HR Director (with German)

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world.

Your role

As an HR Director, you will act as a strategic HR leader for Capgemini Poland, translating business priorities into an integrated people strategy that supports growth, organizational effectiveness, and business transformation. Working closely with senior business leaders and HR teams, you will lead the people agenda across talent management, workforce planning, employee relations, engagement, and change initiatives. Leveraging your expertise in German labor law and the German market, you will help ensure a high-performing, compliant, and future-ready organization.

Your tasks

• Partner with senior business leaders to define and execute the people agenda aligned with business priorities, growth objectives, and workforce needs.
• Drive talent management, succession planning, leadership development, and retention strategies to build future organizational capabilities.
• Lead workforce planning, organizational design, and transformation initiatives that support business performance and organizational effectiveness.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on leadership effectiveness, employee relations, engagement, workforce trends, and people-related risks.
• Lead HR support for organizational changes, restructures, workforce transitions, and change management initiatives.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence, HR Operations, and other HR functions to ensure consistent and high-quality HR delivery.
• Ensure compliance with German labor law, works council requirements, and Capgemini policies while mitigating people-related risks.

Your profile

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including senior HR leadership or strategic HR Business Partner experience within international organizations.
• Strong knowledge of German labor law, employee relations, and works council collaboration.
• Proven experience partnering with senior business leaders and influencing business and people decisions.
• Experience leading talent management, workforce planning, organizational design, and transformation initiatives.
• Strong ability to operate effectively in a complex, international, and matrix environment.
• Experience driving organizational effectiveness and supporting business transformation.
• Fluent German and English language skills (minimum C1 level).
• Strong business acumen, stakeholder management, consulting, and leadership coaching skills.
• Understanding German business culture.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in German organizations.
• Experience supporting the German market within a global or matrix organization.
• Experience in organizational transformation, restructuring, or large-scale change initiatives.

What You'll love about working here

• Practical benefits: company car, yearly financial bonus, private medical care with Medicover with additional packages (e.g., dental, senior care, oncology) available on preferential terms, life insurance and access to NAIS benefit platform.
• Award-winning development programs to support your career at every stage. Connected Manager - our leadership development program has already helped over 300 employees accelerate their growth!
• Access to over 70 training tracks with certification opportunities (e.g., GenAI, Excel, Business Analysis, Project Management) on our NEXT platform. Dive into a world of knowledge with free access to Education First languages platform TED Talks and Udemy Business materials and trainings.
• Cutting-Edge Technology: Position yourself at the forefront of IT innovation, working with the latest technologies and platforms. Capgemini partners with top global enterprises, including 145 Fortune 500 companies.
• Power to build a sustainable, more inclusive future: Be the change and engage in our initiatives like IT Girls rEvolution Academy, CharITy Hackathon, Tree Planting or Grant Program.

Get to know us

Capgemini is committed to diversity and inclusion, ensuring fairness in all employment practices. We evaluate individuals based on qualifications and performance, not personal characteristics, striving to create a workplace where everyone can succeed and feel valued.

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About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations.