About the role
Job Description
What you will do:
People Strategy & Organizational Development:
* Create and build Hifly’s People strategy and governance model.
* Act as a strategic partner to ensure People perspectives are represented in top-level organizational decisions (growth, change management) right from the planning phase.
* Shape company culture and lead People Analytics initiatives.
* Support organizational development steps arising from international expansion (e.g., integrating foreign hubs or remote colleagues, managing cultural diversity).
Leading the People Advisor Team & Supporting the Mentoring System:
* Lead, develop, and, if necessary, expand the team based on the existing People Advisor team (2 people) — including onboarding, capacity planning, unified operational frameworks, and escalation protocols.
* Provide professional support and serve as an escalation channel for complex, cross-team matters.
* Support the continuous evolution of the mentoring framework and Advisor roles.
Leadership & Talent Management:
* Establish strategic-level leadership development, talent review, and succession planning programs.
* Own the frameworks for performance management, feedback systems, and Pulse surveys.
* Consult with mid-level managers on strategic roadblocks.
Career Paths, Compensation & Recruitment:
* Lead the development/refinement of the grading system, career paths, and annual salary review frameworks.
* Direct the strategic operations of recruitment and Employer Branding guidelines in close collaboration with Marketing.
* Professionally oversee labor law and compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, EU Pay Transparency preparation).
What this role does NOT include:
* You will not be the individual mentor: The mentor remains the primary pillar of individual professional and personal support; you build the system and the framework behind it.
* You will not take over managerial responsibilities: Feedback, performance evaluations, and individual salary decisions remain with managers.
* You will not collect processes for the sake of it: We aim for distributed, empowering operations, not bureaucracy.
* You will not run payroll: Operational HR/payroll is handled by Finance; you are responsible for the strategic and professional frameworks.
Qualifications
We are looking for you if you have:
* Several years of HR, People, or Organizational Development (OD) leadership experience (Bonus: fast-growing tech/IT, IT consultancy, or professional services environment).
* You are thrilled by the prospect of building a new function from scratch; you don't rely on off-the-shelf templates, but create tailored solutions for Hifly through teamwork.
* You are comfortable at both strategic and operational levels; you think in systems, aiming to solve real problems rather than building processes for their own sake.
* You excel at building trust across all levels, enjoy working with leaders in an advisory/coaching role, and comfortably hold up a mirror when the organization hits a bottleneck.
* You are well-versed in key labor law and compliance frameworks.
* Fluent, confident command of English, Hungarian is a must
An explicit advantage:
* Coach, mediator, or facilitator qualifications/experience.
* Experience in scaling or culture-centric organizational transformations.
Additional Information
What We Offer:
* The opportunity to build a completely new People domain and function according to your vision.
* A seat at the strategic decision-making table and direct collaboration with top management.
* Real authority and empowerment to shape the organization.
* A human-centered, open, and autonomous company culture.
* Hybrid work arrangement and flexibility.