Head of People

Join Tylko, a tech-driven design company with a big ambition: to completely revolutionise the furniture industry in Europe.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Head of People who will help us take Tylko’s culture, leadership and people systems to the next level.

Your mission: to build a high-trust, high-performance culture, ensure strong leader–team relationships, stabilise retention and hiring quality (talent density), and design human-first processes that scale with the business.

You’ll report directly to the C-level executive and lead a small but mighty team of several HR professionals.

This is a role for someone who combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, loves both people and data, and thrives in a fast-paced, product-oriented environment.

Once you join our Team you will be responsible for:

People Strategy & Structure

• Designing and implementing our People strategy aligned with business goals.

• Managing the headcount plan and compensation budget.

• Co-creating organisational structure, roles, successors and talent maps.

Total Rewards

• Building fair, transparent and values-driven reward frameworks.

• Ensuring pay equity and consistency with company values.

People Operations / HRIS

• Driving “human-first” policies and simple, efficient HR processes.

• Overseeing onboarding/offboarding, documentation and compliance (GDPR, SLA).

• Managing HR systems (HRIS, ATS) and process design.

People Analytics

• Developing and monitoring key people metrics – culture, engagement, trust, retention.

• Preparing management reports and insights for the Board.

Talent Acquisition

• Overseeing all hiring processes to ensure quality and speed.

• Leading Employer Branding and recruitment process excellence (SLA, candidate experience).

Leadership, Performance & Development

• Running the performance cycle and feedback processes.

• Building leadership capability and supporting managerial development.

Employee Relations

• Managing employee relations and legal risk.

• Handling complex cases, mediations and disciplinary processes.

Culture, Communication & Wellbeing

• Championing culture-building initiatives, DEI, wellbeing and internal communication.

Why Tylko?

Because we celebrate inclusivity and work together to build a culture of happy, healthy employees who are truly heard. We also provide the following benefits for every single member:

• One Extra Day Off every month (outside the pool of standard days off)

• Comprehensive healthcare

• Sports card

• Integration events

• A discount on Tylko products

• And of course, a dog-friendly office!

Requirements

What we’re looking for:

• 7–10 years of experience in HR, including 3+ years in a Head or Lead role in a 150–500 FTE organisation

• Proven experience in product tech or e-commerce, with comparable pace and complexity

• Strong understanding of Polish labour law and experience managing multi-country operations in the EU

• Hands-on experience running performance and compensation cycles end-to-end

• Proven track record of implementing ATS and HRIS systems and designing HR processes

• Solid people analytics skills, fluent in working with data (advanced Excel/Sheets)

• Fluent English (C1) and Polish (spoken and written)

• High business maturity and the ability to partner effectively with executives

• A change leader mindset – someone who can connect strategy with empathy and action

• Working from our Warsaw office 3 days a week