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Head of People
We’re looking for a Head of People to shape, grow, and nurture our team.
At Poki, our mission is to create the ultimate online playground – a place where over 90 million players worldwide enjoy the best web games from a vibrant global community of 500+ game developer teams. We believe play is how we learn and we’re looking for a Head of People to join our team, unlock the potential of our teams, and help our people thrive as we grow.
What this job is about:
As Head of People, you’ll lead our People team (HR, Recruitment, Office) and act as a key advisor to our leadership team. This role is more than managing HR operations: you’ll set the vision for how we attract, develop, and retain the best talent in a scalable, values-aligned way. You’ll report directly to our CEO and sit in our Company Circle (MT).
You’ll play a key role in preserving, communicating, and strengthening Poki’s culture, one that’s built on healthy performance, fast delivery, and a high quality bar.
Your challenge as a Head of People:
- Lead and represent the People function
- Be the strategic HR voice in the leadership team
- Manage and grow a cross-functional People team (5 FTE)
- Coach managers and guide leadership on people-related topics
- Help embed and champion our cultural values in day-to-day practices, rituals, and systems
- Own personnel planning and organisational design
- Create and execute a forward-looking hiring and talent plan
- Maintain visibility on team structure, development needs, and hiring forecasts
- Co-shape our organisational design together with the CEO, contributing your people and culture perspective
- Shape our People roadmap
- Drive a clear and prioritized 2025–2027 People Plan
- Lead high-impact programs (hiring, onboarding, performance, learning & development, compensation, DEIB, sick leave, leadership development and exits)
- Track progress using agile rituals (sprints, retros, etc.)
- Focus on preventing and getting ahead of issues instead of day-to-day fire-fighting
- Optimize People as a product
- Use data to drive decisions and translate insights into actionable improvements
- Apply a product and project mindset to people processes
- Ensure all HR programs reflect our values and support growth for our users (the colleagues)
You:
We’re looking for someone proactive, strategic, with a hands-on mentality. Someone who can lead at both the people and product level. You’ll bring:
- 10+ years of experience in HR, including leadership roles in scale-ups
- A hands-on mentality and bias for action
- Strong project & product management skills (Agile mindset)
- Experience building scalable HR processes from the ground up
- Excellent communication skills in both Dutch and English
- Strong knowledge of Dutch labor law and HR systems (sick leave process, Humaans, Nmbrs, Lever)
- A natural leadership presence and ability to coach at all levels
Why you’ll love this role:
- Impact: Shape the future of one of Europe’s most successful gaming companies
- Ownership: Lead a function that directly influences every part of our business
Why work at Poki?
- The dynamics of a fast-growing scale-up: personal responsibility, freedom, and the opportunity to work with a diverse, international, and highly motivated team
- A full-time contract and the chance to join our Employee Participation Plan
- A hybrid work environment, flexible hours, and a work-from-home budget
- A generous training and development budget – we believe play is how we learn
- Access to wellbeing programs including retreats, check-ins, and more
- Office in central Amsterdam (Spui) with daily lunches, team activities, and more
Are you curious? Do you thrive in an environment of dynamic possibilities? This might be the right opportunity for you. So hit apply and let us know!
Poki is an English speaking company, please ensure your CV and application are submitted in English only.
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