lemon.markets · Germany
VP People (f/m/d)
ABOUT LEMON.MARKETS 🍋 We enable anyone to be an investor. Our mission is to grow investing opportunities for all European customers and businesses. By empower...
ABOUT LEMON.MARKETS 🍋
We enable anyone to be an investor. Our mission is to grow investing opportunities for all European customers and businesses. By
empowering FinTechs, banks, and wealth managers to offer investment products, we help create financial well-being for their
customers.
lemon.markets is a Brokerage-as-a-Service platform: simple digital access to capital markets through a single API. Our API-first
infrastructure abstracts brokerage complexity with a well-documented API, a self-service customer operations portal, and a clear
regulatory framework, so partners can launch customer-centric, compliant products in weeks, not months.
As part of the dwpbank Group, we share a clear goal: we enable anyone to be an investor by making investing in capital markets
more accessible. By combining dwpbank’s long-standing expertise and stability with lemon.markets’ technology-first mindset and
speed, we are building a modern, modular securities services ecosystem. Together, we offer faster time-to-market, modular
services, and a modern customer experience that helps financial service providers stay competitive and respond more flexibly in a
changing market
YOUR MISSION
As lemon.markets enters its next stage of growth, we are looking for a VP People to help strengthen the company from the inside
out.
This role goes beyond leading People & Talent. You will help us move from a setup that is already functioning reasonably well into
a more mature, scalable, and consistent organization. Working closely with our CEO, leadership team, and key stakeholders across
lemon.markets and dwpbank, you will strengthen the People function, build stronger leadership structures and rituals, shape
culture intentionally, and improve collaboration across both organizations.
Reporting directly to our CEO and being part of our extended executive board, you will own the People & Talent function, moderate
key leadership forums, and help build the structures, principles, and rhythms that a more mature organization needs.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:
- Own the People & Talent function end-to-end, lead the team, and continue to strengthen existing foundations across talent
acquisition, compensation, performance, feedback, career development, and people policies
- Embed and scale the processes, standards, and initiatives already in place, ensuring they are consistently lived in the
day-to-day reality of lemon.markets
- Build and evolve our leadership setup, including Leadership Principles, Leadership Development, and other leadership-related
frameworks and processes
Act as a strategic partner to our CEO and leadership team on people, leadership, and organizational effectiveness topics
- Moderate key leadership forums, especially the Executive Board and Senior Leadership Board, driving strong preparation, focus,
follow-through, and accountability
Own important company-wide rituals and cadences such as All Hands, planning cycles, offsites, and other leadership ceremonies
- Strengthen the collaboration and culture bridge between lemon.markets and dwpbank, improving how both our organizations work
together in practice
YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE IF:
- You have extensive experience as a senior People leader in a regulated environment (ideally Fintech), have already seen and
done this kind of role before and bring the maturity and judgment to help shape how lemon.markets leads, collaborates, and
grows
- You are a broad People generalist with core expertise in HR Business Partnering and/or People Development, complemented by
credible exposure across Talent Acquisition, People Operations, leadership support, and culture/performance topics.
- You bring hands-on experience with topics such as compensation models, performance frameworks, hiring processes, capacity
planning, and budget planning
- You have experience leading organizations through cultural transformation and broader change management, ideally including
mergers, acquisitions, or other high-change environments, and know how to guide people and leaders through uncertainty with
clarity and pragmatism
- You see leadership as a privilege and a responsibility, act as a servant leader, and enjoy making the people around you better
through feedback, mentoring, and active development
- You are highly structured, organized, and to the point, and know how to keep agendas, timing, preparation, and follow-through
on track
- You bring strong executive presence and are comfortable representing the People function in leadership settings, facilitating
focused discussions, holding senior stakeholders accountable, and pushing back when needed
You bring an entrepreneurial mindset and focus on getting things done rather than only raising risks
You are an exceptional communicator in German and English (C1+)
HOW WE TAKE CARE OF YOU:
- 🚀 Compensation package: We offer you a competitive salary, based on your experience and the value-add you bring to
lemon.markets.
- 🕑 Flexible working hours: We trust people to choose when they work best and avoid a rigid 9 to 5 mindset. You decide on the
rhythm that helps you do your best work, with only shared core hours from 12:00 to 16:00 to support collaboration.
- 🏢 Hybrid work setup: You can work from anywhere in Germany within a hybrid model. At the same time, in-person collaboration is
a key part of our culture. That being said, leadership lemoneers spend 7 days or more per month on-site in our Berlin office,
spending quality time together with the team at events, onsites/offsites or over team dinners.
- 📈 Grow with us: We take your personal development seriously! You’ll get regular mentorship and stretch opportunities, a clear
career development framework with frequent feedback conversations as well as an annual learning budget.
- 🌱 People & culture: You’ll feel our culture in the small things, like Polaroids from our lemoneers’ first day and our monthly
new-joiner breakfasts. But also in the bigger things, like celebrating the onboarding of new partners or our annual offsites,
where the whole company comes together to connect, reflect, and celebrate.
- 💛 Perks & benefits: We choose benefits that add actual value. We sponsor a Deutschlandticket for employees on unlimited
contracts, plus 50% off on Beatvest - our partner for financial education and investing.
- 🏝 Workation: Get out of here! At lemon.markets you can work remotely from anywhere in the EU for up to 10 consecutive days at
a time, and up to 60 days per year in total.
As an equal opportunity employer, lemon.markets is committed to building an inclusive workplace. The company welcomes people from
all different backgrounds, including age, citizenship, ethnic and racial origins, gender identities, individuals with
disabilities, marital status, religions and ideologies, and sexual orientations to apply.
If you feel this role could be a great match for you even if you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you, please
apply.
You have any questions? Feel free to contact us via talent@lemon.markets.com
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VP People (f/m/d)
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Publicerad
3 juli
Sista ansökningsdag
23 augusti
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