People Governance and Compliance Manager (m/f/d)

Raisin is the world’s leading platform for savings and investment products. Founded in 2012, the FinTech connects consumers with banks in the EU, the UK and the US. This gives consumers better interest rates and banks a diversified form of refinancing. Our vision is to offer savings and investments without barriers and thus open up the global 160 trillion euro market.

Raisin currently employs more than 800 people from over 75 countries worldwide. Today, the platform holds over 80 billion euros in assets from more than one million investors which have accrued over 5 billion euros in returns.

Team

The People Solutions team serves as the strategic engine room of Raisin’s People & Culture team by building a secure, data-driven, and compliant infrastructure that scales the organization. By bridging the gap between strategy and technology, the team optimizes HRIS systems to eliminate manual work, leverages analytics and AI to drive smarter business decisions, and acts as a compliance anchor managing audits, policies, and risk.

Your Responsibilities

• You establish People policy and process standards by authoring, reviewing, and maintaining the global and local People policy frameworks, ensuring all documentation is logical, accessible, and structured according to company standards.
• You look after AI-readiness and ethical governance in the People domain by reviewing existing policies and processes to ensure they are compliant with emerging AI regulations, address corresponding risks, and protect employee data privacy.
• You partner with the wider People Solutions team to ensure that automated People processes and AI-driven tools have clear human-in-the-loop overrides and ethical safeguards.
• You design, implement, and maintain a Risk and Controls Framework specifically for People processes that is in alignment with Raisin’s global compliance framework.
• You track upcoming changes in employment law, data protection (e.g., GDPR, local privacy laws), and AI regulations and proactively update policies and process accordingly before they take effect.
• You align closely with the People and Culture leadership and conduct regular spot-checks and internal mini-audits to ensure teams are executing People processes strictly according to documented standards.
• You serve as the primary point of contact for all internal, external, and third-party People audits and governance-related reporting requests.
• You manage and fulfill documentation requests from external supervisory bodies, labor ministries, and regulatory agencies.
• You design and oversee in close collaboration with Raisin’s People and Culture leadership the implementation of Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) across the broader People team if audit gaps are identified.

Your Profile

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology,  Business Administration, Legal Studies, or a related field.
• You have 5+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources, with at least 2–3 years focused explicitly on HR Compliance, HR Audit, or People Operations Governance.
• You have strong People domain knowledge incl. People processes across the employee lifecycle.
• You have direct experience drafting, structuring, and maintaining comprehensive HR policies, employee handbooks, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• You have a deep understanding of regional employment standards, labor laws, and strict data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR) as well as strong foundational knowledge of emerging frameworks impacting HR technology, such as the EU AI Act.
• You have strong communication skills and you feel comfortable collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You have the ability to "speak tech" and understand how data flows through an HRIS.
• You have the ability to act as a bridge between rigid legal/audit teams and fast-moving People teams without causing friction.
• You have a strong focus on data integrity, semantic clarity in documentation, and spotting subtle gaps in process controls.
• You are fluent in English. Additionally, professional working proficiency in German is required to interpret local labor laws.

Join our mission, join our team – and grow with us!

At Raisin, we care about each other and it is one of our top priorities to foster an open and caring environment in which everyone feels welcome and comfortable. Our culture is strongly driven by our ambitious team, which connects more than 75 different nationalities.

As part of our team, you will benefit from:

• Employee Development Budget of €2,000 and four full training days per year.
• Flexible working hours, home office and 30 vacation days.
• A company pension scheme (Betriebliche Altersvorsorge), which we support with 20%.
• Enjoy more than 50+ different sports with Urban Sports Club: We subsidize your membership with more than €20 per month.
• Do you miss being in the office? The Deutschland Ticket gets you there, which we subsidize with €25 per month.
• Love cycling? With JobRad, lease the bike of your choice and enjoy tax savings, plus Raisin covers your monthly insurance costs.
• Hungry all the time? Snacks, daily fresh fruit as well as drinks provided at the office.
• You are moving from another country or city to join us? We may support your relocation.

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We value diversity and the unique experiences each individual brings. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.