Priyanka Mukesh Schöneck
Head of People and Culture @alcemy
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WORK HISTORY
Head of People and Culture @alcemy
Berlin, DE
Strategic People & Organisation Advisor to founders and people leaders, shaping structure, culture, and long-term organisational design. • Experienced team leader, managing People, Operations, Talent Acquisition, and Office Management functions with reliability and ownership. • Trusted operator in early-stage startups, ensuring smooth day-to-day running of the company so founders can focus fully on product and growth. • Built and scaled the HR function at alcemy, establishing foundational people processes, operations workflows, and organisational infrastructure. • Partner closely with founders on organisational structure, workforce planning, reorganisations, and strategic headcount decisions. • Deeply connected with employees at all levels, fostering trust, clarity, and engagement across the organisation. • Strong advocate for mental health, diversity, inclusion, and neurodiversity, with experience designing awareness programs, support structures, and training for teams. • Designed and implemented meaningful Talent Evolution / Performance Management systems grounded in impact, clarity, and development rather than box-ticking. • Compensation & Benefits expert, including total compensation design, benchmarking, salary frameworks, and deep expertise in virtual stock options / VSOP structures. • Known for reliability, emotional intelligence, and building safe environments where people can thrive, especially in high-pressure startup environments.
EDUCATION
SUAS - A Schouten & Nelissen Company
Coaching
Alliance Francaise de Poona
Diploma in French/Business French, French Language and communication
Symbiosis center for distance learning
Post Graduate diploma in Human Resource management, HR
The Berlin School of Economics and Law
Master of Business Administration (MBA), European-Asian Management
Goethe Institute Pune
Diploma in German, German Language and communication
SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Cost and works accounting
Instituto Hispania
Diploma in Spanish, Spanish Language and communication
Zentralinstitut für Seeliche Gesundheit
Mental health first aider , Mental Health first aid
ABOUT PRIYANKA MUKESH SCHÖNECK
I am a People & Culture leader with overall experience working in early stage series A and B companies as well big corporations. My expertise involves partnering directly with company founders and managing directors to build scalable, human-centred as well as economically viable organisations.I’ve worked in fast-growing environments where I built HR foundations from the ground up, aligned people strategy with business needs, and supported leadership through complex organisational decisions.My work spans both strategic and operational areas:• Workforce planning & budgeting with founders• Performance & compensation strategy• Designing and implementing stock-option programs• Leading restructuring & sensitive organisational changes• Compliance, contract revisions & policy development• HR digitisation and process designI also collaborate closely with our extended freelance workforce — including lawyers, compensation specialists, and subject-matter experts — to ensure accuracy, compliance, and consistency across all people-related functions.I’m known for combining business acumen, structured thinking, and high emotional intelligence, allowing me to support leadership teams while keeping clarity, fairness, and operational excellence at the centre of everything I do.I thrive in environments where people, delivery, and strategy intersect, and I enjoy solving complex organisational challenges with practical, scalable solutions.
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