Head of People & Culture (part-time position)

Impero A/S is scaling fast as a B2B SaaS company. We are headquartered in Copenhagen with offices in Aarhus and Hamburg and remote workers in both France and Germany. We provide an easy-to-use compliance management platform for larger organizations, including some of the world's most recognized brands. In essence, we are here to increase trust and transparency.

To support our scaling, we’re looking for a part-time Head of People & Culture to strengthen our organization for the next stage of growth. You’ll own the People agenda - culture, talent, and the annual HR cycle - while acting as a trusted partner to the leadership team.

‍Your mandate: build the operating rhythm, clarity, and cohesion that lets our teams move as one.

About Impero

We’re an ambitious B2B SaaS scale-up listed on Nasdaq First North, providing an easy-to-use compliance management platform for larger organizations. We serve more than 200 customers and cover 36% of the Danish C25 index and 22.5% of the German DAX40.

The Impero platform enables companies to manage compliance through automation of risk and control management, documentation, and reporting. In essence, we are here to increase trust and transparency.

Our vision focuses on simplifying risk management and internal controls, helping to shape a more responsible and transparent world.

Position Overview

Why this role matters

As we scale across teams and locations, we need a People & Culture leader who can unify the organization, sharpen internal communication, and ensure every new colleague ramps fast and thrives.

We do our utmost to live by our company values: Care, Transparency, Rebelliousness, and Curiosity, but we need help in designing the systems that make great results repeatable - without losing our culture or speed.
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Grounded in our current priorities, the main responsibilities are culture building, streamlined hiring & onboarding, and a robust annual HR cycle with clear communication and transparency.  

Key Responsibilities

Culture & communication

• Support the organization to “act as one” and help break down department silos
• Unify employees across locations and keep internal communication timely and well-balanced
• Run regular check-ins to sense employee happiness and act on insights

‍Talent acquisition, onboarding & offboarding

• Build a streamlined, high signal recruitment process that scales with quality
• Standardize onboarding/offboarding so every transition is smooth and compliant
• Oversee employment contracts and related documentation  

Annual HR cycle

• Lead employee surveys and turn findings into action plans
• Drive development talks and growth frameworks with managers
• Coordinate salary adjustments with data, fairness, and transparency
• Drive company off sites and other cross company events

Leadership partnership

• Join management meetings/syncs as a core sparring partner
• Act as an internal facilitator for change communications - ensuring timing, balance, and clarity to avoid confusion and uncertainty
  

What you’ll bring

• Proven People/HR leadership experience in a scaling tech/SaaS environment
• Strength in organizational design, manager enablement, and change management including change communication
• Hands-on expertise across the employee lifecycle (TA → onboarding → development → total rewards)
• Comfort pairing qualitative culture signals with quantitative metrics (time to fill, ramp time, engagement, retention)
• Ability to work fluently in English and partner effectively across locations

Location: This role is based in our Copenhagen office and expected to be a part-time role two to three days a week with the potential to grow into a full-time role for the right candidate over time.

We offer a fun and open workplace with colleagues from close to 20 nationalities in central Copenhagen. Some travel to other offices must be expected.  

For further information about this position, please reach out to Rikke Stampe Skov, our CEO, whom you will also be reporting to, via email at: rss@impero.com.

We are an evolving organization and have plenty of room to shape positions for candidates with the right mindset. If you would like to be part of a team of skilled and professional colleagues in an informal organization, please submit your application and resume in English via career@impero.com.

Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis, and we will close for applications when we have found the perfect match.

Impero is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, hiring, and promoting are based on merit and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Please be aware that if hired, as part of our Background check, we require a copy of your criminal record. We do that to ensure that we remain a trusted service provider and partner as well as to comply with relevant compliance requirements.