Tecan Schweiz AG

Junior HR BP / HR Project Specialist

📍 8708 Männedorf

Role and responsibilities

As Junior HR BP/HR Project Specialist you will support the Head Strategic People Partnering and HR HQ in delivering key HR projects and strategic business partnering deliverables. This 16-month fixed-term assignment combines project work with generalist HR responsibilities – ideal for someone who works in a structured way, takes ownership, and thinks about HR holistically. It offers deep insight into strategic HR work in a globally active life sciences company.

HR Projects & Strategic Business Partnering Support (approx. 70%)

Contribute to global and local HR projects and initiatives (e.g., organizational design, HR process improvements, change support) Prepare HR deliverables linked to strategic business partnering, such as business reviews, townhall materials, divisional HR presentations, decision papers, and communication documents Project planning and tracking: milestones, action logs, risks, status reports Prepare and follow up on workshops, steering committees, and stakeholder meetings Compile HR KPIs and people analytics (e.g., fill grades, attrition, pulse survey results)

HR Generalist (approx. 30%)

Advise and support line managers on operational HR matters across the employee lifecycle, in coordination with the responsible HR Business Partners Support recruiting and onboarding processes Draft contracts, agreements, and HR documents Act as interface to HR Services, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, and Centers of Expertise

Team / description

Join Tecan! Join the market leader! Work in an international and dynamic environment, share our success! At Tecan we are driven to improve people’s lives and health. We do this by empowering our customers to scale healthcare innovation globally from life science to the clinic. We collaborate with our customers from early-stage innovation through project implementation and beyond. We deliver the products, services and solutions that make lab processes and medical procedures precise, reproducible and compliant. Our values - trust, highest standards and ambition - are the cornerstones of our business and provide the framework for Tecan's culture. We foster a positive and empowering environment where our rarest assets, our unique employees, can grow and bring their passion and talent to work.

Qualifications and Skills

  • Completed education with further qualification in HR (e.g., Swiss federal diploma in HR, CAS/Bachelor's degree in HR or Business Administration)

  • 3–5+ years of experience as an HR Generalist, ideally in an international, matrix-organized environment

  • Experience contributing to or leading HR projects

  • Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills; confident working with HR systems (e.g., SAP SuccessFactors, Workday)

  • Strong interest to push AI for HR usage

  • Good knowledge of Swiss employment law; interest in international HR topics

  • Excellent written and spoken English and German

  • Structured, independent, and service-oriented way of working with a high level of discretion

  • Available at short notice or within a reasonable timeframe for a 16-month assignment