Head of People and Culture Full-time Job

Job Summary

As Head of People and Culture, you will play a key role in developing the People and Culture function of 21st.BIO. You will ensure that all necessary human resource policies, programs, and procedures are continuously updated and compliant with relevant legislation and best human resources practices.

Responsibilities

• You will serve as a resource to the Executive Management Team and provide legal expertise, support, and advice within the HR field.

• You will continuously research and collect local compensation and benefits trends, providing the Executive Management Team with meaningful summaries to help optimize compensation and our overall employee value proposition.

• You will support people managers in recruitment processes, ensuring effective talent acquisition and smooth onboarding and integration of qualified candidates.

• You will support the yearly performance review process and work to integrate timelines and completion deadlines.

• You will manage monthly payroll inputs for our external payroll providers in the US and Denmark and make sure that holidays and absences are properly tracked and documented.

• You will maintain our HR-system and make sure employee data are always up to date as well as keeping employee records structured and GDPR compliant.

• You will support our H&S committee in its work to promote a healthy and safe work environment for all employees.
  
  
  

Requirements

• You have 5-10 years of experience from an HR generalist role.

• You have worked with the entire HR palette meaning recruitment, performance management, employment law, compensation & benefits, organizational and people development, health and safety, compliance and HR administration.

• You have a high level of professionalism, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and high quality of deliverables.

• You have a high energy level and strong work ethic.

• You have a problem-solving mindset and are not afraid of taking on a broad range of tasks in an entrepreneurial environment.

• You are highly flexible and motivated, you thrive in a fast-paced, small-team work environment and bring a positive attitude and humor to the team.
  
  
  

Why 21st.BIO?

We may still be a small company, but we dream big. We're a vibrant consortium of thinkers, researchers, and visionaries bound by the shared dream of a greener tomorrow.

Based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Davis (California), we work with our customers to accelerate the World’s quest for new sustainable food and materials. We build a competitive technology and manufacturing foundation to enable the commercialization of new, innovative products that are more sustainable than traditional offerings.

We provide access to expert knowledge and world-class technology: strains and processes, which have been developed for decades for high productivity and scale-up robustness. We support our customers from strain development to scale-up, with the objective of bringing their products successfully to market.

More info

The position will be located at our site in Copenhagen. If you have any questions about the position or the company, please contact Thomas Kabel at t.kabel@21st.bio.

Apply now!

Our search will cease the moment we find the perfect match, so if you have a strong entrepreneurial spirit, and want to help build a business with the ambition to change the world, apply now!

At 21st.BIO, we're not just another biotech company; we are the vanguards of a revolution. Fueled by the determination to shape a more sustainable world, we are developing a technology platform that will profoundly disrupt the global landscape. For that we need to attract and retain highly qualified employees thats where you come in!