HR Transition Specialist

Location: Madrid, Spain

Job Type: Fixed term contract (3 months contract-extendable)

HR Transition Specialist (Spanish Speaking)

Role Summary

Experienced HR professional responsible for supporting large-scale outsourcing, business transitions, workforce consolidations, and employee rebadging initiatives. Acts as the key HR partner during both pre-transition planning and post-transition integration, ensuring regulatory compliance, employee engagement, and seamless workforce transfer across multiple geographies, including Spanish-speaking populations.

Key Responsibilities

- HR activities for outsourcing, insourcing, and business transition projects.
- Support due diligence, workforce assessments, and people-related risk evaluations during pre-transition phases.
- Manage employee transfer (rebadging) processes in line with local employment laws and company policies.
- Partner with operational, legal, and leadership teams to ensure smooth workforce integration and organizational restructuring.
- Execute change management and communication strategies to support affected employees.
- Coordinate employee consultations, onboarding, offboarding, and transition activities.
- Manage workforce consolidation initiatives, including harmonization of HR policies, benefits, and processes.
- Provide HR guidance on labor relations, employee relations, and compliance matters across multiple countries.




- Act as a trusted advisor to Spanish-speaking employees and stakeholders throughout transition programs.
- Track transition milestones, HR deliverables, and project risks, providing regular updates to leadership teams.
- Support retention strategies and employee engagement initiatives during periods of organizational change.
- Ensure compliance with employment legislation, TUPE-like regulations, collective agreements, and local labor requirements where applicable.

Required Skills & Experience

- HR experience, including large outsourcing or shared services environments.
- Proven experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, business transfers, outsourcing transitions, or workforce consolidations.
- Strong knowledge of employee rebadging and workforce transfer processes.
- Experience managing pre-transition and post-transition HR activities.
- Excellent stakeholder management and change management skills.
- Fluent in Spanish and English, both written and verbal.
- Strong understanding of labor laws and employee consultation processes.
- Ability to work in complex, multicultural, and matrixed organizations.
- Project management experience with multiple concurrent transition initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

- Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
- CIPD, SHRM, HRCI, or equivalent HR certification.
- Experience supporting EMEA and general transition programs.
- Knowledge of HR integration during outsourcing and shared services transformations.

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