Head of People Partner (m/f/d)

Location(s)

- Lisbon - Lisboa - Portugal

Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. Improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you?

The Head of People Partner, Portugal , leads and provides overall direction for the People Partner organization across Siemens SA Portugal and affiliated companies . This critical role is responsible for driving the harmonization, standardization, and digitalization of P&O practices, with a strong focus on using AI to enhance efficiency and deliver exceptional People Experience (PX) in the country. As a member of the P&O Organization leadership team in the Lead Country Spain (internal Siemens regional organization comprising two countries, Portugal and Spain led by Spain) you will partner closely with business leaders to drive workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, people development, leadership capability, employee experience, and business performance.

As a key leader within the One Tech Company transformation, you will help shape how people strategies are delivered across the business while ensuring consistent, high-quality experience for employees and leaders.

You’ll make a difference by:

- Leading the People Partner team supporting the assigned business portfolio, ensuring effective collaboration, aligned execution, and consistent People Experience (PX) for employees and leaders while driving harmonization and standardization of P&O practices in line with the new P&O Operating Model.
- Partnering with business and P&O leaders to ensure consistent application of P&O standards, policies, and practices while supporting local execution and compliance requirements.
- Advancing the purposeful integration of AI and digitalization within the People Partner organization to simplify work, improve productivity, and enable People Partners to focus on complex, human-centered situations.
- Fostering close collaboration with Impact Teams, People Experience (PX), People Services & Transformation (PST), Employee & Labor Relations, Talent Acquisition, and other P&O stakeholders to deliver integrated people outcomes, develop the growth mindset culture and continuously improve employee and leader experiences
- Translating enterprise P&O priorities, programs, and standards into effective execution within the assigned business portfolio, ensuring relevance, consistency, and measurable impact.

Your success is grounded in:

- Experience and Skills: Strong commitment to the ONE P&O Operating Model, including efficiency, consolidation, simplification, reliable delivery, and acceptance of the “ONE function logic”.
- Proven ability to drive transformation initiatives focused on standardization, digitalization, and AI adoption in complex organizational environments.
- Ability to translate global P&O frameworks into effective local execution while feeding relevant local insights back into global teams.
- Proficiency in using data and metrics to assess performance, identify improvement areas, and demonstrate P&O impact.
- Sound understanding of Portuguese labor law, with the ability to maintain compliance and build constructive partnerships with employee representatives.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field.
- Experience supporting sales, services, commercial, customer-facing, or revenue-generating organizations.
- Experience leading HR or People Partner teams through transformation, operating model changes, and standardization efforts.
- Experience using workforce analytics, business insights, and people data to shape recommendations and influence leadership discussions.
- Experience in applying digitalization, automation, and AI-enabled solutions to simplify work, improve productivity, or enhance employee and leader experiences.
- Experience advising on complex employee relations matters in partnership with Employee & Labor Relations, Legal, and other subject matter experts.
- You bring a people-centric, collaborative approach and excel in partner management, driving high-quality service delivery and effective execution
- Proficient in Portuguese and English

You are much more than your qualifications, and we believe in the potential of every single candidate. We look forward to getting to know you!