Senior People Partner - Sales

SumUp empowers small businesses. We believe in creating technology that is flexible, affordable, and easy to use. Every day millions of people around the world dream of starting their own businesses. We help them do this. Our long-term goal is to close the loop by enabling businesses to turn transactions with customers into long term relationships. 

We’re looking for a Senior People Partner to support our Field Sales organisation in Europe. This role is key to one of SumUp’s most critical sales channels. You’ll partner with sales leaders to shape people processes, coach leaders, and use data to build a high-performing, engaged team.

✨ At SumUp, you’ll have the freedom to make a real impact—on our people, our business, and millions of small businesses across Europe.

The People Team

You’ll be part of SumUp’s global People Team—a community dedicated to attracting great talent, creating an exceptional employee experience, and supporting learning and growth across the business. Together, we’re building one of the best companies to work for in the world.

What you’ll do

• Partner with Field Sales leadership to align people strategies with business goals

• Design and deliver talent and performance programs that support growth and career development

• Drive engagement and belonging, building a strong team culture

• Coach leaders on people topics and guide organisational change

• Collaborate with People and Talent Acquisition teams to ensure the right people are in the right roles at the right time

• Use data and insights to inform decisions and shape the future of the team

You'll be great for this role if you have/are:

• Experienced as a Senior HR Business Partner, ideally in Field Sales or commercial organisations

• Strong track record in talent management, organisational development, and employee engagement

• Excellent coaching, communication, and influencing skills

• Analytical and data-driven, with strong problem-solving ability

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple stakeholders

• Collaborative, pragmatic, and passionate about helping people grow.

What makes you successful at SumUp

• Founder’s Mentality – purpose-driven, decisive, and accountable.

• Learning Mindset – collaborative, experimental, and open to feedback.

• Care for People – empathetic, humble, and transparent.

• Above all, you bring authenticity and your own personality to enrich our culture.

🌍 Why you should join SumUp

• 🌐 Opportunity to work with a truly global, multicultural team (3,000+ people from 93 countries across 4 continents).

• 💰 Competitive salary package & virtual stock option programme.

• 🎓 Learning & development budget for conferences and external training.

• 🏦 Corporate pension scheme, 25 days’ paid leave, and other great benefits.

• 🙌 A passionate, purpose-driven team that achieves incredible results together.

• 🎉 Regular breakfasts, team events, office parties & sports activities.

• 🌴 Break4me – 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service.

About SumUp

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love. 

SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.

SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.