Manager Strategic Projects: Automation & AI (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
Join Leapsome as a Manager Strategic Projects: Automation & AI, a true generalist who bridges the gap between business strategy and technical implementation. You'll drive GTM initiatives while - in parallel - transforming how we work across Leapsome through automation and AI. This role requires both business acumen & structure to help teams with their complex problems and technical expertise to build actual solutions. You'll be at the forefront of our efficiency revolution, working across teams to identify opportunities, implement solutions, and measure tangible business impact.
What is your job?
Business & GTM projects: Partner with leadership on GTM initiatives like strategy updates, pricing/packaging, and many others, bringing data-driven insights and structured methodologies to these discussions.
Process optimization: Critically evaluate existing ways of working across the whole Leapsome organization, identify inefficiencies, and help teams redesign & automate processes
Automation architecture: Design and implement end-to-end automations across our tech stack (Notion, Zapier, HubSpot, Clay, Dust, Google Workspace) that deliver measurable business value.
AI infusion: Strategically integrate AI tools (Dust, Notion AI, etc.) to enhance decision-making, content creation, and analytics capabilities where they provide clear ROI.
Systems oversight: Create and maintain our automation (data) infrastructure and integrations that ensure clean data flow between systems, incl. day-to-day troubleshooting with the team if needed.
Cross-functional collaboration: Quickly understand different team contexts and priorities to deliver solutions that address their unique challenges while maintaining system integrity.
Change leadership: Drive adoption of new systems through clear documentation, training, and continual support/troubleshooting with our team.
Who are we looking for?
Business acumen: Ability to understand business objectives and translate them into technical requirements with a focus on measurable outcomes.
Analytical approach: Strong ability to collect, analyze, and present data to inform decision-making and measure impact.
Technical versatility: Hands-on experience building in no-code/low-code environments (Zapier, Notion) and comfort with data concepts, APIs, and basic coding in Python (or willingness to learn fast).
Systems perspective: Experience designing workflows that consider the entire ecosystem rather than isolated solutions, with an eye for data relationships and integrity.
Learning agility: Genuine curiosity and aptitude for quickly adopting new tools and technologies in the rapidly evolving AI and automation landscape.
Consultative communication: Skill in understanding stakeholder needs, setting appropriate expectations, and explaining complex concepts in accessible terms.
Project management: History of owning projects from conception to completion, managing priorities effectively, and delivering on commitments.
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!