Employee Experience Designer/People Project Manager (d/f/m) - 6-month Fixed Term Contract, Berlin Based
LeapsomeWhat is Leapsome?
Leapsome is the AI-powered people platform revolutionizing HR for modern teams. Leapsome drives HR excellence and empowers high-performing teams by automating, connecting, and simplifying every HR process across the employee lifecycle — from onboarding and performance management to engagement and development. Built with ease of use in mind, our platform ensures high adoption by employees, managers, and People teams alike.
Our purpose is to make work fulfilling for everyone, and our vision is to reshape the future of work by being the leading People platform for HR excellence and high-performing teams. We enable companies to create environments where people can achieve their goals, learn and grow together, and build genuine motivation & engagement.
Trusted by thousands of organizations globally, Leapsome secured $60 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners in March 2022. This funding allowed us to further develop our intelligent platform, create exceptional employee experiences, and expand into the US market.
It’s an incredibly exciting time to join Leapsome and be part of reshaping the future of work!
Your Opportunity
This role exists to bring focus, structure, and momentum to People projects. You’ll design and drive end-to-end delivery of high-impact employee experience initiatives, making sure work actually lands — on time, clearly, and with measurable outcomes.
You’ll work across the People team, turning problem statements into scoped projects, and helping the team move from activity to impact. The role will own the delivery of some enablement work, ensuring full understanding of the most critical processes within People Ops (such as Performance Management), so that we can design our approach with care and deep awareness of how we can improve.
What is your job?
Lead the end-to-end planning and delivery of People products and programmes, from initial brief through to rollout and adoption
Translate ambiguous People challenges into clearly scoped projects, defining objectives, timelines, milestones, and success metrics (e.g. Performance Assessment, Compensation, Career Frameworks)
Design and run user research programmes to inform People initiatives, ensuring solutions are grounded in employee and manager needs
Own and operate 12-week delivery cycles, tracking progress against defined outcomes and adjusting plans as needed
Partner closely with the People team, managers, senior leaders, and external partners to align on priorities, dependencies, and delivery expectations
Develop and maintain clear, lightweight artefacts including project plans, documentation, communication plans, and decision logs
Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and blockers, driving timely decisions and escalating where required to keep work on track
Own delivery of selected People enablement initiatives, building deep understanding of core People Ops processes to improve how they work in practice
Support the prioritisation of People work, helping the Team Lead focus capacity on initiatives with the highest organisational impact
Ensure People projects land with clarity, consistency, and strong adoption, reducing rework, confusion, and inefficiency across the organisation
Continuously assess and communicate project impact and outcomes, helping the team move from activity to measurable results
Who we are looking for:
Proven experience in project or program management within People / HR / organisational design contexts
Strong understanding of People programmes such as performance assessments, compensation, and career frameworks
Experience working in fast-growing startups or scale-ups, comfortable with ambiguity
Ability to translate unclear problems into clear scopes, timelines, and outcomes
Hands-on experience running sprint-based delivery cycles and managing cross-functional dependencies
Experience designing and running user research to inform People initiatives
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across People, leadership, and managers
Highly proactive, outcome-oriented, and confident pushing for decisions and prioritisation
Available for an interim / fixed-term engagement
You are based in Berlin
Benefits
Become part of a fast-growing scale-up taking over the People Performance & Enablement space by making work fulfilling for more than two million people by 2025
Impact: Contribute to making work fulfilling for more than two million people by 2025
Teammates: Join a diverse and international team of talented, smart, and kind people
Feedback and recognition: We value feedback exchange and celebrating successes — big and small
Hybrid model: Enjoy our hybrid model by working from home or in our offices in the heart of Berlin, Germany
Flexible work: Experience a work-life balance with flexible hours
Learning: ****Develop your skills with access to Good Habitz platform
Vacation: Take 20 vacation days every year plus public holidays
Mental health: Access to 1:1 therapy sessions via our mental health partner, plus company workshops and learning pathways on topics like mindfulness and digital wellness
Monthly team activities: Have fun at monthly team activities like kayaking, laser tag, and game nights
Leapsome’s values
We stay true to our values in everything we do at Leapsome.
Seek impact — What brought us together is the desire to make work fulfilling for everyone. We’re like-minded in that we seek out and hold ourselves accountable for the impact we want to have in this world.
Listen & learn — We thoroughly and genuinely seek understanding. It helps us to constantly grow together and learn from each other as well as from our customers and partners.
Challenge the status quo — We regularly challenge ourselves. We don’t walk the beaten path just because everyone else does. Instead, we reflect and seek out better ways.
Take ownership & pursue excellence — We’re a group of smart and dedicated people, and we trust each other to truly own our work. We’re not afraid of high expectations as we strive for excellence.
Be honest & transparent — We’re honest and transparent with each other and ourselves. We want to get to the core of it, always. We trust each other to handle all shared information with care.
Be kind & humble — We are more than just colleagues — we genuinely care for each other. We give each team member the appreciation they deserve and the support they need. We have no interest in serving our own ego.
Excited to be part of Leapsome? 😊
Just send us your CV. You won't need to input any information already mentioned on your CV later on - promise! 🤙
A cover letter isn’t necessary, but we’d really appreciate a brief answer to these questions: Why Leapsome? Why you?
We look forward to getting to know you!
You can find more about what our colleagues think about working at Leapsome here 👉 ✨✨✨ Glassdoor ✨✨✨ Kununu✨✨✨
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Help us make work fulfilling for everyone!
At Leapsome, we want work to be the best it can be for everyone. We help companies create environments where people can achieve shared goals, build authentic relationships, learn, and grow together.
Put simply; our purpose is to make work fulfilling for everyone. And we know how to get there. But we can only do this by “walking our talk” and building a diverse and inclusive company where people — not just the business — thrive.
Apply now 👇 or keep scrolling to read more about what makes Leapsome a unique workplace!