HR Business Partner (Interim / Freelance)

An international scale-up with around 420 employees across the Netherlands, Germany, New York and beyond is looking for an interim HR Business Partner. The company is in an interesting phase: after significant growth, the focus is now on building more structure, clarity and focus. This is a broad, hands-on role. You'll pick up ongoing projects, manage an HRIS transition, support a performance cycle rollout and help run an engagement survey, all while keeping the day-to-day moving.

The team works informally and directly, and that's exactly the kind of environment where you'll thrive. 💼 What you'll be doing ✨ Taking ownership of Rippling, the company's recently implemented HR system, and managing it day-to-day ✨ Leading the EOR transition: migrating approximately 10+ international employees across different countries into Rippling before 1 January ✨ Supporting the rollout of the performance review process in Rippling for the first time, including configuring workflows, permissions and requests correctly ✨ Structuring the sales compensation process: managing templates, aligning with stakeholders and ensuring consistency heading into 2027 ✨ Running the annual engagement surve, building a priority matrix and driving at least one deep-dive into the key outcomes ✨ Supporting Finance and HR during year-end activities and external audits where HR data is needed 🧠 Who we're looking for ✅ Experienced as an HR Business Partner, ideally in a fast-moving, international environment ✅ Tech-savvy: you're comfortable with HR systems, data and tooling, and you pick up new platforms quickly.

Experience with Rippling is a bonus, not a requirement ✅ Confident with stakeholders: especially in the sales compensation work, you know how to hold the line, protect templates and push back when needed ✅ Fluent in English, Dutch is useful but not the working language here ✅ Someone who hits the ground running. You don't need much handholding to get up to speed and start making an impact ✅ A good cultural fit for a scale-up: pragmatic, flexible, communicative and comfortable when a lot is happening at once 📍 Rotterdam, (right next to Rotterdam Centraal) 📅 Start: no later than 1 November, with 2–3 weeks of overlap for handover ⏰ 3 days/week in November, 4 days/week from December onwards 🗓️ Tuesday is the fixed team day; presence on that day is strongly preferred 📄 Interim / maternity cover assignment 🤑 Hourly rate: €80 - €85 Interested?

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