Senior People Partner

Solaris is Europe’s leading embedded finance platform, pioneering Banking-as-a-Service to bridge the gap between financial technology and licensed banking. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Solaris enables fintechs, digital ecosystems, and multinationals to embed accounts, cards, lending, and payments directly into their own products, creating seamless financial experiences for their users. As a fully licensed German bank, Solaris combines the highest standards of IT security and regulatory resilience with a modular, highly scalable infrastructure.

Today, Solaris is driving the next evolution of financial services by transitioning into an AI-native banking platform, ensuring European businesses can deploy secure, adaptable financial products at scale.

• End-to-end management and administration of all stages of the employee lifecycle (including onboarding, contractual updates, relocations, and offboarding) in full compliance with German labor standards and internal processes.
• Drive operational excellence and high data integrity across core HR systems, managing data workflows, generating standard HR reporting, and resolving employee queries efficiently.
• Provide agile talent acquisition backup during hiring peaks to support recruitment velocity and business continuity without taking on a full-time recruiter mandate.

• Serve as a strategic, consultative People Partner, translating business priorities into tailored people solutions.
• Act as a senior advisor and coach to managers on talent development, team dynamics, conflict resolution, and performance management.
• Partner with People Growth & Development and People Governance & Automation to roll out company-wide initiatives across performance management, compensation, L&D, and regulatory updates.

• Leverage automation and AI tools to streamline workflows and reduce administrative friction across the HR lifecycle.
• Analyze people metrics (turnover, engagement, headcount trends) to identify patterns and provide actionable recommendations to leaders.

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• 5+ years of progressive experience in HR generalist or business partner roles, ideally in fast-paced environments like tech, fintech, or regulated industries.
• A strong understanding of local labor standards, HR compliance frameworks, and full-lifecycle operational practices.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills and the confidence to advise, coach, and challenge leaders at various seniority levels.
• Comfort with HRIS platforms, analytics tools, and an eagerness to leverage modern AI tools to streamline everyday HR workflows.
• Business fluency in English. Working proficiency in German is a strong asset given our local compliance context.
• A pragmatic, hands-on attitude combined with strong active listening and continuous improvement drive.
• Comfortable working with AI tools, thinking critically about AI outputs, and contributing to a culture of responsible AI use. We expect you to demonstrate comfort with AI-assisted workflows and a willingness to continuously develop their AI capabilities as the technology evolves.
• You are based in Berlin and able to commute to the office 3–4 days per week.