Senior People Business Partner

As our Senior People Business Partner, you play a key role in supporting i3D.net’s continued growth and international scale. You act as a trusted advisor to leaders and managers, translating business objectives into effective people strategies. In a fast-moving, tech-driven environment, you help ensure our teams are engaged, high-performing, and set up for long-term success. From organizational design and performance management to employee relations and leadership coaching, your work directly impacts how i3D.net operates and grows. This is a hands-on role where strategic thinking and practical execution go hand in hand. Key Responsibilities Partner with leaders: Act as a tactical partner to managers and leadership on people, performance, and organizational topics. Drive performance & development: Support performance cycles, talent reviews, development plans, and succession planning. Support growth & change: Guide teams through organizational changes in a scaling, international tech environment. Employee relations: Advise on employee relations matters, ensuring fair, compliant, and consistent decision-making. Workforce planning: Translate business needs into scalable workforce and capability plans. Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with People Operations, Recruitment, Payroll, and Finance to ensure smooth execution. Improve HR practices: Contribute to the continuous improvement of People policies, processes, and frameworks within a Dutch, US, Canadian context. What success looks like in the first year You’ve built trusted partnerships with managers across multiple teams. Leaders actively involve you in people and organizational decisions. Performance and development cycles run smoothly and are well adopted. Employee relations cases are handled confidently, consistently, and professionally. You’ve contributed to at least one significant organizational or people-related improvement initiative. About you Experienced HR professional: 5+ years of experience as a People Business Partner or Senior HR Advisor in an international technology or infrastructure-driven organization, partnering with managers and leadership in engineering, platform, or technical teams on performance management, organizational design, employee relations, and workforce planning. Tech & scale-up experience: Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, international tech environment with ambiguity Strong communicator: Confident advising and challenging managers and people at different levels and cultural backgrounds Pragmatic & hands-on: You combine structure with flexibility and get things done. Legal knowledge: Solid understanding of Dutch employment law is required. Experience with Canadian and Québec employment law is a strong plus. Language skills: Fluent in English; Dutch and French are a strong plus Location & Work Permit: Based in the Netherlands with a valid EU work permit; willing to work from the Rotterdam office at least 2 days per week.