Manager Strategic Projects: Automation & AI (d/f/m)

What is Leapsome?

Leapsome is the AI-powered people platform revolutionizing HR for modern teams. Leapsome drives HR excellence and empowers high-performing teams by automating, connecting, and simplifying every HR process across the employee lifecycle — from onboarding and performance management to engagement and development. Built with ease of use in mind, our platform ensures high adoption by employees, managers, and People teams alike.

Our purpose is to make work fulfilling for everyone, and our vision is to reshape the future of work by being the leading People platform for HR excellence and high-performing teams. We enable companies to create environments where people can achieve their goals, learn and grow together, and build genuine motivation & engagement.

Trusted by thousands of organizations globally, Leapsome secured $60 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners in March 2022. This funding allowed us to further develop our intelligent platform, create exceptional employee experiences, and expand into the US market.

It’s an incredibly exciting time to join Leapsome and be part of reshaping the future of work!

Your Opportunity

Join Leapsome as a Manager Strategic Projects: Automation & AI, a true generalist who bridges the gap between business strategy and technical implementation. You'll drive GTM initiatives while - in parallel - transforming how we work across Leapsome through automation and AI. This role requires both business acumen & structure to help teams with their complex problems and technical expertise to build actual solutions. You'll be at the forefront of our efficiency revolution, working across teams to identify opportunities, implement solutions, and measure tangible business impact.

What is your job?

• Business & GTM projects: Partner with leadership on GTM initiatives like strategy updates, pricing/packaging, and many others, bringing data-driven insights and structured methodologies to these discussions.

• Process optimization: Critically evaluate existing ways of working across the whole Leapsome organization, identify inefficiencies, and help teams redesign & automate processes

• Automation architecture: Design and implement end-to-end automations across our tech stack (Notion, Zapier, HubSpot, Clay, Dust, Google Workspace) that deliver measurable business value.

• AI infusion: Strategically integrate AI tools (Dust, Notion AI, etc.) to enhance decision-making, content creation, and analytics capabilities where they provide clear ROI.

• Systems oversight: Create and maintain our automation (data) infrastructure and integrations that ensure clean data flow between systems, incl. day-to-day troubleshooting with the team if needed.

• Cross-functional collaboration: Quickly understand different team contexts and priorities to deliver solutions that address their unique challenges while maintaining system integrity.

• Change leadership: Drive adoption of new systems through clear documentation, training, and continual support/troubleshooting with our team.

Who are we looking for?

• Business acumen: Ability to understand business objectives and translate them into technical requirements with a focus on measurable outcomes.

• Analytical approach: Strong ability to collect, analyze, and present data to inform decision-making and measure impact.

• Technical versatility: Hands-on experience building in no-code/low-code environments (Zapier, Notion) and comfort with data concepts, APIs, and basic coding in Python (or willingness to learn fast).

• Systems perspective: Experience designing workflows that consider the entire ecosystem rather than isolated solutions, with an eye for data relationships and integrity.

• Learning agility: Genuine curiosity and aptitude for quickly adopting new tools and technologies in the rapidly evolving AI an