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Cigna Healthcare
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Our summary
- Work mode
- Hybrid, Madrid
- Contract
- Full-time
- English
- Required
- Benefits
- Private health insurance
Visa options
The ad doesn’t mention sponsorship
Not a refusal, but not a yes. Worth asking in your first message.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Law, or a related field.
- Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, or in a comparable broad HR role.
- Strong knowledge of Spanish employment law and HR best practices.
- Experience supporting employee populations in regulated sectors such as healthcare, insurance, financial services, or a similarly compliance-focused environment.
- Fluent Spanish and English, both written and spoken, is essential.
- Strong stakeholder management, relationship-building, communication, and influencing skills.
- Experience leading people-related projects and supporting organisational change.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and sound judgement.
- A proactive, adaptable, collaborative, and solution-focused mindset.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience using Workday, reporting tools and employee data management is highly valued.
- Curiosity for innovation and interest in emerging HR technologies, including AI-enabled solutions.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
Why You'll Love Working Here
- Competitive salary and attractive benefits package.
- Multicultural and hybrid working environment.
- Private Medical Insurance.
- Employee Wellbeing Benefits.
- Educational Development Programme.
- Exposure to strategic HR, transformation, and AI-awareness initiatives.
- The opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a leading global healthcare organisation.
The role
Human Resources Business Partner (Madrid)
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced and adaptable Human Resources Business Partner to join our HR team in Spain.
This position offers a distinctive combination of operational HR partnership and strategic project delivery. The role will focus on supporting a defined employee population in a highly regulated environment, providing trusted guidance to employees and managers while ensuring alignment with Spanish/EU employment legislation, internal policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Strategic HR initiatives that enhance employee experience, strengthen manager capabilities, foster engagement, and contribute to organizational transformation, are also fundamental part of the role.
You will work with a highly diverse employee population, from contact center and customer operations teams to healthcare professionals and medical specialists. Success in the role requires cultural agility, sound judgement, empathy, and the ability to adapt your communication style to different audiences.
As part of both the EU and global HR teams, this role offers the opportunity to collaborate closely with HR colleagues across Europe and contribute to broader global initiatives.
What you'll do
You'll Be Responsible For
- Acting as the primary HR partner for assigned business areas and providing support throughout the employee lifecycle.
- Advising managers and employees on employee relations, performance management, organisational change, workforce planning, and other people-related matters.
- Ensuring compliance with Spanish employment legislation, internal policies, and relevant regulatory requirements.
- Managing employee information, transactions, reporting, and HR processes through Workday.
- Collaborating with HR Centres of Excellence and Shared Services teams to deliver a consistent, high-quality employee experience.
- Leading and supporting employee engagement initiatives and related action plans.
- Designing or coordinating manager education and capability-building programmes.
- Supporting internal communication initiatives that strengthen organisational culture and employee connection.
- Coordinating local inclusion and compliance initiatives.
- Promoting awareness of AI, responsible adoption, and practical use cases across the workforce.
- Identifying opportunities to simplify HR processes, improve data quality, strengthen controls, and enhance operational efficiency.
- Supporting broader HR transformation and change management initiatives across a highly diverse, multicultural and talented workforce.
What You'll Bring to the Role
About Cigna Healthcare
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourselfEMEA@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourselfEMEA@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.
About Cigna Healthcare
Cigna Healthcare Spain (Cigna Salud) is the Spanish health insurance operation of the global Cigna group. It sells health insurance to individuals and companies in Spain, including products such as Cigna Salud Plena, reimbursement plans (Reembolso Gold and Titanium), dental coverage, and complementary benefits, alongside prevention and wellbeing programs (Cigna +Salud). Its Spanish site states the group is present in 30 countries, serves more than 190 million insured people worldwide, and has more than 70,000 employees.
- Industry
- Health Insurance
- Employees
- 70,000+
- In Spain
- Madrid, Barcelona
Good to know if you are moving
- Cigna's Spanish operation works from offices in Madrid and Barcelona and serves customers across Spain.
- In Spain Cigna has three business lines: health insurance for individuals, for companies, and for expatriate employees.
- Cigna offers international health plans for expatriates with defined coverage areas and an international medical network (CignaLinks), plus an insured portal (Cigna Envoy).
- Customer-facing roles in Spain include multilingual positions such as Italian, French, German and Portuguese-speaking customer service and provider inquiries representatives.
- The global group reports presence in 30 countries, more than 190 million insured customers, and more than 70,000 employees; its Spanish site displays a Great Place to Work badge.
In their own words
About the company & team
About Cigna Healthcare
Cigna Healthcare is a global health service company dedicated to transforming healthcare. With roots in the U.S. and operations in over 30 countries, we serve more than 180 million customers and patients worldwide.
Our mission is to improve the health, well-being, and peace of mind of those we serve.
Join our globally recognized brand, where trust, communication, and a positive culture are at the core of everything we do. Our leadership is consistent, approachable, and supportive, helping to foster well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance.
At Cigna, you will be part of a purpose-driven team that values innovation, inclusion, compassion, and impact. Grow with us and help shape the future of healthcare.
About Cigna Healthcare
Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the healthcare system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Additional information
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email SeeYourselfEMEA@cigna.com for support. Do not email this address for an update on your application or to provide your resume, as you will not receive a response.
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