Our client is an ambitious and fast-growing pioneering music supervision company, known for creating soundtracks for film, fashion, and luxury brands worldwide. 

They are looking for a People & Culture Lead to join their Barcelona team. You will be at the heart of all people-related processes, ensuring contracts, compliance, performance, and culture initiatives run smoothly.

In this role, you’ll own HR processes end-to-end, from designing frameworks to managing reviews, hiring, and onboarding, while collaborating with Directors, team leads, and employees across all three business units. You’ll drive engagement, career development, and a thriving organizational culture. If this opportunity excites you, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Languages:

• Full professional level of English
• Full professional level of Spanish

Main Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of the People & Culture function, shaping and implementing HR strategy and processes independently
• Design and implement end-to-end HR processes, including hiring, onboarding/offboarding, salary frameworks, policies, and employee handbook across all business units
• Lead full-cycle recruitment, build talent pipelines, and develop relationships with music, tech, and creative industry networks
• Manage annual review cycles, quarterly check-ins, and guide feedback conversations to ensure continuous development and alignment
• Map career paths, identify growth opportunities, and drive engagement initiatives, team-building events, and company culture programs.
• Oversee payroll processing, leave tracking, benefits administration, bonus logistics, and liaise with Finance to optimise compensation structures
• Ensure legal compliance across contracts, collective agreements, immigration, data protection, harassment prevention, and occupational safety
• Partner with Directors and Finance to anticipate hiring needs, budget workforce growth, and maintain organisational effectiveness
• Serve as the first point of contact for employee queries, providing a trusted, confidential resource for professional and personal matters
• Operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment, managing multiple priorities and dynamic changes

Core Skills/experience:

• 3–5 years of hands-on HR experience, ideally as a generalist in a startup or high-growth environment
• Strong knowledge of Spanish labour law, collective agreements, compliance, and HR administration, including payroll
• Proven ability to build HR processes from scratch, including performance review cycles and people operations frameworks
• Fluent in Spanish and English, French is a plus
• Exceptional organisational skills, able to manage multiple priorities across creative, service, and tech teams
• High emotional intelligence, handling sensitive situations with discretion, empathy, and good judgment
• Comfortable using modern HR tech, Cloud platforms, and AI tools to optimize processes and productivity
• Experience in music, entertainment, creative, or tech industries is a plus

What's on offer:

• Competitive salary: Proportionate to experience and track record
• One-site work model
• Premium private health insurance: Fully comprehensive (Sanitas)
• 22 days holiday per year
• Cultural access: Concerts, industry events, and cultural experiences as part of life at the company
• Collaborative International team: Growing from 25 to 35, united by a shared obsession with music and craft
• A Mission that matters: The chance to build the people function of a company, defining the future of music licensing
• A world-class work environment: Our Barcelona headquarters, home to in-house studios and production facilities

Our recruitment process?:

• Step 1: Interview with Babel Recruiter to get to know you better
• Step 2: Interview with the COO
• Step 3: Interview with the Finance & Operations Manager
• Step 4: In-person interview with the CEO, the Music Supervisor, and the Head of Creative Services