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People Ops Specialist

Berlin, Germany

About This Role

Strava is the leading digital community for active people with more than 125 million athletes, in more than 190 countries. The platform offers a comprehensive view of your active lifestyle, no matter where you live, which sport you love and/or what device you use. Everyone belongs on Strava when they are pursuing an active life.

We are thrilled to be looking for a proactive and adaptable People Ops Specialist to join our People team. In this role, you will be an integral part of our team, helping to facilitate smooth operations of People processes throughout our European locations. While the position is based in Berlin, you’ll be supporting teammates throughout Europe, including Ireland, France, UK, as well as remote teammates.

You will provide support to employees throughout their entire employment journey and ensure adherence to European employment laws and regulations. You will work closely with our People Operations team in the US, our People business partners, our People team leaders, and with teammates at all levels across Strava.

As a member of the People team and reporting to the Senior People Lead, Europe, you will help carry our truly “people-first” culture and continually improve our employee experience via contributing to our People programs and projects.

At Strava, we’re passionate about fostering an equitable and inclusive culture, with policies and practices that support all of our teammates. We’re committed to embedding anti-racist strategies into our processes, and we’re looking for someone who shares these values and is excited to help us continue building a diverse and inclusive environment.

This position is in Berlin. Strava operates as a hybrid workforce, and we expect our teammates to work in-office together more than half of the time.

For more information on compensation and benefits, please click here.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will:

  • Use your People Operations knowledge, exceptional attention to detail, highly organized thinking, and ability to balance multiple shifting priorities
  • Serve as a point of contact for employees regarding people services, including benefits, payroll, leave, and more.
  • Facilitate smooth onboarding and offboarding processes for European employees, creating a seamless and welcoming experience.
  • Ensure up-to-date and accurate employee records in Workday and other HR systems, maintaining high attention to detail and data integrity.
  • Partner closely with the Payroll team, ensuring accurate processing of payroll inputs and updates monthly.
  • Support various ad-hoc organizational development projects, such as talent reviews, engagement surveys, and compliance training.
  • Contribute to the creation and global consistency of policies and procedures, ensuring they’re locally relevant and well-articulated.
  • Maintain and document processes, updating workflows as needed to identify and close any gaps.
  • Collaborate with IT and Facilities teams on local workplace issues, supporting workplace operations and participating in ad hoc projects as necessary.
  • Participate as a valuable member of the People team, contributing to meetings and social events to foster team connection.

You will be successful here by:

  • Leveraging your experience in HR or People Operations to support employees across all levels of the organization.
  • Demonstrating a strong understanding of German employment legislation, with additional knowledge of French, British, and Irish legislation as a plus.
  • Building trust with others through excellent communication, facilitation, and listening skills, promoting inclusivity within teams.
  • Being highly organized, detail-oriented, and adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a dynamic environment.
  • Embracing Strava’s commitment to a diverse, inclusive, and anti-racist workplace by supporting policies and practices that uphold these values.
  • Showing accountability and compassion in your work, while staying deeply curious and motivated to help people lead more active lives.

We’re excited about you because:

  • You bring over 3 years of experience in a People Ops or HR generalist role, collaborating with all levels of an organization.
  • You are familiar with an HRIS, ideally Workday (preferred but not required).
  • You have a keen understanding of people dynamics and team-building, along with strong project and process management skills.
  • You are driven by values, compassionate, adaptable, and enthusiastic about helping Strava continue to build a vibrant and inclusive environment.

About Strava

Strava is Swedish for “strive,” which epitomizes our attitude and ambition: We’re a passionate and committed team, unified by our mission to build the most engaged community of athletes in the world. Every day, we’re searching for new ways to inspire athletes and make the sports they love even more fun. But it’s not only about achieving – we’re an inclusive team, dedicated to elevating each other and the members of our community. That balanced approach has helped us revolutionize our industry, and we’re just getting started. Millions of athletes are on Strava, millions more will come. When you’re ready for a challenge and a team that will support you along the way, join us.

Backed by Sequoia Capital, Madrone Partners, Jackson Square Ventures, and Go4it, Strava is expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. By joining our team, you will help push Strava forward in fresh, innovative ways. You will engage in interesting and challenging work that will improve the lives of our athletes every day. And in the same way that Strava is deeply committed to unlocking the potential of our athletes, we are dedicated to providing a world-class workplace where our employees can grow and thrive. Join us!

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

 

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