Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
This is an exciting opportunity to build our People and Culture function from the ground up and shape how we hire, develop, and support our people as we grow.
About Us
We are a fast-growing AI startup that builds tools to help society withstand and adapt to security threats, natural disasters, extreme weather, and other risks. Our platform enables simulation, scenario planning, incident management, and early warning, and is used in environments where availability, robustness, and security are critical.
Responsibilities
- Build the foundation
- Set up the HR systems, tooling, and payroll we'll need as we grow, ensuring employee data is handled correctly and in line with GDPR.
- Hire and Onboard the team
- Own recruitment end to end, with talent acquisition as a key focus, and partner with managers on workforce planning and employer branding in a competitive AI market.
- Support managers and employees
- Handle employee relations and ensure compliance with Swedish employment law (LAS), collective agreements, and any related negotiations (e.g., MBL) where applicable.
- Own work-environment responsibility (arbetsmiljö), including preventive work and rehabilitation processes.
- Grow and reward our people
- Build compensation and benefits structures, including salary benchmarking and, where relevant, our options/equity program.
- Support performance management, employee development, and engagement initiatives.
Requirements
- Several years of broad, hands-on HR / people generalist experience, ideally including a standalone or sole-HR role.
- Experience in a startup or fast-scaling company.
- Good knowledge of Swedish employment law and core HR practices.
- Strong recruitment experience and a genuine interest in talent acquisition.
- The ability to prioritize across a broad range of responsibilities and work independently with a high degree of ownership.
- A pragmatic, hands-on approach, with the ability to balance strategic thinking with day-to-day execution.
- Fluent in Swedish and English.
Practicalities
- Location: This is an on-site role at our office in Stockholm, SE. We believe being together in person is part of what makes the culture and the build phase work, especially at this stage of our growth.
- Application deadline: 16 July. We review applications on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We Offer
- Competitive compensation and long-term upside in a company with strong growth and a clear public-benefit purpose.
- A flexible work environment with a broad mandate to make an impact, where you'll have the opportunity to build and develop the security function in close collaboration with management, product, and engineering.
Important Information
- For final candidates, we conduct an in-depth background check through an external provider. The role is subject to security clearance.
Why Join Us
You will shape the people function of an AI company at the most formative point in its growth - the systems, the culture, and the team you build will define how our next employees experience the company. You will have unusual ownership and visibility, work closely with leadership, and see the direct impact of your work every day. If you want a role where what you build genuinely matters, this is it.
About Ants
Our mission is to solve the prevailing shortage of IT-competence and thereby, play a central role within the increasing need of recruiting programmers and developers. Our strategy is to specialize in headhunting and roles that are difficult to recruit. This has led us to develop models for how to attract and engage the right candidates. With an agile approach, solid networks, and close cooperation with our customers, we are the market leaders within recruiting tech competence and provide our customers the conditions to continue growing.
Founded in 2008, we have over 50+ co-workers.