Human Resources Specialist (m/w/d)

Work Flexibility: Remote or Hybrid or Onsite

The HR Specialist will provide hands-on support for a German pilot project to centralize HR policy and document management into a single source of truth. This role will help create a clearer, more employee-centered policy experience for HR, managers and employees.

This project and the related contract are limited until 31 December 2026. A contract extension may be possible.

Your key responsibilities:

Policy Inventory, Assessment & Management

• Create and maintain the Germany policy inventory, including sources, owners, approvers, review cycles, versions and governance requirements.
• Assess policy storage locations and identify gaps, duplicates, conflicts and outdated content.
• Apply HR Policy Framework standards for structure, ownership, approvals, metadata, lifecycle management and review cadence.
• Ensure Germany policies use approved templates, plain language, employee-centered design and document standards.
• Coordinate content reviews with owners, HR, COEs, Compliance and approvers, documenting decisions and signoffs.

Project & Stakeholder Coordination

• Prepare agendas, capture actions and track follow-ups across pilot working sessions.
• Provide project updates covering milestones, decisions, risks, blockers and next actions.
• Work with Germany HR and Workplace Practices PPR to complete assigned deliverables on time.

Content Migration Support

• Validate metadata, categorization, permissions, ownership, version control, review dates and access needs before publication.
• Quality-check migrated content for accuracy, compliance, accessibility and user readiness.
• Track pilot milestones, inventory completion, reviews, migration progress, risks, dependencies and success measures.
• Update quality and adoption trackers, including duplicate reduction, ownership completion, feedback themes and access issues.

Change-Management & Employee Experience

• Develop employee- and manager-friendly content that improves usability and enables faster answers.
• Create training resources, FAQs, quick reference guides and communications for Germany HR, managers and employees.
• Balance global consistency with Germany-specific legal, operational and cultural requirements.

Your profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• German at C2 (ideally native language German) level and English at C1 level, both spoken and written.
• 3–5 years of experience in HR Operations, HR Shared Services, HR project coordination, or a related HR environment.
• Experience managing HR documentation, policies, procedures, or knowledge content.
• Experience supporting projects with multiple stakeholders, priorities, milestones and deadlines.
• Strong project coordination, organisational and follow-up skills. High attention to detail and strong documentation management capability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills across local and global teams.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capability and continuous improvement orientation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and collaboration tools; experience with HR systems such as SharePoint, ServiceNow, Workday, or similar platforms is preferred.

Diversity is important to us. We welcome applications from people regardless of their ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, age or sexual identity.

  

 

Germany Pay Ranges:

• Freiburg/Stetten 39Std: €3.774 - €6.223 EUR Monthly
• Schönkirchen/Kiel 35Std: €3.670 - €6.050 EUR Monthly
• Schönkirchen/Kiel 40Std: €4.194 - €6.914 EUR Monthly

  

 

At Stryker, we believe transparency helps candidates make confident decisions about their next career step. Compensation is an important part of that process and we want to be clear about how pay is determined. The compensation information posted for this role may be presented as a salary range or a fixed amount depending on the role.  In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (such as bonus and/or commissions where applicable), along with Stryker’s comprehensive benefits package.

 

If you’d like to learn more about the salary or the benefits associated with this role, your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details as you progress through the hiring process.

  

 

Travel Percentage: None