(Senior) Organizational Development Manager (f/m/d)

plancraft

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a (Senior) Organizational Development Manager, you are a key shaper, sparring partner, and strategic operator for organizational development initiatives that enable plancraft to scale with clarity, effectiveness, and cultural coherence. In close partnership with the Head of P&O, you co-create and translate company strategy, organizational insights, and P&O data into clear, scalable people and org systems. These systems are designed to unlock the full potential of both our organization and our people by creating clarity, effectiveness, and consistency in how we work, lead, and grow. You take strong end-to-end ownership or act as key support for strategy & execution of OD initiatives (depending on your seniority level) — from concept co-creation and rollout planning to stakeholder alignment, tooling setup, enablement, and impact tracking — and collaborate with other People & Business Operations functions and leadership to ensure solutions are embedded in day-to-day reality. With plancraft currently at 150+ people, operating across 5 European countries, and further growing, this role is pivotal in helping to build the systems, routines, and standards that allow us to grow without losing speed, focus, or cultural strength.

Requirements

3+ years in a highly generalistic role (e.g., Founder’s Associate, Chief of Staff, Strategy & Ops with strong P&O touchpoints) or a dedicated OD / HR Strategy role with broad exposure.
Organizational development foundation or equivalent experience in designing, structuring, operationalizing, and scaling org-wide initiatives end to end.
Strong process and systems thinking; able to turn strategy, qualitative signals, and data into scalable frameworks, workflows, and enablement that consistently enable the organization.
High ownership, strong attention to detail, and a structured, analytical way of working, with pragmatic follow-through in ambiguous situations.
Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills; comfortable working closely with leadership while staying execution-focused.
Strong affinity for data, documentation, and tooling (e.g., Notion, Slack, Sheets, AI tools).
Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing in English (C1/C2 level), German skills are a plus.
If not based in Hamburg, open to come to our Hamburg HQ regularly (minimum 1x/quarter).

Nice To Haves

Exposure to total rewards, career frameworks, performance systems, or leadership development, AI-driven Org Design initiatives at scale.
Admin/builder-level experience in Personio, Leapsome, Notion, Ashby and Slack.
Experience in an organization that has already scaled through a similar growth stage (potentially multi-country/hybrid), ideally in the SaaS space.

Responsibilities

Drive strategy & execution of organizational development initiatives (e.g. performance & feedback mgmt, total rewards, org design) in close collaboration with the Head of P&O.
Help to translate strategic direction, org insights, and data into actionable solutions, such as frameworks, processes, templates, enablement materials, and decision artefacts.
Coordinate project-based collaboration with People & Business Operations functions and leadership to align requirements and ensure smooth execution.
Operationalize and continuously improve core people and org systems by building smart (AI-driven) workflows, practical toolkits, and enabling consistent standards.
Plan and run org-wide OD rollouts and enablement, including communications, training formats, documentation, and Q&A — driving adoption and tracking effectiveness.
Support org design and workforce planning by maintaining systems, planning artefacts and decision materials that enable leadership clarity and decision readiness.
Help to ensure high P&O data quality and deliver structured reporting and insights on progress, adoption, and improvement opportunities.