Description
At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary. We're a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 100,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our in-house experts.
We're looking for a People Project Lead to join our People Team in Lisbon. In this role, you'll play a key part in driving People initiatives forward, ensuring great ideas translate into meaningful results. You'll be the person who connects the dots, brings stakeholders together, and keeps projects moving.
What you’ll do
- Lead People projects from start to finish: Take ownership of planning, coordinating and delivering People initiatives, translating ideas into clear objectives, actionable plans and measurable outcomes.
- Improve and optimise People processes: Review existing processes, identify inefficiencies and implement practical improvements to further streamline workflows and strengthen People operations.
- Build stakeholder alignment: Work closely with teams across People, IT, Finance and Legal, fostering collaboration, managing expectations and ensuring clear, transparent communication throughout projects.
- Document and standardise ways of working: Create, maintain and improve process documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines to ensure consistency, clarity and efficiency across People operations.
- Navigate and drive change: Lead projects through organisational change, navigating ambiguity, shifting priorities and resistance while engaging stakeholders and supporting successful adoption.
- Drive continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency and leverage AI tools and technologies to strengthen People operations and ways of working.
What you’ll bring
- 2+ years of experience in Project Management: A proven ability to coordinate and deliver projects, manage competing priorities and keep initiatives on track.
- HR Operations experience: An understanding of People processes and the operational realities of working within an HR environment.
- Fluency in English to a professional business level, both spoken and written.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication and collaboration: You build positive relationships across teams, communicate clearly, manage expectations and bring different perspectives together to drive alignment.
- A proactive, hands-on mindset with ownership and accountability: You take initiative, work independently and follow through on commitments to deliver results.
- Problem-solving, decision-making and continuous improvement: You approach challenges pragmatically, make informed decisions and proactively identify ways to improve processes and ways of working.
- Change management and adaptability: You have experience navigating and supporting organisational change, bringing stakeholders along, managing resistance and maintaining momentum in evolving environments.
Where you'll be
This position is a hybrid role based in Lisbon, Portugal that requires working a fixed 2 days per week in our office.
Why You'll Love Working with Us
- Create a visible impact by working at scale in a global organisation serving millions of customers across 80+ categories.
- Learn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives, including clear development plans and mentorship programmes to support your career progression.
- A culture of connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse team of 800+ Catawikians representing 60+ nationalities.
- Celebrate life’s moments with us. You’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher when you join, a €50 Catavoucher on your birthday, and an extra day off each year to “Pursue Your Passion”.