Senior People Business Partner

The role

A Senior People Business Partner will work directly with leaders on organizational challenges. The role focuses on helping leaders make strong people decisions and maintaining high talent quality.

What you will do

• Partner with leaders on hiring, team structure, organizational effectiveness, performance, ownership gaps, and delivery risks.
• Push discussions toward decisions and outcomes.
• Help leaders define what strong means for critical roles and challenge weak hiring compromises.
• Support leaders in addressing underperformance early and directly.
• Identify early organizational signals such as leadership gaps, burnout, unhealthy dependencies, misalignment, or execution risks.
• Help improve feedback quality, leadership practices, and decision consistency across teams.
• Support practical and scalable organizational approaches.
• Contribute to improving internal documentation, operational clarity, and AI-supported People knowledge infrastructure.

Required qualifications

• Must be a fluent Ukrainian speaker.
• 5+ years of experience in HRBP, Head of People, HRD, organizational partnership, or similar leadership-facing roles.
• Strong experience working with leaders in fast-moving environments.
• Ability to challenge stakeholders directly, constructively, and without unnecessary politics.
• Strong judgment and ability to operate in ambiguous situations.
• High level of ownership, maturity, and communication clarity.
• Ability to connect people and topics with business reality and execution impact.
• Comfortable with difficult conversations, organizational tension, and imperfect environments.
• Ability to remain calm, structured, and pragmatic under pressure.
• Ability to build trust with strong personalities and leadership teams while still being able to challenge them when needed.
• Ability to simplify complexity instead of adding bureaucracy.
• Strong business and organizational awareness.

Nice to have

• Interest in scalable organizational practices, operational clarity, and AI-supported People infrastructure.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Quarterly Bonuses
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Unlimited Paid Sick Leave
• Remote & Flexible Working
• Private Medical Insurance
• Financial Support for Life Events
• Professional Development Budget
• International Exposure
• Regular Company Events

Before you apply

• Must be a fluent Ukrainian speaker.
• Interview with a Recruiter (30-45 min)
• Hiring Manager Interview with a People Lead (60 min)
• Final Interview with C-level (60 min)

About the company

playson is looking for a Senior People Business Partner to operate close to the business and help maintain a high-performance environment.