Senior HR Business Partner

As a Senior HR Business Partner at our Amsterdam Headquarters, you work closely with the leaders of different departments: Control, Legal, Indirect Procurement, HR, Accounting, and Analytics. These functions keep our organization running, and you focus on the people and organizational priorities that help them stay strong, agile, and future-ready.

You are a strategic sparring partner, a driver of organizational change, and a culture ambassador. With a strong business mindset and deep people expertise, you ensure our teams are set up to perform, collaborate, and grow sustainably.

What you’ll be doing

• Co-create and implement the people strategy for the departments, collaborating closely with functional leaders and HR Centers of Expertise.
• Guide organizational change, ensuring teams remain focused, motivated, and aligned throughout periods of transformation.
• Advise and challenge leaders on team design, performance, talent, culture, and leadership effectiveness.
• Leverage people data and dashboards to generate insights and drive informed decision-making.
• Design and roll out people programs that strengthen development, engagement, and team effectiveness.
• Act as the bridge between business and HR, ensuring clear communication, alignment, and coordinated actions.
• Lead or contribute to global HR initiatives, including our House of Careers career development framework.
• Coach and support HR Advisors within our Central Head Office HRBP team.

Qualifications

• At least 10+ years of relevant experience in a strategic HR Business Partner or similar senior HR role, ideally within an international or fast-growing consumer-facing environment.
• Strong organizational and change management capabilities, with the ability to translate complex challenges into clear, actionable solutions.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and influencing decision-making at higher levels.
• A balanced approach combining strategic thinking with hands-on problem-solving.
• A data-driven and forward-thinking mindset, paired with a genuine focus on people and culture.
• Fluency in English (Dutch is a strong plus).
• A collaborative attitude, resilience, coaching ability, and a healthy sense of humor.

Additional Information

Why Rituals

At Rituals, we believe meaningful moments matter, including at work. You’ll join a culture-led organization that blends creativity with structure, and performance with wellbeing. As we continue to grow rapidly, you’ll play a central role in shaping how we support and develop more than 13,000 colleagues worldwide starting with the departments that keep our company moving. You will join a global HR organization of 200+ HR professionals, with around 70 colleagues based at the Amsterdam Headquarters. You report to the Director Culture & CHO, and become part of a strong HRBP team consisting of five fellow HR Business Partners and several HR Advisors.