HR Business Partner (Generalist) Barcelona
· Hybrid As our company grows, we’re looking for an HR Business Partner with a generalist background to help our teams grow with it. You’ll work closely with managers and employees, taking ownership of everyday People operations and turning business needs into practical actions across onboarding, performance, development and employee experience. Your mission: make haddock a place where people have the clarity, support and environment to deliver their best. ➡ haddock (Y Combinator W22) is an AI-powered platform for restaurants, evolving into the AI platform for restaurants. We help restaurant teams understand their costs, improve their margins and simplify their daily operations. We’re bringing intelligent agents into that experience to take care of repetitive work and help restaurateurs focus on running better businesses. That ambition also shapes how we build our own company: curious people, high standards and a willingness to rethink how work gets done. ➡ Maintain accurate employee information, documentation and HR systems. Coordinate payroll inputs, benefits, absences and contractual changes with our external advisors. Coordinate performance and feedback cycles, helping managers turn conversations into action. Support clear objectives, development plans and probation reviews. Bring relevant People data and observations into discussions about team needs. Identify repetitive work across People operations and test ways to simplify it.



Use AI to support tasks such as preparing onboarding materials, drafting internal communications and maintaining our knowledge base. You should be comfortable learning new tools, testing ideas and improving how you work. Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers to connect recruitment, onboarding and early performance. Support internal communication so people understand what is happening and what it means for them. ➡ Managers feel supported. Employee information, payroll inputs and transitions are accurate and timely. Performance conversations produce clear expectations and actions. Experience as an HR Generalist or HR Business Partner, with ownership across several parts of the employee lifecycle. A business mindset. Familiarity with Spanish employment practices and experience coordinating with external payroll or employment advisors. Fluent Spanish and English, and availability to work from our Barcelona office three days per week. ⭐ Supporting Sales, Customer Experience, Product or Engineering teams. Running performance cycles and helping managers improve their feedback. Improving HR systems, reporting or workflows. Speaking Catalan. ➡ Hybrid working. Three days in our Barcelona office and two days remotely. We’ll explore real examples from your

experience:
supporting a manager through a difficult situation, improving a People process and using AI or automation in your work. Cultural conversation with Arnau, CEO

📌 HR Generalist (España)
🏢 haddock
📍 España