People Partner Lead, Germany & Sweden

About the role

You will help build Neko’s clinical organisation in Germany from the ground up and lead the people strategy as it scales. This role involves defining clinical roles, workforce planning, and the employee experience before the first clinic opens, and subsequently partnering with leaders to ensure teams perform and develop. You will act as a key partner to clinical leadership, ensuring that the people agenda supports both the business growth and the frontline member experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the German employment framework is set up with legal and internal teams including contracts, pay structures, and policies.
• Design the clinic organisation and staffing model from a blank sheet.
• Build a German clinical employer proposition and a reusable playbook for future markets.
• Partner with German clinical leadership to coach on hiring, performance, and leadership development.
• Monitor clinic operations to identify and address team strain, inconsistency, or risk.
• Drive the global People Partner team’s clinical strategy and support wider European market growth.

Required skills

• People Partnering
• HR Business Partnering
• German employment law
• Workforce planning
• Co-determination
• German
• English

Nice to have

• Multi-market European experience
• Swedish employment landscape
• AI tools

Qualifications

• 8+ years as a senior People or HR Business Partner leader
• Experience opening or scaling operations in Germany
• Experience building a staffing model that scales

About the Company

Neko Health is redefining preventative care by combining proprietary technology and direct clinical care to deliver personalised, actionable insights. The company aims to make data-driven, preventative care accessible to more people before symptoms appear.