People & Performance Manager, outlook Team Lead (f/m/x)

Your Role 

Become part of Tanso and leverage your skills for climate impact. 

As People & Performance Manager, your mission is to shape and support a world-class employee experience while helping Tanso scale its team in a structured and values-driven way. You own key processes in people operation and talent development - from onboarding to assessment and development - and contribute to strategic recruiting efforts when needed. A core focus of your work at Tanso will be on establishing a feedback and performance culture, designed to foster and develop the company’s talent. You create clarity, structure, and a sense of belonging across the employee lifecycle. 

As part of the Operations team, you work at the core of Tanso's growth journey: enabling teams to perform at their best while building a culture that people want to be part of. You are passionate about people, structured in your execution, and ready to take ownership of both the day-to-day and key improvement initiatives. Your work ensures that Tanso is not just a place to work, but a place to thrive. 

 

How You Succeed 

• Own and continuously improve core HR processes (onboarding, offboarding, documentation, internal policies, etc.). 

• Develop and implement targeted feedback and performance processes across the organization and tailored to specific needs. 

• Introduce a performance based culture that doesn’t lose touch with the human element. 

• Maintain and develop Tanso's HR system and ensure high-quality data and process integrity. 

• Be the go-to person for all employees on People-related topics and ensure a supportive and structured employee experience. 

• Collaborate with legal and payroll partners to ensure compliance with labor law and HR administration best practices. 

• Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding (selected ownership). 

• Support the execution of high-quality recruiting processes in collaboration with recruiters and hiring managers. 

• Contribute to selected employer branding initiatives and support the development of a scalable talent pipeline. 

• Participate in headcount planning and hiring roadmap alignment with leadership. 

• Act as a thought partner to the leadership team and be a business-facing People leader. 

• Gather employee feedback and translate insights into actions that improve engagement and performance. 

 

Why Tanso? 

• Your work helps producing companies integrate sustainability in their decision making. You will directly influence how companies understand, act upon and report on sustainability. 

• You are joining the company in a phase of accelerated growth. With proven product-market fit, a growing base of reference customers, and strong market momentum, we’re scaling fast in a space that truly matters. 

• We expect a lot, but also offer you a highly competitive compensation package with an attractive equity package to participate in Tanso’s growth. 

• Our team thrives on embracing uncertainty. We work in cross-functional teams to tackle ambitious challenges, actively seek feedback, and are strong believers in interdisciplinary. 

• We’re a diverse group of people, and that diversity is what makes our experience extraordinary. With team members from various backgrounds, disciplines, and cultures, we bring unique perspectives to everything we do and are always eager to learn from each other. 

• Our team is fun - we are convinced that work needs to be fun too. We are proud to have an outstanding team NPS and regularly organize team events to keep up the spirit. 

 

Recruitment Process 

1. Get to know Tanso with the People Team - learn more about us, ask your questions, and let’s explore together whether it’s a mutual fit.
2. Role Introduction with the Head of Operations & Finance - understand your role and see whom you will be working with.
3. Deep dive with the Head of Operations & Finance and one of our founders + get to know the team - get a feeling for the tasks ahead of you and meet your future colleagues. 

 

Hard Requirements 

• Structured, organized, and solutions-focused 

• 4-5 years of experience in relevant People / HR roles, ideally with prior leadership experience and ideally in startups, tech, or similar fast-paced environments 

• Ownership mindset - you take initiative and follow through 

• Empathetic and approachable - people trust you and feel safe turning to you 

• Solid understanding of HR operations and basic German labor law 

• Comfortable using and expanding HR tools and measuring performance based on KPIs 

• Strong organizational and project management skills 

• Fluent in German and English (C1 level or higher) 

 

You're wondering why there isn't a longer list of hard requirements in the job description? We believe it's more important that you are excited about the role and want to grow with it, instead of fulfilling some specific high-level requirements. We think there can be numerous different paths that could qualify you for this role, and we want to hear YOUR story.