Global Director, People Technology (all genders)

We are looking for an experienced Director, People Technology to lead HelloFresh’s People Technology function globally. This role owns the strategy, operating model, and end-to-end delivery of our People technology landscape, with Workday as the core platform. Your scope spans functional development, integrations, programme delivery, and business-critical workforce technology including Time Tracking, Absence, and time clocking devices across our distribution centres.

This role carries a clear AI mandate: you will define how People Technology uses AI to improve productivity, service quality, and decision-making, while governing and deploying AI-enabled solutions for People function customers at scale. You will partner closely with People, Technology, and Operations leaders to translate business needs into an executable technology roadmap, balancing transformation, platform health, operational reliability, and user experience., * Strategy and roadmap: Own the People Technology strategy, roadmap and operating model across Operations, Functional Development, Integrations and Programme Management, aligned to People, Technology and Operations priorities.

• Platform performance: Ensure Workday and related platforms are stable, scalable and fit for purpose, including business-critical workforce processes such as Time Tracking, Absence and Time Clocking across distribution centres.
• Operational technology delivery: Partner with Operations stakeholders to ensure workforce technology supports reliable execution in frontline and distribution-centre environments.
• AI strategy and governance: Define and drive the People Technology AI strategy, establishing appropriate governance across risk, data protection, adoption and measurement, while partnering with People leaders to deliver responsible, scalable AI-enabled solutions.
• Delivery prioritisation: Set priorities for major initiatives, balancing transformation ambition, operational risk and platform health, serving as the senior escalation point for complex delivery or system-risk issues.
• Senior stakeholder partnership: Partner with Technology leadership on architecture, security and integrations; represent People Technology in senior leadership forums and cross-functional decision-making.

• People Technology leadership: Significant experience in People Technology, HR systems or enterprise SaaS leadership, with deep familiarity with Workday-centric landscapes across implementation, optimisation and operational support.
• Multi-disciplinary team leadership: Proven experience leading teams across operations, delivery, integrations and specialist domains in global, complex organisations with senior cross-functional stakeholders.
• Frontline environment experience: Experience supporting technology used in operational or distribution-centre environments where reliability and execution quality are critical.
• AI and automation deployment: Practical experience identifying and deploying AI or automation opportunities in an enterprise function, including responsible adoption governance across risk, data, change management and measurable business value.
• Strategic translation: Ability to convert People, Technology and Operations priorities into clear, executable plans, balancing transformation ambition with operational reliability.

• Enjoy a discount on HelloFresh meal kits, delivered straight to your door.
• Build for the long-term with our company pension scheme (not available for interns/working students).
• Benefit from discounted memberships with Urban Sports Club and John Reed, yoga classes, and access to Headspace and Spill.
• Balance your work and life with flexible hours, Work From Home/Abroad options, and a home office setup budget.
• Receive childcare support (not available for interns/working students).
• Get a monthly allowance for the Deutschlandticket to support sustainable commuting.
• Embrace “Learning Never Stops” with access to internal trainings and a central L&D budget (remove for interns).
• Work from a modern, comfortable office in Berlin-Kreuzberg and enjoy social events like team outings, Friday beers, and company runs.

Are you the missing ingredient? If this sounds like a tasty opportunity, we’d be excited to hear from you. We aim to review your profile and respond within 5 business days.

At HelloFresh, our mission is simple: to change the way people eat, forever. As a global digital-native FMCG company and the world’s leading mealkit provider, we are transforming the traditional food supply chain through a data-driven, on-demand model that enables scalable and more sustainable food delivery. The HelloFresh Group includes eight brands serving customers across multiple meal occasions, including HelloFresh, Green Chef, EveryPlate, and Chefs Plate, as well as ready-to-eat meals from Factor and YouFoodz, meat and seafood subscriptions through Good Chop, and pet nutrition with The Pets Table. Through technology, data, and culinary innovation, we deliver personalized food experiences to millions of households worldwide., Above all, we are looking for people who will make HelloFresh better. There are many different ways of developing skills, and we love diverse experiences! So even if you don’t “tick all the boxes” but think you’d thrive in this role, we would really like to learn more about you., About HelloFresh

We believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action - from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers’ homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!

We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.

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