HR Operations Lead
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Senior, Expert
Amsterdam, Netherlands
HybridThuiswerkdagen are possible in agreement with the team.
People & HRHR Operations & Coordination
About the job
Requirements
- HBO+ or WO work-and-thinking level.
- At least 8 years of experience in HR, including several years in HR Operations, HR Shared Services, HR Projects, or a senior HR Business Partner or lead role.
- Experience optimizing HR processes, services, and HR systems.
- Experience with organizational change, mergers, and integration and harmonization projects.
- Thorough knowledge of HR processes, employment conditions, payroll, and HR technology.
- Current knowledge of employment law and social legislation.
- Experience with HR data, reporting, and management information.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A continuous-improvement mindset and the ability to translate strategy into operational execution.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the quality, effectiveness, and ongoing optimization of HR processes throughout the employee lifecycle.
- Ensure consistent application of HR policies, employment conditions, and personnel regulations across the organization.
- Initiate and implement improvements in HR processes, digitalization, and service delivery.
- Further develop, configure, and promote effective use of HR systems.
- Ensure efficient, accessible, high-quality HR support for managers and colleagues.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and translate operational insights into structural improvements.
- Work closely with HR Business Partners to translate business developments, organizational changes, and strategic priorities into appropriate HR solutions.
- Coordinate continuously with HR Business Partners on implementation and integration of HR policies, processes, systems, and change initiatives.
- Support organizational development by ensuring HR processes and services meet business needs.
- Identify organizational trends, bottlenecks, and needs and translate them into HR Operations improvement initiatives.
- Contribute to a consistent employee experience and effective execution of HR policy across all business units.
- Lead the HR Operations team, including personnel administration, payroll, and other operational HR specialties.
- Safeguard the quality, continuity, and consistency of HR services.
- Coach, develop, and inspire HR Operations team members.
- Ensure clear processes, roles, and responsibilities within HR Operations.
- Promote collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and continued professionalization within HR.
- Ensure a positive and consistent employee experience throughout the employee journey.
- Oversee governance, quality, and ongoing optimization of payroll and personnel administration processes.
- Ensure accurate implementation of employment conditions, personnel regulations, and salary processing.
- Monitor compliance with employment, tax, and social legislation.
- Identify relevant legal and regulatory developments and ensure their timely translation into processes, policies, and systems.
- Implement relevant legislation and regulations, including the European Pay Transparency Directive.
- Develop, implement, and monitor policies on absenteeism, vitality, and sustainable employability.
- Monitor absence trends and HR data and translate them into preventive measures and improvement initiatives.
- Ensure consistent, high-quality execution of absence-management processes.
- Support HR Business Partners and managers with complex or organization-wide absence matters.
- Contribute to a healthy, engaged, and future-ready working environment.
- Lead the harmonization of HR policies, employment conditions, processes, and systems.
- Ensure smooth implementation of changes within HR Operations.
- Work closely with HR Business Partners, management, and other stakeholders to integrate change initiatives successfully into the organization.
- Build support and engagement for changes in processes, systems, and ways of working.
- Develop and monitor HR key performance indicators, dashboards, and management reports.
- Translate HR data into operational and strategic insights.
- Identify trends and risks and turn them into concrete improvement initiatives.
- Facilitate data-driven decision-making concerning people, the organization, and HR services.
About the company
What IPG Mediabrands does: It provides global media and marketing solutions, offering services such as media planning and buying, creative development, data analytics, and performance measurement for a wide range of clients across industries. How its products work: By using data analytics, market research, and technology to build tailored media strategies that reach target audiences across TV, digital platforms, social media, and print. Revenue comes from fixed fees, commissions, and performance-based incentives, aligning the agency’s compensation with client results. How it differs from competitors: It combines a global reach with a data-driven, technology-enabled approach and a client-centric model, delivering integrated services from planning, buying, and creative to analytics and performance reporting. What its goal is: To help clients maximize return on investment and achieve business objectives through effective media and marketing campaigns, fostering long-term partnerships.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2007
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- COMvergence ranked Omnicom Media largest globally in June 2026 with $75.6 billion billings.
- Retail media remains a growth engine; Mediabrands already deployed the platform with major clients.
- June 2026 rankings confirm scale advantages across regions after the IPG integration.
What critics are saying
- Omnicom cut 4,000 jobs in December 2025; more reductions run through 2028.
- Eileen Kiernan left in July 2026; leadership churn weakens Mediabrands client continuity.
- Australia retired Mediabrands branding in 2026; full integration erases standalone identity.
What makes IPG Mediabrands unique
- 2023 Unified Retail Media Solution tackles fragmented retailer measurement across networks.
- Omnicom Media, post-November 2025, combines Mediabrands scale with OMD and PHD.
- Acxiom data and proprietary AI power cross-retailer audience building and optimization.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401(k) Company Match
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Options