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Local HR Manager

JetBrains Amsterdam Full-time

JetBrains is a way of life. JetBrains is a team of incredibly smart professionals who create cutting-edge development tools to simplify challenging tasks, automate the easy ones, and help developers to stay focused on code design and the big picture. Caring for our employees is deeply important to us, so to help us with this, we are looking for a dedicated professional to join our friendly international team. We are looking for a professional HR Manager to be responsible for providing HR support for our Dutch group of companies. The HR Manager will be located in Amsterdam, and will report to the global VP of HR and the local Managing Directors.


Key responsibilities:

  • Manage over the entire life cycle of our Dutch employeesonboarding, development, and supporting with the performance evaluation process in accordance with the company’s policies.
  • Arrange the HR administrative work, including preparing employment agreements, maintenance of the employee handbook, and attendance tracking.
  • Provide internal advisory to the local employees on a broad range of HR topics, including local labor laws, terms of employment, compensation, benefits, etc.
  • Cooperate with the internal local payroll team.
  • Ensure legal compliance.
  • Develop, implement, and monitor the local HR strategies, systems, procedures, policies, and initiatives in line with the global HR strategy.
  • Liaise with in-house tax/legal specialists and external partners (including, but not limited to, insurance vendors and tax advisers) on the HR related topics.
  • Organize internal events.
  • Register people for sickness absence at occupational service providers and help employees with re-integration cases.
  • Create a positive working environment.
  • Participate in HR activities and initiatives designated by the company.


Skills and experience:

  • 3-5 years of experience as an HR Generalist/HR Manager within international environment in the Netherlands.
  • Team-player with good communication skills.
  • Creativity in dealing with all HR tasks.
  • Experience with local HR processes.
  • Excellent knowledge of Dutch labor law.
  • Excellent skills in standard MS Office tools, advanced knowledge of Excel, and experience with HRM systems.
  • Open-minded and flexible.
  • Experience in the HR department of an IT company would be a plus.
  • Fluent English, Dutch both in speech and writing, Russian would be a plus



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