At Timefold, we are building the intelligent scheduling optimization platform for software developers in workforce management. We empower IT teams to build robust, trustworthy, and performant workforce scheduling systems that handle real-world complexity at scale.

Our customers are product and engineering leaders who own scheduling optimization integrated in software products or internal platforms.

We are a team of roughly 35+ people. Technically sharp, deeply proud of what we build, and growing fast. We are hiring our first Head of HR to build the people foundation that matches the ambition of our product.

The Role

As Head of HR, you sit at the leadership table as an architect of how Timefold grows. You will build our HR function from the ground up, align our people strategy with our business ambitions, and actively protect the culture that makes this place worth working at.

This is a true greenfield role inside a company that already has momentum, where there is a genuine opportunity to build something excellent from day one, and the leadership team's full support to do it.

Your Core Responsibilities

Build and Scale a High-Performing Organization

• Design and own a consistent, scalable hiring process across all teams and geographies, replacing the current ad hoc, team lead-driven approach with something deliberate and repeatable

• Define what a Timefold hire looks like across every function, and make that standard defensible

• Drive workforce planning and organizational design as we scale toward doubling headcount

• Ensure role clarity, accountability, and ownership are embedded across the organization

• Support managers in structuring and growing their teams with confidence

Protect, Shape, and Nurture Our Values and Culture

Our values are real and authored by the early team members of Timefold. You will:

• Translate company values into concrete behaviors and hiring, onboarding, feedback, and promotion practices

• Address the silos quietly forming between teams, and restore the directness and high-ownership energy that has always defined us

• Build listening and feedback mechanisms that surface tension early, before it hardens into disengagement

Equip Our Leaders to Lead More Effectively

You will build a shared leadership framework that will:

• Give every manager a common language, clear expectations, and the tools to have hard conversations with confidence

• Coach leadership on people topics and embed a culture of real feedback and radical candor

• Identify and develop the next generation of leaders as we scale

Build the People Function from Scratch

• Design and implement a performance management system that is simple, fair, and genuinely used

• Define our compensation and benefits philosophy across geographies (currently Belgium, the UK, broader Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Canada)

• Build onboarding that absorbs new hires into our culture from day one

• Ensure legal and compliance foundations are solid across every region we operate in

• Select and implement lean, purposeful HR tooling that serves us without slowing us down

Attract, Retain, and Develop Top-Tier Talent

• Build an employer brand and candidate experience that reflects who we are and positions Timefold as a destination for technically exceptional people

• Align distributed, international teams around shared goals and a coherent employee experience

• Partner with leadership on long-term talent strategy as we expand into new markets and prepare for our next stage of growth

• Design career paths and development frameworks that give people a reason to grow with us

You Might Be a Fit If

• You have 10+ years in People or HR leadership, with meaningful experience inside scaling technology companies

• You have built a People function from scratch before, and you know the difference between building right and building fast

• You have managed people operations across multiple geographies and understand the legal and cultural nuances that come with it

• You have witnessed cultural drift firsthand and know how to course-correct with both speed and sensitivity

• You are as comfortable architecting a compensation framework as you are having a candid conversation with a founder

• You are hands-on by nature; this is a solo build to start, and you will be doing as much as you are directing

• You hold strong, well-reasoned convictions about what exceptional hiring, onboarding, and management look like and bring these to life

What We Offer

• A full-time, on-site executive position with a genuine seat at the leadership table

• Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing, technically excellent company

• A culture that promotes growth through autonomy, ownership, and teamwork

• A strong commitment to an inclusive environment where diversity is valued and everyone is treated with fairness and respect

• The rare opportunity to build a People function and shape a company's future from the ground up

• Flexibility to engage as an employee or independent contractor