HR Business Partner

About Vitestro

Founded in 2017 in Utrecht, Vitestro is pioneering the future of blood collection with the Aletta® Autonomous Robotic Phlebotomy Device™ (ARPD™). This groundbreaking medical device combines advanced multi-modal imaging (near-infrared, ultrasound, and Doppler ultrasound) with robotics and AI to perform the entire diagnostic blood draw procedure autonomously.

By addressing critical healthcare staffing shortages and improving patient experience, Vitestro is transforming one of the most common and essential medical procedures. With more than 90 team members and growing rapidly, we are scaling our impact. As we placed our first devices with customers, we are now expanding our team to ensure successful implementation and long-term reliability.

At Vitestro, we are committed to continuous innovation and improvement.

Join us as our HR Business Partner (0,8-1,0 FTE)

As an HR Business Partner at Vitestro you are well-positioned within the organization, confidently advising and supporting managers. You act as a strategic sparring partner to our managers and play a key role in driving Learning & Development, career pathing, and performance management across the organization. You move seamlessly between strategy and operations and thrive in a fast-changing scale-up environment. You maintain a strong presence in the business, actively engage stakeholders, and play a pivotal role in employee development, compensation and growth discussions, decision-making, and data-driven HR.

This role suits someone who is energized by stakeholder management, performance reviews, talent and career development, compensation topics, and working with data.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Review & Talent Management
You are responsible for setting up, executing, and continuously improving performance review cycles.
You actively support managers during performance and development conversations and ensure consistent application.
You analyze performance outcomes and translate insights into concrete actions.

Stakeholder Management & Advisory
You advise managers on performance, development, and organizational topics.
You balance interests and guide managers through HR decisions in a dynamic environment.
You act as the primary point of contact and strategic partner for managers.

HR Analytics & Excel
You work extensively with Excel and HR data to generate insights and scenarios.
You create analyses and reports (including performance, compensation, and headcount).
You leverage data to advise management and improve processes.

General HR & Organizational Development
You contribute to the further professionalization of HR within a growing scale-up.
You support, where needed, topics such as onboarding and employee experience.
You collaborate with and support HR and IT in optimizing HR systems and reporting.

HR Systems (HRIS)
You have experience with or an affinity for HRIS systems and work closely with HR and IT to optimize these systems for maintaining employee data and reporting.

Learning & Development (L&D)
You develop and implement learning and development strategies to enhance employee skills and growth.
You advise managers on the development needs and growth ambitions of their teams.

What you bring

• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in a similar HR role, preferably within a scale-up environment.

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in an HR Business Partner role within the Dutch employment law framework.

• Extensive experience with performance management and review cycles.

• Extensive experience coaching managers throughout performance review cycles.

• A BSc or MSc in a relevant field.

• Excellent command of English, Dutch is a plus.

• Demonstrable experience in Learning & Development.

• Strong Excel skills and experience with HR analytics.

• The ability to perform effectively in a fast-changing environment while maintaining a clear overview.

• Knowledge of HRIS systems, with the ability to translate this knowledge into practical improvements.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary including pension plan.

• 25 days of annual leave based on a full-time position. 

• Hybrid work model.

• Working together in a high-skilled team with our home base in Utrecht.

• Frequent out-of-work activities with our team, and annual company weekend away.

• Annual training budget of €2000,-.

• Opportunity to be key shaper of a new global industry niche: autonomous medical robotics.

We offer an environment where you can make a lot of impact, as you are joining a growing scale-up in MedTech. Our team of driven and talented colleagues enjoys solving the challenges in developing, manufacturing, and completing our breakthrough medical device. While working in an open culture, we strive for excellence in all domains. We believe in taking courage and like to challenge each other. We learn and teach, regardless of age, nationality or gender.

Are you excited?

We totally understand — so are we! By joining us, you can play an active role in shaping the future of healthcare. Ready to join our revolution? We’d love to hear from you.

We’re big fans of working from the office – this is where team spirit comes alive. At the same time, we offer flexibility, allowing up to two (out of 5) days of working from home for those who prefer it.

For recruitment agencies – we are currently happy with the way we manage our process and fill our vacancies with our own efforts. Consider this as an answer to your offering via email, call, LinkedIn, etc. – we do not require your support now! Thank you.