Director of People

By taking a completely new approach to autonomous driving, Vay aims to launch the first driverless fleet on European public streets. Our international, diverse, and fun team combines the best of two worlds - software and product experience from Silicon Valley and automotive hardware & safety engineering from Europe. We have our eyes set on becoming a leading autonomous driving company and bringing Europe back to the forefront of the race to develop driverless vehicles which will solve many of today's transportation challenges, including air pollution, traffic jams, and traffic-related deaths, high costs of transportation and long commutes. This is very ambitious. And we can't do it alone. So we'd love to meet you **About Vay**: At Vay, we pioneer change. We do work that has never been done before. We have a vision that we are excited to work for: To solve transportation in metropolitan areas. We are developing an alternative approach to autonomous driving called teledriving. With our teledrive-first-approach we aim to offer a sustainable and safe service that can be an alternative to existing mobility services. This is very ambitious. And we can't do it alone. So we'd love to meet you Our team combines talent from multiple worlds: from automotive and safety engineering to software, product, regulatory, operations and many more. It is not only our technology that follows a human-centred approach, but in everything we do, we keep the user's perspective and needs front of mind. This approach and the mix of talent creates a unique and stimulating work environment. **The Role**: Vay is now looking for a Director, Global Head of People, to lead the People and Culture team. In this role, you will be a close partner to the CEO and the founding team. Reporting to the CEO, you will be an integral contributor to the continued growth and success of Vay globally (Europe and the US). **Responsibilities**: - Build out a world-class People function, including; - People Operations, People Development, Compensation, Performance Management, Employee Relations, Well-being, Onboarding and L&D. - Lead and manage the People & Talent Acquisition domain, overseeing all aspects of the People function listed above and implementing the appropriate KPI's to measure the team's effectiveness. - Lead and manage a company-wide Performance Management process alongside the leadership - Define and Implement tracking of organisational health - Define and implement the global people strategy in partnership with the founder team to optimize for personal growth and engagement across both offices - Improve processes to ensure every aspect of the employee lifecycle is optimized while minimizing unnecessary overhead **Requirements**: - You have been a key part of a fast-growing scale-up (>50FTE), and you understand the challenges of a fast-growing company and you understand how to engage teams across multiple countries. - Live in Berlin and must be in the office minimum of 3-days a week - 7-10 years of HR experience - 3-5 years of HR leadership experience and be ready to lead the people & culture function - Proven ability to understand organizational issues and be able to influence key leaders and stakeholders, ideally worked with and reported to Co-Founder-CEO previously - Shown responsibility for workforce and compensation budget and planning, showing strong business and financial acumen - Excellent communication skills and ability to "stand their ground" in English and German - Foremost result-oriented - Able to think strategically and be comfortable abstract thinking - Ability to act as a trusted advisor to leadership **Our values**: We pioneer change: At Vay, we're doing work that has never been done before. This comes with challenges, frustrations and failures along the way. We embrace these challenges through perseverance and innovation, delivering creative solutions to overcome them. We fuel collaboration: At Vay, we work as a team and strive for a common goal. We celebrate diversity and encourage different opinions. Our teams and partners communicate and collaborate openly. Together we build, improve, and grow. We drive action: At Vay, everyone takes pride and commitment in their role for every task and every challenge. We are biassed towards action and get behind the steering wheel, even when there is none. We are empowered to take initiative and drive it to completion. We build trust: At Vay, we consistently do the right thing, and follow through on our commitments to stakeholders, users and society. We understand their expectations and always respond in a way that feels human and respectful. We always put safety first and safety second. We create magic: At Vay, we don't just make things that work, we build products people love. We create unexpected and delightful moments for our riders. We design end-to-end experiences that leave a lasting expression. **Additional benefits**: You'll be joining a highly committed, expe