Senior People Operation Specialist

A career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of engineering, technology and customer experience.  

As part of a team you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. By joining Lilium you will have the opportunity to work with a world-class entrepreneurial team of more than 600 people who are as passionate about changing the world as you are.  

We thrive on diversity and creating an inclusive culture, with more than 50 nationalities currently working hard to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life. 

Your role:

As the Senior People Operations Specialist, you will provide a seamless support service to the wider People Services Teams and provide full employee lifecycle support to various departments within Lilium.  You will maintain and ensure accurate employee records and you will be managing the new starter process, issuing contracts, new starter packs, referencing, visa´s and the setting up of new employees on the HR System. You will also assist with the monthly payroll and employee benefits processes. You will also be the first point of contact for general HR queries for your business areas, ensuring that all customer queries and transactions are dealt with in an effective and timely manner and escalating to the HRBP when necessary.

There will also be the opportunity to support the Business Partner team with employee relation cases and support the Manager of People Services and Systems on organisational transformational change, projects and be involved with transactions for international employees.

Your Day to Day:

• Provide HR support and knowledge to our international employees throughout their lifecycle (Onboarding, Transfers, Performance management, Leaves of absences, Offboarding).
• Provide sound advice on tax, social security, and employment law in Germany.
• Support transformational/change projects from concept to delivery.
• Be an ambassador for the HRIS platform.
• Own and champion administrative processes such as contract management, compliance support (e.g., Code of Conduct, Export Control).
• Provide exceptional and consistent customer experience to our employees in person and through our ticketing system.
• Support new employees relocating to Germany.
• Maintain the integrity of our employee data and process changes in our HRIS systems.
• Enable the scaling of our People Services team, automation, and digitising processes/experiences to be more efficient.
• Build a knowledge of internal tools to support and guide employees including internal sources of information.
• Lead projects that help us to be always one step ahead with our People Services.

Your Profile:

• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Good knowledge of German labour law.
• International HR experience desirable.
• Extensive experience in tax, social security, and employment law in Germany.
• Experience in international relocation, visa and work permit processes.
• Basic knowledge of payroll processes up to gross.
• Knowledge of HRIS platform (e.g., Workday or similar HR cloud platforms).
• Experience in maintaining employee data within a cloud HRIS.
• Excellent at interpreting available data and leveraging it to take decisions.
• Strong customer service mindset and great at building interpersonal relationships.
• Team player with excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy, diligent and meticulous.
• Experience working in a fast-paced international working environment and dealing with ambiguity.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Fluent in German and English.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications (including Excel).

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Life at Lilium:

You are joining us as we are building our global footprint. While the current COVID-19 restrictions mean that many of us are working remotely we are still making the most out of this time. Meet fellow colleagues via our culture sessions and free weekly yoga classes, or improve your German or English with our free language courses.  

Lilium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.