People Partner

We're searching for a People Partner to support our Field Sales organisation in Europe. This role will play a crucial role in the success of this critical sales channel. You will own and be a strategic business partner to the sales leaders from the talent perspective: developing people processes, coaching leaders, providing input and executing changes in organizational design, leading talent & feedback processes, managing & using data to provide insights, and together with Field Sales leadership team building a high performing team.

**The People Team**

**What you'll do**:

- **Strategic Business Partner**: Align people strategies with sales goals, optimize team structures, and drive commercial success.
- **Talent Champion**: Shape and implement talent strategies, including performance management, succession planning, and career development to build a high-performing sales team.
- **Leadership Enabler**: Strengthen leadership capabilities by providing coaching and guidance on talent development, employee relations, and change management.
- **Culture Catalyst**: Drive employee engagement and foster a high-energy, inclusive team environment to enhance performance and retention.
- **Data-Driven Decision Maker**: Leverage data and insights to inform talent decisions and optimize workforce effectiveness.
- **Collaborative Partner**: Work cross-functionally with other People teams to ensure a holistic and scalable approach to talent strategy.
- **Innovation Driver**: Stay ahead of industry trends and bring innovative talent solutions to keep the organization competitive.

**You'll be great for this role**:

- **Experience** as a strategic People Partner in **fast-paced, commercial or sales-driven environments**.
- A **pragmatic mindset**, balancing **quick, high-impact changes** with **long-term, scalable solutions**.
- Deep expertise in **organizational levers**—compensation, team design, and performance management—to drive commercial success.
- **Strong influencing and coaching skills**, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders.
- **Storytelling ability** to shape and communicate a people narrative that engages and inspires.
- **Resilience and adaptability** in fast-moving, evolving business landscapes.
- A **collaborative approach**, working with People teams (Talent, L&D, Compensation) to **scale initiatives and maximize impact**.
- A **curiosity to learn, experiment, and leverage data** to drive continuous improvement.
- Experience working with workers' council in France

**What would make you successful at SumUp?**
- Founders mentality (Sense of Purpose, Self-Drive, Decisiveness, Ownership)
- Learning Mindset (Collaboration, Empowerment, Experimentation, Openness to feedback)
- Care for People (Empathy, Humbleness, Transparency)
- Be authentic to yourself and add your own personality to our culture

**Why you should join SumUp**
- Opportunity to work with a truly global, multicultural team (we are 3000+ people from 93 countries, spread across 4 continents).
- Competitive salary package and virtual stock option program
- Learning & development budget for attending conferences and external training
- We offer a corporate pension scheme, 28 days' paid leave, and other great benefits.
- An amazing team and work environment that works with passion and purpose to achieve incredible results
- We get together regularly for breakfasts, team events, office parties and sports
- SumUp Sabbatical : 30 days leave after 3 years in the company
- Please note this is an office first position._

**About SumUp**

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder's mentality and a 'team-first' attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love.
- SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind._

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