Director People (m/f/d)

enmacc is Europe’s largest over-the-counter trading market venue for energy and environmental commodities. Our cutting-edge platform digitalises the energy trading landscape, addressing the long-standing challenges that traders have faced for decades.

Our trading platform allows market participants to execute trades with unparalleled speed, efficiency, and security. We have over 550 companies and 2200 members trading electricity, gas, Guarantees of Origin, emissions allowances and weather derivatives. Our platform attracts a vibrant network of energy suppliers, trading houses, industrial companies, and municipal utilities. By joining our platform, participants gain access to more market opportunities, boosted liquidity, and are empowered to accelerate the energy transition.

Since 2016 we have now a dedicated team of 90 talented individuals spread across Europe. We are driven by our enthusiasm for the energy sector and technology, thriving in a dynamic scale-up environment. If you share our zeal for working in a diverse, inclusive, and fast-paced environment, we invite you to submit your application below.

YOUR MISSION

As our Director People you ensure that enmacc is an amazing place for our talents to perform and grow. You will manage the people department at enmacc and oversee the whole employee lifecycle. Joining us as Director People this is an awesome opportunity to shape our employees’ development and to have a direct impact on our company's success - by driving topics such as Company Culture and Leadership Development as enmacc evolves.

enmacc is evolving quickly, and we look for someone with an agile mindset and a go-getter attitude to drive our growth from a people perspective. Ideally, you have worked in a start-up/scale-up and directly with senior management. As our Director People, you will work very independently, create your department strategy, and act as a key sparring partner to the CEO and the leadership team.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• You will oversee all talent-related activities in a 360° way and guide the leadership team on all people-related projects
• Recruitment: find great talents and act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team on hiring
  • Design our overarching recruitment strategy and our employer branding approach
  • Define position-dependent recruitment channels and optimise them
  • Manage the recruitment funnel end-to-end
• Onboarding/offboarding: ensure people have a great start and exit with good memories
  • Ensure effective acculturation and integration during onboarding
  • Create an empathetic offboarding and ensuring we learn from it 
• Culture: ensure our talents love working with us and live our culture 
  • Develop activities around our values (fun, supportive, curious, persistent) 
  • Together with the leadership team, ensure social activities are bonding experiences
  • Together with the office team, ensure our office is a place people call home
• Development/training: enable all employees to develop in the best way possible 
  • Design our development and training strategy 
  • Manage liaison with external training providers 
• Performance Management: instil effective performance management
  • Enable a performance-driven mindset across the organisation
  • Manage our half-yearly performance reviews and quarterly check-ins
  • Develop state-of-the-art questionnaires and related methods 
• Team Management: lead a high performing People team
  • Manage and develop the people team
  • Lead the daily/weekly cadence, coach and train your team
• Business Partnering: act as key sparring partner
  • Advise and proactively support the Leadership Team and Management on all people-related matters
  • Foster strong relationships with line managers and employees to drive initiatives that align with business goals and employee needs

YOUR PROFILE

• Several years of work experience in a start-up/scale-up or similar environment
• 5+ years experience managing People teams
• Strong stakeholder management skills, especially with Senior Leadership
• High personal ambition level with a “getting things done” mindset and hands-on approach, 
• In-depth knowledge of labour law and experience in managing projects around talent management, hiring, 360 feedback cycles, performance management & people development, compensation and benefits and other people-related and strategic initiatives 
• Degree in psychology, business, or a related field 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation. German or additional European languages would be a plus

OUR OFFER

• A high-impact role with great appreciation and growth curve 
• Being part of our supportive, persistent, curious and fun culture!
• Entrepreneurial company culture with flat hierarchies
• Joining a grown-up start-up in the SaaS/energy field
• Modern office spaces in the heart of Munich
• State of the art hardware (MacBook) and software
• Diverse, international team that celebrates differences
• Free drinks, fruit, and coffee 
• German classes
• Gym allowance
• Hybrid work set-up, allowing you to combine working in the office with working from home
• German classes
• Learning & Development: a Personal Development Plan along with allocated budget and 5 extra days off to further your personal & professional development
• Dog-friendly office

Got energy? Join us!