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