📍 Barcelona · Hybrid · Leadership Team
Great companies are built by exceptional people.
At haddock, we're entering an exciting new stage of growth. We're scaling our teams, strengthening our leadership and building the organization that will take us to the next level.
We're looking for a Head of People to help us build a high-performance, AI-powered organization where exceptional talent can do the best work of their careers.
You'll work directly with our founders and Leadership Team to shape how we attract talent, develop leaders, manage performance and scale our culture.
We believe the future of People is about combining great human judgment with technology, automation and data to build smarter, faster and more effective organizations.
Your mission: help us build a company where great people can have an extraordinary impact.
haddock (Y Combinator W22) is building the AI-workforce for restaurants.
We help more than 2,500 restaurants across Spain and Portugal control their costs, improve their margins and automate their operations.
What started as a system to manage invoices, purchases and inventory is becoming an AI-powered platform where intelligent agents take care of repetitive operational work.
Our mission is simple: help restaurateurs build better businesses by saving time, reducing costs and increasing profitability.
We're building a company with the ambition to transform how the restaurant industry operates.
We're at an exciting stage of growth.
As we scale our Product, Engineering, AI, Customer Experience and Sales teams, we're also evolving how we attract, develop and support our people.
We want to take our People function to the next level: strengthening our hiring processes, developing great managers, building a high-performance culture and creating an exceptional employee experience.
We're looking for someone who can combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and help us build a People function that grows alongside the business.
This is an opportunity to have a direct impact on how haddock operates, develops talent and scales its culture.
You'll report directly to Pol Rosell, one of the co-founders, join the Leadership Team and help shape the next stage of our organization.
We believe AI can help us work smarter and spend more time on what matters most: people.
You don't need to be an AI expert, just curious, proactive and excited about using technology to make People better.
Hiring great people is one of our biggest priorities.
We want talented people to do the best work of their careers.
Great managers build great teams.
Our values — Extreme Ownership, Extreme Transparency, Disagree & Commit, Raise the Bar, Think Big and Love our Customer — guide how we work.
We measure success by the impact People has on the company.
Exceptional talent. We consistently attract, hire and retain high-performing people.
Stronger leadership. Our managers build better teams, develop talent and make effective decisions.
High performance. Everyone understands what's expected of them and receives the feedback and support needed to succeed.
AI-driven efficiency. Our People processes become faster, smarter and increasingly automated, without compromising employee experience.
Scalable organization. haddock grows while maintaining its culture, speed and operational excellence.
👉 You've scaled People in a fast-growing tech company. You know how to attract talent, develop leaders and build strong teams.
👉 You're a builder with a business mindset. You combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and connect People decisions to business results.
👉 You believe in high-performance teams. You set high standards, develop top talent and build a culture of ownership and accountability.
👉 You have strong judgment. You're comfortable challenging founders, coaching managers and navigating difficult conversations.
👉 You're curious about AI and technology. You enjoy experimenting with new tools and finding smarter, more efficient ways to work.
👉 You move fast and keep things simple. You prioritize impact over bureaucracy and take ownership of results.
👉 You know Spanish employment legislation, speak fluent Spanish and English, and can work from our Barcelona office three days per week.
🚀 Build something meaningful. You'll have the opportunity to shape the People function of a fast-growing technology company.
🎯 Real impact on the business. You'll report directly to Pol, one of our co-founders, join the Leadership Team and influence some of the most important decisions we make as a company.
👥 Lead and develop your own team. You'll have the opportunity to build a strong People organization that supports our next stage of growth.
📈 Grow with the company. We're looking for someone with the ambition and potential to take on greater responsibility as haddock scales.
☯️ Flexible working. Three days per week in the office and two days working remotely.
💰 Competitive compensation. Fixed salary, with variable compensation and stock options under consideration.
🧘 Benefits. Access to private health insurance and Wellhub through our benefits partners.
We move fast and communicate openly. We want to get to know you, understand how you think and give you a clear picture of the challenges ahead.
A first conversation to get to know you, understand your background, motivations and expectations, and share more about haddock and the role.
You'll prepare and present your proposed People strategy for your first three months.
We want to understand how you prioritize, make decisions and approach scaling our People function, including how you'd use AI and automation to improve efficiency.
You'll present your proposal to the Leadership Team.
A conversation about our values, leadership, decision-making and how we work together. We want to understand how you think, what drives you and how you'd contribute to haddock's culture.
We'll speak with people you've worked with to better understand your impact, leadership style and track record.
We're looking for someone who believes that great people, strong leadership and a culture of high performance are the foundations of a great company.
Someone who enjoys building, challenging the status quo and finding smarter ways to work.
If you're excited about helping exceptional people thrive and shaping how a fast-growing company scales, we'd love to meet you.
Apply now.
haddock is a software that helps restaurateurs to have better cost control in their businesses. Thanks to AI, the platform needs a photo of the invoice or delivery note to digitize all their information. Not only is this data displayed on a dashboard, but also is used to notify of price variations, create dynamic bills of materials, which are updated with the latest purchase price of their products, and detect errors between invoices and delivery notes. Moreover, their POS can be connected to the platform so that restaurateurs can have their margin always updated and, ultimately, have a global vision of their business in an all-in-one platform.
