Wallapop is a Barcelona based scale-up driven by the purpose to empower people to embrace a more conscious and human way of consumption. We believe in a world where collaborative economy is mainstream. This is what drives us.

Wallapop operates in Spain, Italy and Portugal, offering a catalogue of several hundreds of millions of products and services. Powered by technical innovation and continuous improvement, we bring together the scale & trust of classifieds with the marketplace’s convenience & reach. Our mission is to enable a connected trade ecosystem, making 2nd-hand the norm through smart use of technology.

The Challenge Driving organizational excellence and strategic evolution within a highly dynamic environment. The core mission is to act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, focused on optimizing our structures, fostering internal talent mobility, and building highly scalable, effective teams.

In this role, you will play a pivotal role in anchoring and supporting our newly expanding leadership team (including the incoming COO and CMO) while proactively exploring innovative ways to leverage technology and automation (such as AI) to reshape and elevate our organization across diverse operational speeds and cultures.

What You Will Do

Strategic Partnership

Collaborate closely with business leaders to understand objectives and challenges, offering trusted advice and ensuring the People strategy directly supports the business unit's goals.

Organizational Design & Change Management:

Lead structural design efforts, team sizing evaluations, and organizational optimization initiatives, while guiding leadership and teams through subsequent structural evolutions to ensure high alignment and minimize operational disruption.

Talent Growth & Succession Planning:

Own and drive frameworks for critical talent identification, high-potential development programs, and robust succession planning for key leadership roles to encourage long-term internal mobility.

Performance Culture

Lead the performance review architecture within the assigned areas, coaching managers on goal-setting, continuous feedback, and development planning to sustain a high-performance culture.





HR Metrics & Predictive Insights:

Leverage People Analytics to diagnose organizational health, identify retention risks, and proactively propose data-backed structural optimizations to business leaders.

Talent Acquisition Alignment

Partner with hiring managers and the Talent Acquisition team to define future capability gaps and ensure recruitment plans match shifting business priorities.

Compensation & Governance:

Oversee the compensation and promotion review cycles in accordance with internal policies and market benchmarks, ensuring consistency, fairness, and strict budget alignment.

Engagement & Team Effectiveness:

Analyze employee engagement data and collaborate with leaders to design and implement actionable plans that improve sentiment, collaboration, and team effectiveness.

Strategic Legal Advisory

Act as a strategic advisor for managers on complex labor relations and employment matters, ensuring practices align with labor laws, while partnering with the People Operations team for administrative and transactional execution.

Project Leadership

Lead or contribute to cross-functional People initiatives—such as performance architecture, rewards programs, and leadership enablement tracking—driving continuous improvement in integral People practices.

What We’re Looking For

Experience

5+ years of experience as an HRBP or People Partner, preferably within international tech environments, digital hubs, or mature corporate structures.

Strategic Autonomy

A proven track record of complete ownership, design, and execution of talent frameworks or organizational design initiatives from scratch, without requiring close supervision.

Change Management & Leadership Partnering:

Strong experience guiding senior leadership (C-level stakeholders)



through organizational evolution, leadership transitions, and structural scaling adjustments.

Analytical Mindset

High comfort level utilizing data and People Analytics to diagnose organizational health, build business cases, and support structural optimization.

Business Acumen

Ability to align closely with commercial and operational leaders, translating business KPIs (efficiency, metrics, ROI) into proactive people strategies.

Communication & Stakeholder Management:

Exceptional communication and coaching skills, with a proven ability to constructively challenge senior stakeholders and navigate multi-functional environments.

Languages

Full professional proficiency in both English and Spanish is required.

Do note that all our jobs are Barcelona based. We follow a hybrid model where flexibility rules. We commit to a minimum of

6 days per month in the office. Each team self-organizes to decide on cadence and in-person/remote rituals.

Wallapop is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees as we want Wallapop to be a place for everyone.

Perks & Benefits

Generous individual learning budget of 2k per year

Free office meals, lunch selection from different providers

Group and individual English, Catalan & Spanish lessons as part of our working day

Private Health Insurance with Alan

Flexible working hours + intensive Fridays

Flexible remuneration to deduct from gross salary (kindergarten/food/transport check)

Gym & Wellness plan, including physiotherapist in the office

Generous referral Program & Charity Donation

Bonus for weddings & newborns

Monthly plan for free shipping, bumps & home-pick-up on our services

Work anniversary Gifts and Birthday Surprises

Contribution towards your WIFI in your monthly payroll

One-off payment based on compensation package to go towards setting up your home office

Relocation package (monetary support and legal advice) and visa sponsorship, if applicable

26 holidays per year

TOP hardware of your choice (latest Apple or Windows)

📌 Human Resources Business Partner (Madrid)
🏢 Wallapop
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