Codeway
Tech / AI / Software
HRBusinessPartner,EducationVertical
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“HR Business Partner, Education Vertical at Codeway. Skills: HR Business Partner, Compensation, Performance Management, Manager Coaching. Act as a strategic advisor to business leaders, with a focus on elevating management practices, driving compensation excellence, and shaping people strategy. Play a key role in building scalable, high-quality HR foundations”
What You'll Achieve.
Elevating management practices; Driving compensation excellence; Shaping people strategy; Building scalable, high-quality HR foundations; Strengthening performance and salary review processes; Ensuring consistent, data-driven execution across the employee lifecycle; Raising the overall quality of leadership across the organisation; Ensuring fairness, consistency, and calibration across teams; Improving effectiveness, engagement, and long-term scalability
Industry & Context.
Use data and insights to challenge decisions, identify gaps, and propose actionable improvements across people initiatives
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3-5 years of experience in an HR Business Partner or HR generalist role, ideally in fast-paced, high-growth environments, Solid experience in compensation, salary reviews, and performance management processes, Proven ability to coach and challenge managers, with a clear point of view on what good looks like in people management, business acumen and ability to influence senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility, Hands-on, proactive, and comfortable operating with a high level of autonomy and ownership, Agile, flexible, and able to execute with a hands-on mindset in a high-growth, evolving environment, Fluency in English and Turkish, Based in Barcelona or willing to relocate to Barcelona
Nice to Have
Spanish is a plus, Experience working in international or multi-location teams is a plus
What You'll Do.
Act as a strategic advisor to business leaders
with a focus on elevating management practices
driving compensation excellence
and shaping people strategy
Play a key role in building scalable
high-quality HR foundations
Strengthen performance and salary review processes
Partner closely with HR Operations to ensure consistent
data-driven execution across the employee lifecycle
Partner with leaders to translate business strategy into clear people priorities
with a focus on manager effectiveness
Support coordination across locations
Align vertical HR practices with HQ guidelines
Contribute to and shape the HQ agenda by extracting best practices from the vertical
Build and embed best practices for managers: performance conversations
raising the overall quality of leadership across the organisation
Own and continuously improve performance and salary review cycles
and calibration across teams
Drive and evolve compensation & benefits practices: benchmarking
and decision-making guidelines
Act as a coach and thought partner to managers
supporting them in complex situations
developing their leadership capabilities
and holding a high bar for people management
Lead complex employee relations topics with a balanced
and compliant approach
Collaborate closely with HR Operations to ensure policies
and data are scalable
Use data and insights to challenge decisions
and propose actionable improvements across people initiatives
Proactively identify organisational needs and drive initiatives that improve effectiveness
and long-term scalability
Help shape people practices that work effectively across our Barcelona and Istanbul teams
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work directly with the Education Vertical CEO and business leaders; Staying closely connected with our Istanbul office and teams to ensure alignment across locations; Work closely with Codeway's HQ HR Team; Collaborate closely with HR Operations
Communication Scope
Influence senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility
Full Job Description
## Description About Codeway Codeway is a global consumer tech company with more than 400M users worldwide. Since 2020, we’ve built and scaled 60+ mobile apps across creativity, productivity, wellness, language learning, and entertainment. Our flagship apps — Retake AI, Cleanup, Learna, and DramaPops — and many of them lead their categories globally. In 2024, we became the most downloaded app publisher on iOS, driven by cutting-edge AI research, sharp data-driven execution, and a relentless focus on product and marketing. We’re a team of 300+ people across İstanbul and Barcelona who bring curiosity, passion, trust, and ownership to everything we build. Recognized as a #1 LinkedIn Top Startup and a Great Place to Work in Europe, Codeway is where ambitious people do their life’s best work. We’re building the next generation of consumer tech and reimagining what mobile apps can be. This is Codeway. This is our way. Join us. About the Role Codeway's Education Vertical is on a mission to build the next generation of education products and help democratize learning with AI. We believe AI will fundamentally reshape how people learn, and we're building the team that will shape what that future looks like. Our flagship app Learna recently claimed the #1 spot among worldwide education apps in terms of downloads, with a few other exciting EdTech apps already scaling and several stealth projects in the pipeline. We're already a team of 80+ people running at $100M+ ARR with tremendous year-over-year growth, and we have ambitious plans to scale from here. It's one of the most exciting verticals to work in within the powerhouse that Codeway is today. As an HR Business Partner for the Education Vertical, you will act as a strategic advisor to business leaders, with a strong focus on elevating management practices, driving compensation excellence, and shaping people strategy. This is a role based in our new Barcelona HQ, working directly with the Education Vertical CEO and bus
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