Senior HR Business Partner

Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) powers the industries of today and tomorrow by connecting the people with big ideas to the manufacturers who can bring them to life. Xometry’s digital marketplace gives manufacturers the critical resources they need to grow their business while also making it easy for buyers at Fortune 1000 companies to tap into global manufacturing capacity.

Purpose of the Role

To serve as a highly strategic consultative advisor to designated business units/leaders, driving business outcomes through people strategies. The Senior HR Business Partner is a crucial partner who translates business priorities into HR initiatives, focusing on organisational design, talent and succession , change management, leadership, and performance management to ensure the business unit achieves its strategic goals.

 

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnership & Organisational Effectiveness: 

• Embed within the business unit to deeply understand its strategic roadmap, P&L drivers, competitive landscape, and operational challenges.
• Use business insights to design, recommend, and implement HR strategies (e.g., structure, roles, capabilities) that enhance organisational effectiveness and drive quantifiable business results.

Strategic Workforce & Talent Planning: 

• Lead the business unit's strategic workforce planning, assessing future talent needs, identifying critical roles, and developing integrated talent strategies for acquisition, internal mobility, and succession planning.
  Performance and Talent Management Cycle Leadership:
• Own and drive the effectiveness of the entire performance and talent management cycle within the designated units.
• Coach managers to have high-impact performance conversations, identify high-potential talent, and create structured development/career paths to retain and elevate top performers.
• Address performance issues with clear, systematic, and legally compliant processes.

Change Leadership & Culture Transformation: 

• Design and execute HR interventions to support business changes
• Act as a culture champion, utilising data-driven diagnostics (e.g., engagement surveys, pulse checks) to influence leadership on required shifts in culture, values, and employee experience.

Data-Driven HR & Business Insight: 

• Leverage HR data (e.g., turnover, engagement, D&I, time-to-fill, performance ratings) and financial data to provide the business leadership with predictive insights.
• Use data to challenge assumptions, measure the ROI of HR initiatives, and guide strategic decision-making.

Complex Employee Relations & Risk Management: 

• Handle sensitive, complex, and high-risk employee relations issues, including executive coaching on team dynamics and managing compliance investigations, ensuring alignment with legal requirements and fostering a fair, high-integrity working environment.

Compensation & Reward Alignment: 

• Partner with the Compensation & Benefits team to ensure reward structures (salary, bonus, equity) are competitive, internally equitable, and reinforce the desired performance culture and business outcomes within the unit.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, Organisational Development, or a related field. Master’s degree or relevant professional certification (e.g., CIPD, SHRM) is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 3-4 years in a dedicated, strategic HR Business Partner role, preferably supporting a complex, high-growth, or international business unit.
• Deep business acumen and understanding of P&L drivers, organisational functions, and how people strategy directly impacts financial and operational performance.
• Demonstrated success in leading change management initiatives and influencing executive-level stakeholders without direct authority.
• Expert knowledge of employment law and best practices in employee relations, performance management, and talent development especially in Germany, France, Poland and the UK
• Exceptional communication, consultation, and analytical skills, with a proven ability to translate data into actionable business strategies.
• Strong executive coaching and conflict resolution skills.

We offer:

• Hybrid, 3 days per week in the office
• Working hours - 8.00am-5.00pm CET (Monday to Friday)
• Fixed rate depending on the career level
• Annual review
• Corporate Laptop
• Free corporate language courses

Team spirit and friendly atmosphere: we work in an open, friendly and trusting environment that welcomes initiative. In the Xometry team, everyone is ready to help and support in difficult times, and we always celebrate victories together and appreciate the contribution of everyone.

Development opportunities: we are a fast growing company, each new task is an interesting challenge for the team.

We care: ongoing free of charge well-being activities for our people, charity projects worldwide.

Flexibility: speed and flexibility are some of our advantages, allowing us to achieve amazing results. We have flexible processes and planning, we can respond to rapidly changing conditions and remain effective in the face of uncertainty.

Onboarding: Well structured onboarding plan for new employees combining all in one process, technology, and systems components.

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Xometry is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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