforts
- Partner with our Business Partners to identify team needs and implement strategies that align with company goals
- Proactively collaborate with cross functional P&C teams to meet organizational needs and ensure regional compliance, especially as there are updates to local legislation
- Proactively work with colleagues across the local and global P&C Operations team to ensure regional compliance, , especially as changes to local legislation roll out, and enabling a high HR service delivery
- Ensure all policies are regularly reviewed and legislative changes are sent through to the P&C Operations team on in a timely manner
- Partner with the wider P&C team to manage cyclical processes such as engagement surveys, performance management, and facilitating training sessions
- Drive improvements in the P&C function, support organizational changes and restructuring and conduct legal investigations as necessary
- Collaborate with globally distributed teams to achieve company objectives
Our take
KAYAK is a travel agency and metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings. KAYAK processes over 6 billion queries across its platforms each year for travel information - as one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travellers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. It offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast.
There’s been speculation over the years about online travel companies getting into the hotel business and KAYAK is no exception. The company is expanding its hospitality offerings beyond its traditional hotel referral and booking services but despite speculation through the 2020s, has stopped short of opening hotels under its own brand, preferring to partner with preexisting companies on their hotel tech.
Since being acquired by Booking Holdings, the global leader in online travel, in 2013, KAYAK has continued to expand and innovate, enhancing the travel experience for users all around the world. And now KAYAK manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. With the aim to make it easier for everyone to experience the world - it now operates sites in more than 70 countries and territories.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Work flexibly: Our global flexible work policy lets our teams decide if they head into one of our offices or work from anywhere else
- Team-wide time off: Most of our team disconnects at the same time each year to recharge and reconnect
- Global volunteer week: Take VTO (Volunteer Time Off) to support the organizations and charitable efforts you believe in
- Wellness: We take care of each other - providing opportunities and spaces to live that work-life balance
- Resource groups: Our five ERGs are employee-led groups for underrepresented communities and their allies
- Career growth: We provide opportunities for our team to develop their skills – or learn new ones – on their own terms
Company HQ
South End, Stamford, CT
Leadership
Steve Hafner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Board Member of Trulia, Blade and SeatGeek and currently an Executive at OpenTable.
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