People Business Partner Italy | Early Career Program

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About this opportunity

Ericsson’s Early Career Program is an 18-month journey for you who are recently graduated or have up to five years of relevant experience. Through three rotations, including one international and market exposure, you will tackle challenges that matter, work alongside people who expect you to contribute, question, and move things forward.

The Excellerate track is designed to develop future leaders who are motivated by performance, pace, and commercial impact. You’ll rotate across Sales, Commercial Management, Strategy, Supply, Finance and more. Working on priorities that directly influence results and learning how different parts of the business connect to create value.

This isn’t a programme where you sit on the sidelines. From day one, you’re hired into a role, trusted to contribute, supported to grow, and expected to make an impact. Find out more about the Early Career program here .

Your journey within the Early Career Program will start as a People Business Partner Italy at EMEA People Function!

What you will do

We are looking for a trusted advisor to business leaders, translating people priorities into practical actions that support business performance, employee experience, and organizational effectiveness. The role partners closely with leaders and People colleagues to drive change, build future-ready capabilities, and enable evidence-based people decisions.

Key Responsibilities
•    Support leaders in executing people plans that are aligned with business priorities and organizational needs.
•    Use people data and insights to identify trends, frame recommendations, and enable fact-based decisions.
•    Contribute to change initiatives by engaging stakeholders, managing implementation activities, and supporting adoption across teams.
•    Apply AI literacy and digital curiosity to simplify ways of working, improve productivity, and enhance the employee and leader experience.
•    Manage assigned people projects with clear planning, coordination, follow-up, and delivery discipline.
•    Collaborate across the People function to ensure integrated, consistent, and high-quality support to the business.

What you will bring

•    Sound understanding of HR fundamentals and the ability to connect people topics to business outcomes.
•    AI literacy and confidence in exploring digital tools to improve efficiency, insight generation, and service quality.
•    Change mindset, with openness to new ways of working and the ability to help others navigate transformation.
•    Strong eagerness to learn, grow, and build new capabilities in a fast-evolving People function.
•    Project management skills, including planning, prioritization, stakeholder coordination, and delivery follow-through.
•    Data-centric mindset, with the ability to interpret people metrics and turn insights into practical actions.
•    Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills in a matrix environment.

In addition, you have:
•    BSc or MSc in Human Resources Management, Organizational Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business Administration or Management, Organizational Development, or equivalent
•    Passion about bringing your ideas to the table
•    Keen interest to learn and to broaden experience
•    Ability to collaborate, engage with and mobilize the organization to secure results
•    Ability to dig into the details when needed to resolve critical issues
•    Solid communication skills and proficiency in English

Why join Ericsson? At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

What happens once you apply? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  learn more.

Primary country and city: Italy (IT) || Roma

Req ID:  792036

Starting Salary in Primary Location: EUR 43200.0

The position includes benefits and employment conditions in accordance with the Telecomunications National Collective Labour Agreement and Company-Union Agreements.

We believe in rewarding talent fairly and transparently. We remain flexible to ensure we attract and retain exceptional people. Final offers may vary depending on experience, skill and other factors aligned with our Total Rewards philosophy.