German speaking Employee Experience Associate (d/f/m)
What is Leapsome?
Leapsome is the AI-powered people platform revolutionizing HR for modern teams. Leapsome drives HR excellence and empowers high-performing teams by automating, connecting, and simplifying every HR process across the employee lifecycle — from onboarding and performance management to engagement and development. Built with ease of use in mind, our platform ensures high adoption by employees, managers, and People teams alike.
Our purpose is to make work fulfilling for everyone, and our vision is to reshape the future of work by being the leading People platform for HR excellence and high-performing teams. We enable companies to create environments where people can achieve their goals, learn and grow together, and build genuine motivation & engagement.
Trusted by thousands of organizations globally, Leapsome secured $60 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners in March 2022. This funding allowed us to further develop our intelligent platform, create exceptional employee experiences, and expand into the US market.
It’s an incredibly exciting time to join Leapsome and be part of reshaping the future of work!
Your Opportunity
This role is the on-the-ground anchor for employee experience in Berlin. You’ll ensure the office runs smoothly, onboarding feels intentional, and employees have a consistent, high-quality day-to-day experience. This role will involve some recruitment coordination and broader People squad. This is a hands-on role with room to grow into broader employee experience, people partnering, and coordination responsibilities.
What is your job?
Own day-to-day office operations and employee experience for the Berlin office
Coordinate office events, rituals, and team moments, ensuring a welcoming and well-run environment
Act as a visible, trusted People presence onsite, supporting employees with day-to-day needs and questions
Support onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring new hires feel prepared and welcomed from day one
Learn and support key People processes including payroll inputs, terminations, and recruitment coordination
Provide light recruitment coordination support, including scheduling and candidate logistics
Partner closely with the wider People team to implement People initiatives and programmes locally
Identify opportunities to improve the employee experience in Berlin and support ongoing enhancements
Who we are looking for:
Strong organizational and operational skills with a hands-on, pragmatic mindset
Basic understanding of People Operations topics such as payroll inputs, on-offboarding, contracts, HR documentation, and terminations
Experience working with HR tools or systems, as well as confident use of standard workplace tools (e.g., Google Workspace, Slack, task or ticketing tools)
Fluent or advanced German and English skills are required for local coordination and communication
You are based in Berlin
Benefits
Impact: Become part of a fast-growing scale-up taking over the People Performance & Enablement space by making work fulfilling for more than two million people by 2025
Teammates: Join a diverse and international team of talented, smart, and kind people
Feedback and recognition: We value feedback exchange and celebrating successes — big and small
Hybrid model: Enjoy our hybrid model by working from home or in our offices in the heart of Berlin, Germany
Flexible work: Experience a work-life balance with flexible hours and the option of working elsewhere for up to 2 months per year
Learning and Development: Develop your skills with a yearly development budget of €2,000 and access to Good Habitz platform
Vacation: Take 30 vacation days every year plus public holidays (or upgrade to 40 vacation days at adjusted pay) & benefit from a month-long paid sabbatical after 5 years with Leapsome
Health & Wellness: Stay active and healthy with a free Urban Sports Club membership and Oliva subscription
Mental health: Access to 1:1 therapy sessions via our mental health partner, plus company workshops and learning pathways on topics like mindfulness and digital wellness
Corporate Benefits: Get exclusive discounts and deals from our partners.
Work-from-home stipend: Receive a one-time work-from-home stipend of €1,000
Monthly team activities: Have fun at monthly team activities like kayaking, laser tag, and game nights
Competitive pay and pre-IPO equity package
Leapsome’s values
We stay true to our values in everything we do at Leapsome.
Seek impact — What brought us together is the desire to make work fulfilling for everyone. We’re like-minded in that we seek out and hold ourselves accountable for the impact we want to have in this world.
Listen & learn — We thoroughly and genuinely seek understanding. It helps us to constantly grow together and learn from each other as well as from our customers and partners.
Challenge the status quo — We regularly challenge ourselves. We don’t walk the beaten path just because everyone else does. Instead, we reflect and seek out better ways.
Take ownership & pursue excellence — We’re a group of smart and dedicated people, and we trust each other to truly own our work. We’re not afraid of high expectations as we strive for excellence.
Be honest & transparent — We’re honest and transparent with each other and ourselves. We want to get to the core of it, always. We trust each other to handle all shared information with care.
Be kind & humble — We are more than just colleagues — we genuinely care for each other. We give each team member the appreciation they deserve and the support they need. We have no interest in serving our own ego.
Excited to be part of Leapsome? 😊
Just send us your CV. You won't need to input any information already mentioned on your CV later on - promise! 🤙
A cover letter isn’t necessary, but we’d really appreciate a brief answer to these questions: Why Leapsome? Why you?
We look forward to getting to know you!
You can find more about what our colleagues think about working at Leapsome here 👉 ✨✨✨ Glassdoor ✨✨✨ Kununu✨✨✨
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Help us make work fulfilling for everyone!
At Leapsome, we want work to be the best it can be for everyone. We help companies create environments where people can achieve shared goals, build authentic relationships, learn, and grow together.
Put simply; our purpose is to make work fulfilling for everyone. And we know how to get there. But we can only do this by “walking our talk” and building a diverse and inclusive company where people — not just the business — thrive.
Apply now 👇 or keep scrolling to read more about what makes Leapsome a unique workplace!