People Partner

At BrightLocal, our mission is simple: empower businesses to grow locally.
We do this by making growth simple by removing the complexity of local search marketing, enabling local businesses to rise above their competitors and win new customers.
We turn data into action through AI-powered insights, expert guidance, and hands-on support that help businesses make the right decisions.
? About the Role
As our People Partner, you\’ll help our teams to thrive, building strong performance, meaningful development, and healthy, sustainable ways of working.
This role will play a key part in partnering with our newly created Sales Circle, as we explore new ways of organising work, while also flexing to support other teams as priorities shift.
It\’s a brilliant opportunity for someone who loves working close to the business, balancing commercial impact with care for people.
?? What you\’ll be doing
Turning our people strategy into real impact
Partner with the Head of People Experience to translate our People strategy into practical, high-impact actions.
Work closely with leaders and team members across Sales and other commercial teams.
Partnering with leaders and teams
Act as a trusted People Partner, with a primary focus on the Sales Circle.
Support leaders with: Performance and feedback, team health and engagement, change, growth, and evolving roles.
Provide clear, pragmatic guidance that strikes a balance between compliance and doing the right thing for people.
Performance, growth & accountability
Help BrightLocal build high-performing, sustainable teams through clear expectations and goals, regular 1:1s and feedback and meaningful development conversations.
Support career paths and progression for sales and customer-facing roles.
Coach leaders to manage performance confidently, fairly, and constructively.
Capability & development
Identify capability gaps early, particularly in fast-growing or high-pressure areas.
Design and deliver learning and development initiatives that support both individual growth and business needs.
Contribute to succession planning and talent development across BrightLocal, not just within one area.
Engagement, culture & ways of working
Own engagement initiatives, using feedback to drive real, visible improvements.
Support teams to balance pace and performance with wellbeing and sustainability.
Help embed BrightLocal\’s beliefs into how work gets done.
Insight, data & decision-making
Use people data, feedback, and insight to spot trends, risks, and opportunities.
Share insights in a way that helps leaders make better people decisions.
?? What We Offer
Salary:
Dependent on experience
Bonus:
Up to 20% (10% company + 10% team performance)
Hybrid working:
2 days a week in our Brighton office
Flexible hours:
******* hours per week considered
Holiday:
25 days +