Senior Manager Human Resources Western Europe

  • Location

    Lisboa

  • Employment level

    Direct entry

  • Function

    HR

  • Working time

    Full time

  • Publishing date

    08-19-2026

  • Application deadline

    09-15-2026

Are you passionate about driving people strategies, building high-performing teams, and making a real impact across international HR landscapes? We’re looking for a Senior Manager Human Resources (m/f/diverse) to shape the future of our group in Western Europe.

Are you passionate about driving people strategies, building high-performing teams, and making a real impact across international HR landscapes? We’re looking for a Senior Manager Human Resources (m/f/diverse) to shape the future of our group in Western Europe.

Tasks

What you'll do? 

  • Lead & Advise: Consult on Compensation & Benefits and Recruiting Services, and support strategic initiatives like restructuring, integration, and start-ups
  • Team Leadership: Functionally manage and mentor an HR team across countries and group units
  • Drive Excellence: Improve HR processes, promote cross-divisional collaboration, and maintain high standards in line with LGBS and LH Group policies
  • Be the Go-To Expert: Serve as the main contact for business partners on HR Services & Process Excellence
  • Oversee Partners: Manage service providers (e.g., Payroll, Global Mobility, Legal)

Behind the scenes

Ready to elevate your career?

Join our HR team as Senior Manager Human Resources! Lead regional HR strategy, drive innovation, and make a real impact. Be part of a world-class team - apply now and shape the future of aviation with us! 

Requirements

What We’re Looking For?

  • Master’s degree (or equivalent), or Bachelor’s degree plus vocational aeronautical training ("LVK")
  • 5+ years’ management experience in a complex, cross-functional, virtual HR environment
  • Or: Vocational training (3 years) plus additional HR qualification (1–2 years) and 7–8+ years’ professional HR experience
  • Outstanding English communication skills, written and verbal
  • Exceptional diplomacy, negotiation, and effective communication abilities
  • Intercultural awareness; comfortable in diverse, international teams
  • Strong analytical mindset and creative problem-solving skills
  • Thinking and acting as part of the LH Group and the various BO communities
  • Expertise in Collective and Works Agreements highly valued
  • Solid background in Labour Law and Industrial Relations preferred
  • Familiarity with SAP HR and MS Office
  • Project management skills
  • Basic Psychology and Human Resource Management is appreciated

 

Please note: You must currently have unrestricted, indefinite work eligibility in Portugal. 

Company

About Lufthansa Group Business Services GmbH

We offer shared services worldwide for the entire Lufthansa Group in the areas of Finance, Business Intelligence & Transformation, Human Resources, Procurement and IT as well as Occupational Safety and Medical Services, which we provide or manage ourselves. Our primary goal: professionalism. We achieve this on the one hand by harmonising and standardising processes and on the other hand by continuously increasing their efficiency and effectiveness. In doing so, we see ourselves as a protagonist in digitalisation, as well as in the use and dissemination of the latest technologies, for example in the area of business process automation. As an internationally operating company, we are represented at locations in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Delhi, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Krakow, Manila, Mexico City, New York City and Vienna and manage business process outsourcing (BPO) providers at home and abroad.
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