People & Legal Manager

Location:
Italy / Hybrid About They are a fast-growing European healthtech company entering an exciting phase of international growth. As the organisation expands across multiple markets, they are looking for a hands-on People & Legal Manager to build the people infrastructure required to support this growth.

Key Responsibilities
* Own and coordinate the recruitment process across the company, with a particular focus on technical, commercial and business critical hires across Europe.
* Build and maintain an effective recruitment pipeline, working with hiring managers, recruiters and external search firms where appropriate.
* Define appropriate employment and contractual frameworks across different European and international jurisdictions, including employees, contractors and, where appropriate, EOR solutions.
* Coordinate employment agreements, consultancy agreements, offer letters, amendments, onboarding and offboarding documentation.
* Develop and maintain the Company's HR policies, procedures and employee handbook, ensuring they evolve appropriately as the organisation scales.
* Design and benchmark compensation packages, including fixed compensation, performance bonuses, benefits and other incentive structures.
* Support the design, implementation and administration of ESOP/stock option and other equity incentive plans, working closely with senior leadership, Finance and external advisors.
* Support annual compensation reviews, promotions, role changes and organisational planning.




* Work closely with Finance and Operations on payroll inputs, workforce budgeting and headcount forecasting.
* Act as the main internal interface with employment lawyers, corporate lawyers and other external legal advisors, coordinating requests, documentation and follow-up.
* Support the senior leadership team on selected legal and operational matters, working closely with external advisors where required. Requirements
* 3-5 years of experience in People/HR, People Operations, HR Business Partner, employment/legal operations or a similarly broad role.
* Experience managing recruitment processes, ideally including technical and senior business profiles.
* Good understanding of employment contracts, compensation structures and HR policies.
* Exposure to international hiring and employment arrangements across multiple European countries.
* Comfortable working with external lawyers and translating legal advice into practical internal actions; a legal background or previous exposure to employment/corporate law is a strong plus, but qualification as a lawyer is not required.
* Highly organised, pragmatic and able to manage multiple workstreams directly rather than relying on large support functions.
* Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with both senior executives and employees.
* Fluent in English, additional languages would be advantageous.
* Experience in a startup, scale-up or technology company is strongly preferred.

📌 People & Legal Manager (Rieti)
🏢 Barrington James
📍 Rieti