HR Manager lääketehtaaseen

Are you an experienced HR professional who enjoys partnering with leaders, driving people development, and ensuring smooth HR operations? Do you thrive in a practical role where strategic initiatives and day-to-day HR support go hand in hand? Our global aspiration for HR at NextPharma: HR is a trusted strategic partner, enabling people and business to thrive together. We foster inclusive leadership and encourage dialogue to create a culture of integrity, compliance, and quality. By enabling continuous learning and high performance, we empower our teams to improve people's quality of life through the products we make. Tampere ophthalmic manufacturing site is experiencing strong growth. It combines decades of pharmaceutical expertise with an inspiring transformation process that includes site expansion, new production lines and customer projects. We are now looking for a permanent HR Manager to join our team of three HR professionals and 350 employees and develop the operations together with us in the coming years. We offer you a responsible and challenging role close to people in the dynamic and international but regulated environment of a contract manufacturing company. This position provides a unique opportunity to broaden and deepen your HR expertise while contributing to the success of a growing organization. We offer employee benefits such as lunch, sports, culture & wellbeing benefits, leisure-time insurance, flexi hours and hybrid working (1-2 remote days per week). Your role and responsibilities: As HR Manager, you will serve as one of the key HR contacts for our Tampere organization, providing professional guidance and support across the entire employee lifecycle. You will have a broad responsibility area spanning HR operations, talent management, payroll administration, occupational health coordination, and employee engagement within a selected personnel group / departments. Acting as a trusted HR partner and advisor to managers and employees includes both dialogue / coaching and administrative routine tasks of HR management keeping the company’s day-to-day operations running and ensuring legal compliance Maintaining and Developing HR processes, systems, reporting, and data quality Coordinating payroll administration and supporting collective agreement interpretation with an external payroll accountant Managing the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment to onboarding and offboarding Supporting occupational health, work ability management, and career development across different career stages Collaborating with employee representatives and the site well-being team Driving employee engagement initiatives, internal personnel communication and personnel surveys We're looking for someone with: Several years of experience in a broad hands-on HR Manager role Master Degree in a relevant field Strong knowledge of Finnish employment legislation Understanding of payroll processes and HR systems Experience supporting leaders and managing employee relations matters Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills A proactive, service-oriented, and solution-focused mindset Fluency in Finnish and English Why join us? This is a great opportunity to take ownership of a diverse HR portfolio and work closely with leaders, collaborate with global HR colleagues, and make a visible impact on both people and business performance. Together we will continuously improve the HR practices of the site that has operated in Tampere for decades. Interested? We'd love to hear from you. Contact for more information: Head of HR Tampere Satu Särkkä [email protected] / +358 50 4877 0609 on Tuesday 20th Oct at 4-5 pm or on Friday 23rd Oct at 1-4 pm. Please submit your application via our website as soon as possible, but no later than 4th November, 2026. It is a replacement position. The start date is to be agreed upon. NextPharma Oy, Niittyhaankatu 20, Tampere. Apply now and join our Tampere HR team. #HRManager #HRJobs #PeopleAndCulture #Tampere #HRCareers #Leadership #Recruitment