Title: Head of People Operations & People Partnering
Salary: £110,000 – £135,000 + bonus & benefits
Location: Bristol, UK (2-3 days per week in office)
Employment type: 12 Month FTC, Mid July 2025 - end of August 2026 (possibility to extend)
Who Are They?
* An innovative, mission driven company in hyper-growth
* Led by a seasoned CEO
* They foster an open-door policy culture with transparency and direct feedback
The Role:
* A dynamic Head of People Partnering & People Operations to take them through their next stage of growth
* You will be leading a team of 5, with 3 direct reports, and will be reporting into the VP People
* This role will oversee the full organisation of 400 + employees and assist with growth plans
* Operating in a player/coach role, you will help partner the Executive teams across Operations and Core Functions
* The main stakeholder will be the COO and other members of the SLT
* You will also be overseeing the People Operations team
Key Challenges:
* Hyper-growth & talent strategy: expanding workforce by 100 in 2025, further 150 in 2026
* Building critical capabilities: Engineering growth & operational maturity
* Strong partnering and influencing ability: The COO is a key player and a seasoned ex CEO
* Culture & execution: The business is in need to embed recent initiatives and continue to improve on these, there is a great opportunity to be creative and innovative here
* Systems & automation: There are plans for AI/chatbot integration in 18 months—experience in ROI-focused tech rollouts preferred
* Process optimisation: Overhauling onboarding & internal mobility—ensuring hiring isn’t the only growth lever
* Leadership development: Strengthening leadership programs
* Talent movement: Collaborating with TA to create internal mobility pathways
* Driving performance across the organisation: Changing performance enablement process to be more pointed, implementing new career levelling
* Team development: Focus on coaching, up skilling and performance management of the PP and POPs team
What Are We Looking For?
* Partnering: Strong strategic partnering experience partnering C-suite and wider senior leadership teams
* Leadership: Strong leader and coach of the team
* People Operations: Someone with the ability to take charge of, implement and improve tech/processes and prove ROI
* Approach: Consultative, high-challenge, strong coach, resilient, impact driven, data led with experience in fast paced, hands-on scaling tech businesses essential
* Sector: Engineering-led or Operations/Manufacturing background OR Pure Tech
Why This Role?
* Game-changing innovation: The Company is solving challenges in a way not seen for decades; it is an incredibly exciting organisation to be part of
* Industry potential: They are positioned to disrupt their industry in the same way fintech did to banking
* High-impact role: There is a huge opportunity to shape strategy, build scalable People functions, and drive culture in a fast-scaling company
* Creative & strategic: This isn’t just about maintaining processes – this person will be a part of a creative team coming up with solutions to build, improve, and innovate
Polite request:
Please apply through LinkedIn, I promise I will get back to you as quickly as I can! Please do not also email or message me directly on here, as it triples my workload and slows the response rate down for everyone. Thank you for your understanding!