People Operations Specialist DACH

EQS Group is a leading international cloud software provider in the areas of Compliance & Ethics, Data Privacy, Sustainability Management, and Investor Relations. We help thousands of companies worldwide to cultivate trust by simplifying complex processes, ensuring transparency, and enabling clear communication with stakeholders.    

Our success is built on our people. We bring together talented individuals who care about doing meaningful work, take pride in what they do, and support one another to achieve more together. We believe passion and trust aren’t just values — they’re at the core of how we operate, every day.

Our mission is to Create Trusted Companies. If you share our passion for our mission, we’d love to have you help us turn it into reality.

• You're important. We foster a trusting environment and support your individual development. You can set personal development goals, receive regular feedback, and get the tools you need to grow.
• Living our values. Trust, transparency, ownership, collaboration, and passion shape how we work together across teams and cultures.
• Great atmosphere. We create moments that bring people together, from company events to volunteering initiatives and team activities.
• Work-life balance matters. You benefit from flexible working hours, a hybrid working model, modern office equipment, and the possibility to work from abroad within the EU.
• Time to recharge. Paid vacation is standard, and for longer breaks we offer a sabbatical option.
• Special perks. We offer additional benefits such as salary optimization through customized bonus and benefit programs as well as corporate shopping benefits.
• Health is a priority. We support your well-being through company-sponsored sports programs, bicycle leasing via JobRad, and mental health counseling.

• You will manage the employee lifecycle across DACH, including preboarding, onboarding, contract changes, internal transfers, promotions, leave topics, and offboarding.
• You will be a trusted contact for employees and managers, providing clear guidance on People Operations, employee relations, benefits, and day-to-day HR questions.
• You will prepare and manage HR documentation, including employment contracts, amendments, certificates, confirmations, and other lifecycle documents.
• You will maintain accurate employee data in our HRIS and support reliable reporting for the DACH scope.
• You will ensure that labour law requirements, internal policies, and compliance standards are reflected correctly in daily People Operations work.
• You will coordinate payroll-related topics where they connect to employee lifecycle changes, working closely with the colleagues who mainly manage payroll.
• You will use AI and automation to reduce manual work, improve documentation quality, and make recurring People Operations tasks easier to scale.
• You will contribute to process improvements, templates, playbooks, and scalable ways of working across our international People Operations setup.

Must have

• You have 3–6 years of experience in People Operations, People Administration, HR Operations, or a similar role.
• You bring strong practical knowledge of German labour law and know how to apply it to employee lifecycle topics and day-to-day HR operations.
• You are confident in supporting employees and managers with clear, pragmatic, and service-oriented guidance.
• You have experience with HRIS systems and care about clean data, accurate documentation, and reliable execution.
• You work independently, take ownership of your scope, and handle confidential or time-sensitive topics with care.
• You are fluent in German and confident in English.
• You are curious about AI and automation and use digital tools to improve productivity, quality, and process consistency.

Nice to have

• You have experience with People Operations topics in Austria and/or Switzerland.
• You have worked in an international or matrix organization before.
• You have experience improving HR processes, creating templates, or documenting workflows.
• You bring a degree in HR, Business, Psychology, Labour Law, or a comparable qualification.