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ICEYE is seeking a Senior People Generalist to lead HR operations for its Portugal subsidiary, based in Lisbon. You will be the primary HR point of contact for ICEYE Portugal, which is building two distinct organizations simultaneously: a Center of Excellence focused on software, AI, and space engineering talent, and a satellite production facility ramping manufacturing and integration teams through 2027. You report to the CEO of ICEYE Portugal with an indirect line to the Global Head of People Operations.
Your responsibilities span employee experience, payroll and compliance, global alignment, and talent attraction. On the employee experience side, you will serve as the first point of contact for benefits, policies, and employee lifecycle events; handle relocation and onboarding including local employment contracts; manage local third-party HR providers (payroll, benefits); and address employee relations cases with escalation to global HR when needed. You will audit payroll data in the HRIS, maintain accurate employee records, ensure compliance with Portuguese employment law (including industrial site specifics like shifts and safety policies), and coordinate personnel security clearances.
You will tailor and execute global HR frameworks locally—compensation bands, performance management, wellbeing, L&D—ensuring they work for both the engineering center and factory populations. You will assist managers as the organization adds its first management layers and act as the go-to HR advisor to the CEO. On talent attraction, you will bridge the global Talent Attraction team and local hiring needs, oversee local TA processes, support employer brand building, and personally source and close technical and industrial candidates.
The role is hybrid (office-first) and permanent, full-time. Employment is subject to applicable security screening including SUPO where required.
REQUIREMENTS:
Must haves:
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience covering both talent acquisition and HR generalist/business partner work
- Strong working knowledge of Portuguese labour law, local benefits, and market HR practice; track record of creating compliant HR policy documentation
- Hands-on approach with high attention to detail in contract management, local onboarding, and management of local third-party providers
- Track record hiring technical/engineering profiles and industrial or manufacturing profiles; personally source and close candidates
- Strong analytical skills and high emotional intelligence to handle sensitive employee relations cases, with wisdom to escalate complex issues
- Comfort with HRIS (e.g., HiBob) and ticketing systems; ability to use data to audit payroll and maintain source-of-truth records
- Exceptional communication in Portuguese and English; ability to bridge global ICEYE standards with local needs and influence both local leadership and global team
- Proactive, service-oriented mindset effective in fast-scaling environments; ability to adapt global policies to local contexts without losing speed
Nice to haves:
- Experience taking a site from roughly 20 to 100+ people
- HR experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defence, or another clearance-relevant industry
- Experience introducing or running HRIS and ATS tooling in a growing company
- AI-native sourcing, screening, and HR-automation practices
- Experience in a subsidiary of an international group, balancing local ownership with global frameworks
