VP People

Overview

Own the People & Talent function end-to-end, lead the team, and strengthen existing foundations across talent acquisition, compensation, performance, feedback, career development, and people policies.

Embed and scale the processes, standards, and initiatives already in place, ensuring they are consistently lived in the day-to-day reality of lemon. markets.

Build and evolve our leadership setup, including Leadership Principles, Leadership Development, and other leadership-related frameworks and processes.

Act as a strategic partner to our CEO and leadership team on people, leadership, and organizational effectiveness topics.

Moderate key leadership forums, especially the Executive Board and Senior Leadership Board, driving strong preparation, focus, follow-through, and accountability.

Own important company-wide rituals and cadences such as All Hands, planning cycles, offsites, and other leadership ceremonies.

Strengthen the collaboration and culture bridge between lemon. markets and dwpbank, improving how both our organizations work together in practice.

Responsibilities

• Own the People & Talent function end-to-end, lead the team, and continue to strengthen existing foundations across talent acquisition, compensation, performance, feedback, career development, and people policies.
• Embed and scale the processes, standards, and initiatives already in place, ensuring they are consistently lived in the day-to-day reality of lemon. markets.
• Build and evolve our leadership setup, including Leadership Principles, Leadership Development, and other leadership-related frameworks and processes.
• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team on people, leadership, and organizational effectiveness topics.
• Moderate key leadership forums, especially the Executive Board and Senior Leadership Board, driving strong preparation, focus, follow-through, and accountability.
• Own important company-wide rituals and cadences such as All Hands, planning cycles, offsites, and other leadership ceremonies.
• Strengthen the collaboration and culture bridge between lemon. markets and dwpbank, improving how both organizations work together in practice.

Qualifications

• You have extensive experience as a senior People leader in a regulated environment (ideally Fintech), bring the maturity and judgment to shape how lemon. markets leads, collaborates, and grows.
• You are a broad People generalist with core expertise in HR Business Partnering and/or People Development, complemented by exposure across Talent Acquisition, People Operations, leadership support, and culture/performance topics.
• You bring hands-on experience with compensation models, performance frameworks, hiring processes, capacity planning, and budget planning.
• You have experience leading organizations through cultural transformation and broader change management, ideally including mergers, acquisitions, or other high-change environments, and know how to guide people and leaders through uncertainty with clarity and pragmatism.
• You see leadership as a privilege and a responsibility, act as a servant leader, and enjoy developing people through feedback, mentoring, and active development.
• You are highly structured, organized, and to the point, and know how to keep agendas, timing, preparation, and follow-through on track.
• You bring strong executive presence and are comfortable representing the People function in leadership settings, facilitating focused discussions, holding senior stakeholders accountable, and pushing back when needed.
• You bring an entrepreneurial mindset and focus on getting things done rather than only raising risks.
• You are an exceptional communicator in German and English (C1+).
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