Senior HR Business Partner

At Saga, we're building the intelligence that helps lawyers think faster, work smarter, and stay in control of their craft. We are a global team brought together by the belief that technology should serve people, not replace them. That belief shapes how we build our product, how we work together, and how we grow as a company. As we scale across countries and teams, culture becomes even more important. How we lead, how we learn, and how people experience working here will define our success just as much as our technology. That is why we are opening a leading people role at the heart of our organisation.

Your role as Senior HR Business Partner
You will architect the people infrastructure that enables Saga to grow without losing what makes us special. You work where business strategy meets human experience, partnering with the CEO and management team to translate ambitious company goals into actionable people strategies, then building the structures and practices that bring them to life. You are equally comfortable challenging leadership on difficult decisions and coaching managers through everyday complexities. This role requires someone who can hold tension well, between moving fast and building right, between business needs and individual growth, between consistency and flexibility. You see trade-offs clearly and make decisions that serve both the company and its people. This position is structured to evolve into a Head of People & Culture role as the organization matures quickly.

• Build the HR infrastructure that scales with Saga: establish our people & culture roadmap, design our annual people cycles, and create performance frameworks that drive growth

• Partner with our leadership team on organizational design, workforce planning, compensation strategy, and people decisions that shape the business

• Set up and refine the operational foundations: international payroll structures, salary frameworks, role architecture, and the systems that support a remote-first organization across time zones

• Develop managers into confident leaders who can build strong teams, have difficult conversations, celebrate wins and create environments where people get to do their best work

• Own core people processes end-to-end: recruitment, onboarding, performance management, compensation cycles, and skills development

• Navigate sensitive situations with care and clarity, from performance issues to organizational changes to employee relations matters

• Take full ownership of reporting, training, compliance, and creating a culture where people's wellbeing genuinely matters

Requirements

What you bring to our team

You are a builder who understands that great HR work requires both strategic thinking and operational excellence. You have created order from ambiguity before and know the difference between process that enables and process that constrains. You can read a room, challenge with respect, and make difficult calls when needed. You also bring:

• Substantial experience as an HR Business Partner or generalist in a fast-moving environment, you’ve built people foundations in international organizations experiencing growth and change

• Experience in designing people systems from first principles, you can assess what exists, identify what's missing, and create structures that scale

• Strong business acumen and fluency in navigating competing priorities, you connect people decisions to company outcomes and assess trade-offs

• Pragmatism and a genuine learning mindset. You are comfortable with technology and AI in your work

• The courage to have hard conversations, respectfully name what others avoid, challenge leadership thinking, and guide people through change

• You speak Norwegian and English, you can adapt your message to different audiences while maintaining warmth and clarity

• A bachelor's degree in HR, organizational psychology, business, or a related field

Why join SagaYou’ll join at a moment where the product is strong, but how we show it to the world is still being built. That means real ownership. Saga offers a rare opportunity to shape the people function at a company that values craft, autonomy, and human judgment. You will have real influence, direct access to leadership, and the mandate to build something meaningful. We also offer:

• A competitive base salary, aligned with your experience and local market standards

• Meaningful impact from day one, your work directly shapes how legal work is experienced and delivered in practice

• A high level of ownership and autonomy, with the trust to experiment, build, and push ideas forward

• A collaborative, design-driven environment where craft, quality, and thoughtful execution are genuinely valued

• Regular team lunches and Friday drinks at one of our social hubs, time to connect beyond day-to-day work

• A friendly, engaging team culture that values connection and collaboration.

• The opportunity to work alongside legal and product professionals building the future of legal work

• An international, English-speaking team, collaborating across cultures and perspectives every day

• A dedicated annual learning budget for conferences, courses, and development

Our process

If all this sounds like your kind of challenge, we’d love to hear from you.