Sr HR Manager - Capability development & strategic initiatives

The HR Senior Manager, Capability Development & Strategic Initiatives plays a critical role in supporting the HR Europe Leader and enabling the successful execution of the European People Strategy across a complex and diverse region. Acting as a strategic partner to the HR Europe Leader, this role helps translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, coordinates key regional initiatives, and drives the execution of major transformation, organizational effectiveness, and integration programs across Europe. The role serves as a central point of coordination for the European HR Leadership Team, ensuring alignment, governance, and effective delivery of strategic priorities. The position leads cross-functional HR projects, supports mergers & acquisitions, integrations, and drives organizational effectiveness initiatives that enable business performance and growth. The role also identifies opportunities to improve HR effectiveness through process simplification, analytics, automation, and AI. This position requires exceptional project management, stakeholder management, and change leadership capabilities, combined with strong business acumen and the ability to operate effectively across multiple countries, cultures, and regulatory environments. Key Responsibilities include acting as a trusted advisor and operational partner to the HR Europe Leader, supporting strategic HR initiatives, leading HR transformation projects, supporting organizational design, and leading HR workstreams for mergers, acquisitions, and integrations. Qualifications include 12+ years of experience in HR, consulting, transformation, project management, or organizational effectiveness, with experience leading complex, cross-border projects in a multinational environment, and supporting mergers, acquisitions, or major organizational change initiatives. Skills required include fluency in English and at least one additional European language (preferably German), exceptional project and program management skills, stakeholder management, strategic thinking, analytical and problem-solving capabilities, and experience with HR technologies, analytics, automation, and AI solutions.

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