People Strategy Consultant

Create impact where decisions are made

As a People Strategy Consultant at Effectory you will work directly with CHROs, executives and leadership teams to turn employee feedback into strategic business decisions.

You help organizations tackle challenges related to leadership, culture, organizational effectiveness and transformation by combining people insights with business context. As a trusted advisor and challenger you build influential relationships across customer organizations, challenge assumptions and help leaders align people strategy with business priorities.

Together with Sales, Customer Success and Key Account Management, you drive long-term customer value and organizational impact across Mid-Market and Enterprise organizations in the Benelux.

About Effectory

Effectory is Europe's leading employee feedback solution. With our platform, HR and management collect employee feedback throughout the employee journey. This feedback is transformed into people analytics that informs strategies to boost productivity, engagement and retention. Built on 30 years' experience, our 200 specialists in Amsterdam and Munich support more than 1.200 organisations in 70+ countries. Now more than ever, HR is an integral part of business strategy - which is why our feedback solution is tailor-made for strategic HR. 

Our mission

We are dedicated to improving the working world by giving employees a voice and making sure their feedback has an impact. Our experts work with HR teams and managers around the world, using employee feedback to overcome some of their biggest people-oriented challenges. From software engineers to HR specialists, every day Effectory’s people work to improve the working world, and we are looking for talented individuals who also want to be part of this mission.

What you’ll be doing

• Advise senior stakeholders on organizational development, leadership and strategic people challenges.

• Translate employee feedback into meaningful insights and recommendations.

• Facilitate discussions and presentations with executive and board-level audiences.

• Build and expand relationships across customer organizations and stakeholder networks.

• Challenge leaders, uncover blind spots and create alignment between people strategy and business priorities.

• Work closely with Account Executives, Customer Success Managers and Key Account Managers to drive customer impact, retention and growth.

• Identify opportunities to deepen strategic partnerships and increase customer value.

Requirements

What you'll bring

• 4–6 years of experience in organizational development, consulting, HR advisory or a similar field.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

• Experience working with senior leaders and executive audiences.

• Ability to turn customer strategy into tangible deliverables through employee listening.

• Excellent presentation and communication skills.

• A challenger mindset and the confidence to influence strategic decision-making.

• Commercial awareness and a proactive mindset.

• Fluent Dutch and professional English.

What we offer

• Competitive base salary + holiday allowance and company bonus.

• A highly experienced team of consultants and customer growth professionals.

• The chance to create meaningful impact in boardrooms across a wide range of industries.

• 25 days annual leave + 4 company-wide cool-down days, your birthday off, and a day off to move house. And the option to purchase extra holidays.

• Full additional parental leave for partners.

• Flexible working hours (7am–7pm), hybrid working model, and up to 4 months working from abroad.

• Commuter and work-from-home allowance + budget to set up your home office.

• Pension and access to financial advice.

• Annual Body & Mind budget for anything that energises or relaxes you.

• Personal learning budget + extensive internal development opportunities.

• Yearly Summer School & Winter School.

• Annual events: Winter Party, Summer Party & the legendary Big Day.

• A hot lunch made by our in-house chef at our Amsterdam office.

• A week of fun and interactive onboarding to get to know Effectory and your new colleagues.

• A sabbatical once every 5 years.

• A volunteer day to support a cause you care about.

 
This Is How It Works

1. You want this job — submit your application

1. We're intrigued — join a phone call to introduce yourself and ask questions

1. We think it went well — we meet live (or on video) to get to know each other better

1. We like each other even more — you meet potential team members and get a pleasant grilling

1. We want to see you in action — you complete a case or assessment (if applicable)

1. The final hurdle — we agree on terms, sign, and you start

We want to be part of creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive world of work. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we'd still really like to hear from you.