Senior HR Business Partner

We are looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to join our People Team. This is a Oulu, Finland-based role that involves regular interaction and collaboration with Oura colleagues in Finland, across the US and more.

In this role you are the HR partner and HR operations expert for Finland+. You will:

• Act as a trusted strategic advisor to leaders, managers, and employees in Finland and across global functions.
• Own and improve HR operational processes for Finland+ (Finland and selected geographies / EOR arrangements).
• Serve as the country subject-matter expert for Finnish employment practices, ensuring people programs, systems, and processes are compliant and scalable.
• Act as the link between our Finnish employee base and global People programs, bringing local insights into global design and ensuring high-quality execution.

This role is ideal for a senior HR professional with deep Finnish HR and labor law expertise, strong HRBP experience, international exposure, and a hands-on, process-minded approach.

• Travel: Occasional travel within Finland for team gatherings and collaboration. Occasional travel to the US (once or twice a year) is also required.
• Time zones: We have regular meetings to accommodate collaboration with Oura colleagues in the US (US Pacific Time Zone, 10 hours behind the Eastern European Time Zone), Usually our global meeting are organized between the hours of 5 PM and 8PM.

What You Will Do

• Strategic people partnership: Advise leaders on organizational design, talent, performance, compensation, and employee relations, helping teams navigate change and make sound, and balanced people-business decisions.
• Business acumen & organizational effectiveness: Combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution to design and deliver people solutions, using data and insight to anticipate and address people-related risks and challenges.
• HR operations for Finland+: Together with the team continuously improve end-to-end HR lifecycle processes (on/offboarding, job and compensation changes, internal mobility) and localized SOPs and templates, ensuring compliance with Finnish labor law and alignment with global standards.
• Compliance & employee relations: Support continuous dialogue practices and act as the primary escalation point for complex employee cases in Finland, interpreting and applying Finnish employment and labor law and partnering with Legal and global peers to manage risk across countries.
• Talent, performance & development: Facilitate performance management, calibration, and talent reviews, and connect Finland to global L&D and growth opportunities.
• Data, systems & insights: Safeguard HR data quality, contribute to HRIS and tools projects, and use data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Culture, teamwork & coaching: Role-model a strong team-first mentality in the Finland People team and with global HR peers; coach managers, share knowledge generously, and help build a collaborative, inclusive culture that reflects Oura’s values.

What You’ll Bring / Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in HR, business, law, or related field, or equivalent practical experience. A Master’s, MBA, or HR certification is a plus.