HybridLeadership TeamAbout The RoleGreat companies are built by exceptional people.
At haddock, we're entering an exciting new stage of growth. We're looking for a Head of People to help us build a high-performance, AI-powered organization where exceptional talent can do the best work of their careers.
You'll work directly with our founders and Leadership Team to shape how we attract talent, develop leaders, manage performance and scale our culture.
We believe the future of People is about combining great human judgment with technology, automation and data to build smarter, faster and more effective organizations.haddock (Y Combinator W22) is building the AI-workforce for restaurants.
We help more than 2,500 restaurants across Spain and Portugal control their costs, improve their margins and automate their operations.
What started as a system to manage invoices, purchases and inventory is becoming an AI-powered platform where intelligent agents take care of repetitive operational work.
We're building a company with the ambition to transform how the restaurant industry operates.
We're at an exciting stage of growth.
As we scale our Product, Engineering, AI, Customer Experience and Sales teams, we're also evolving how we attract, develop and support our people.
We want to take our People function to the next level: strengthening our hiring processes, developing great managers, building a high-performance culture and creating an exceptional employee experience.
Explore how AI and automation can improve recruiting, onboarding and People operations.
Own our talent acquisition strategy and hiring plan.
Build structured, scalable hiring processes that consistently raise the bar.
Partner with hiring managers and lead our Talent Acquisition team.
Improve hiring quality,



speed and candidate experience.
Build a high-performance cultureSet clear performance expectations and build a culture of ownership and feedback.
Lead performance reviews, talent assessments and development plans.
Identify, develop and retain top talent, helping managers make effective people decisions.
Develop future leaders and strengthen management capabilities.
Our valuesExtreme Ownership, Extreme Transparency, Disagree & Commit, Raise the Bar, Think Big and Love our Customer guide how we work.
Ensure labor compliance with our external advisors.
Use data and automation to build efficient, scalable processes.
What Success Looks LikeWe measure success by the impact People has on the company.
High performance. What We're Looking ForYou've scaled People in a fast-growing tech company. You believe in high-performance teams. You know Spanish employment legislation, speak fluent Spanish and English, and can work from our Barcelona office three days per week.
Building performance management and talent development frameworks from scratch.
Working with Sales and Customer Experience teams with performance targets and variable compensation.
Speaking Catalan.
You'll have the opportunity to shape the People function of a fast-growing technology company.
You'll have the opportunity to build a strong People organization that supports our next stage of growth.
Adaptable working. Three days per week in the office and two days working remotely.
Access to private health insurance and Wellhub through our benefits partners.
Cultural Fit with Arnau, our CEOA conversation about our values, leadership, decision-making and how we work together. We're looking for someone who believes that great people, strong leadership and a culture of high performance are the foundations of a great company.

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