Senior HR Manager
JOIN YOUSICIAN
Yousician aims to impact and enrich the lives of millions of people by enabling them to learn something new, promoting their wellbeing and using their time for something meaningful. Our job is to reimagine music education, so everyone can play.
However, you don't need to be a musician to join Yousician.
We’ve built an amazing team of creative, passionate, and independent people, all working together to help millions of people learn, play, reach their goals, and have fun. If you are looking for a rewarding career opportunity in the rapidly growing and changing scale up business, you’re in the right place!
WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY
We are looking for a proactive and hands-on Senior HR Manager to join our team and take end-to-end ownership of core people operations and development. This is a full-stack HR role combining day-to-day employee support with building scalable processes that enable growth, performance, and a strong company culture.
You will work closely with leadership and managers to ensure our people practices are clear, effective, and aligned with business priorities.
Key Responsibilities
HR Operations & Employee Lifecycle
- Own and lead the ongoing development of the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, performance, development and employee support)
- Ensure smooth execution of core HR processes and compliance and translate legal requirements into practical and clear internal practices
- Own HRIS, ensuring data accuracy, process efficiency, reporting capability, and continuous improvement.
- Act as a trusted point of contact for employees and managers in everyday HR matters
- Execute core HR processes hands-on together with the People Team.
People Development
- Support leaders in developing high-performing, engaged teams
- Plan and drive initiatives around learning, development, and career growth
- Coach managers on people leadership, feedback, and team development
Performance Management
- Own and continuously improve performance management frameworks and cycles
- Support goal-setting, review processes, and development discussions
- Ensure performance expectations are clear, fair, and consistently applied
Process & Organizational Development
- Develop and improve scalable HR processes, policies, and tools
- Support organizational change and transformation initiatives
- Identify operational gaps and implement practical solutions
Hands-On HR Partnering
- Work closely with managers on hiring needs, team structure, and employee relations
- Handle HR topics with a pragmatic and people-first mindset
Balance strategic priorities with operational execution
WHO YOU ARE
- Proven experience in a broad HR role (HR Generalist / HR Manager / People Partner)
- Strong understanding of people development and performance management practices
- Experience building and improving HR processes in a scaling organization
- Hands-on mindset with the ability to operate independently
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work with both employees and senior leadership in a trusted manner
WHAT WE OFFER
- A key role in shaping people practices in a growing and evolving company
- Opportunity to work across both strategic and operational HR topics
- A collaborative, international environment with high ownership
- Competitive compensation and benefits
HOW TO APPLY
Send us your application and CV (in English). Let's make the world a more musical place together! #rockon
ABOUT US
Yousician is the world’s largest music-tech company, with millions of users worldwide. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Yousician is home to the category-defining Yousician and GuitarTuna apps. Yousician, the #1 platform to learn and play music, makes learning fun, easy, and more accessible for everyone. Yousician’s innovative, award-winning technology listens to you play and gives instant feedback. With interactive, gamified lessons and songs, and courses by world-famous artists like Metallica and Jason Mraz, Yousician empowers people to play music they love. GuitarTuna, the #1 tune-and-play app (iOS, Android, WP), has won numerous international business awards, including WIRED’s hottest Finnish start-up, SXSW, Midem, Launch.edu, and educational awards such as Sunday Times 'World's best apps' and Best European Learning Game. Today Yousician employs 140+ professionals from nearly 30 nationalities. We're hiring, so come join our amazing team and help us make the world a more musical place!
Shaping Music Together - With Every Voice
At Yousician, we’re on a mission to make musicality as common as literacy, and key to that is building a team as diverse as the people we serve. As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture and in accordance with our core values, we welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, family status, education, socioeconomic status or any other characteristic. People with severe disabilities will be given preference if equally qualified.
If you have a disability, special needs, or require any specific needs or support during the application process, please feel welcome to inform us and we’ll gladly provide the support you need during the application and interview process.
We’re here to make music more accessible and that includes the path to joining our team.
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