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Head of People Partnering & People Operations

Hybrid

Bristol, United kingdom

£ 135,000 /year

Freelance

14-04-2025

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Job Specifications

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!

About the Company

We partner with growing tech companies, helping them scale by connecting them with exceptional People and Operations leaders. Our team has built a network of super talented CPOs, COOs and Chiefs of Staff within VC backed businesses from Series A to IPO, as well as within PE-backed companies. Our process is extremely selective, and we only work with the best. We assess talent based on impact. We hire at C-Suite, as well as VP and Head-Of level. Know more