Flutter UK & Ireland is looking for an Interim People Partnering Director on a 12 month secondment to partner the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and their leadership team. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you’ll lead a People Partnering and Employee Relations team of around 20 colleagues. You’ll shape a people agenda that drives commercial performance across our brands and retail estate, and you’ll be a member of the People Leadership Team. The role is based in Leeds, London or Dublin on a hybrid basis, with regular travel.
Location: Leeds, London (Hybrid), Dublin (2 days/hybrid). Regular travel required.
Type: Fixed Term Contract for 12 months duration
“If you are an internal candidate, please note that this opportunity will be processed in accordance with our internal secondment process. Further details will be provided by Talent Acquisition upon application.”
Your next move
If you believe the best work happens when people work well together, you’ll have the opportunity to do exactly that here. We’re looking for people who build strong relationships, value different perspectives and help those around them succeed. In this role, you’ll bring those qualities to the CCO function, where you’ll partner with the Chief Commercial Officer and their leadership team to deliver a people agenda that directly drives commercial performance across our portfolio of brands.
What you’ll take on
- Act as a trusted strategic advisor to the CCO and their leadership team, bringing a commercial lens to every people decision, coaching senior leaders on people, engagement and performance, and balancing the needs of a leadership team that spans multiple brands and central services.
- Build a deep understanding of how each brand and the wider portfolio perform commercially, translating business priorities into people plans, linking people metrics to commercial KPIs and managing people costs and risks, including headcount, labour and incentive costs.
- Build a CCO organisation for the future, covering organisation design, location strategy, talent and skills planning and our future retail estate, working closely with the UKI Change & Transformation Director and leading the people agenda for high turnover retail teams.
- Lead the Employee Relations centre of excellence alongside the Head of ER, managing risk, monitoring external ER developments and keeping our processes compliant, while embedding DE&I and our Safer Gambling philosophy into commercial ways of working.
- As a member of the People Leadership Team, help shape the UK & Ireland People Strategy and work with centre of excellence teams to build capability, reward high performance and retain critical talent, while leading and growing a highly regarded team of around 20 colleagues.
What you’ll bring
- Senior leadership experience partnering with commercial leaders in a fast paced, changing business, with a track record of delivering a people agenda that improves commercial performance, evidenced through commercial and people metrics.
- Strong commercial acumen and an understanding of how a business with a portfolio of brands works, including how brands, channels and P&Ls interact, with the confidence to use trading, financial and customer data to shape people decisions and challenge senior leaders.
- Experience leading people teams that support high turnover retail or comparable customer facing, shift based populations, with demonstrable impact on attrition, engagement and productivity.
- Strong change and project management experience, taking people strategy through to execution.
- Experience leading a team of people partners, with excellent communication at all levels and the ability to work across locations and cultures.
What you’ll get
We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. Our Benefits package includes;
- Self-Development fund
- Wellbeing fund
- Uncapped holiday allowance
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Discretionary annual performance bonus
- Paid volunteering time per year
- Enhanced parental leave
Flutter Entertainment (“Flutter”) is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, ensuring every candidate can participate fully and fairly. We welcome requests for adjustments at any stage of the hiring journey and throughout employment.
If we are unable to meet a requested adjustment, we will work with you to explore suitable alternatives and ensure a fair and supportive process. Our goal is to enable all individuals to thrive, removing barriers so they can reach their full potential.
Flutter
Flutter is the world’s #1 online sports betting and gaming operator and home to some of the UK and Ireland’s most recognisable brands, including Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Bet. We set the pace for our industry. And we’re always looking for what’s next.
Here, good ideas move fast. You’ll work with sharp people, solve problems at serious scale and be backed to challenge how things are done. Using our unmatched scale, we share ideas, tech and expertise across our brands and locations, turning great thinking into global impact.
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