People Experience & AI Specialist Job Details | cegalgroup

Cegal is growing to become a leading global technology company for the energy industry, on an ambitious journey to scale in the UK and globally. As our new People Experience & AI Specialist, UK, you’ll lead and deliver the UK People agenda. You’ll shape employee experience, support leaders, and modernise how we work with systems, data, and AI during a period of rapid growth and change. This is a key role in our growth journey — working closely with the UK Managing Director and leadership team, and reporting to the Manager PE Operations & AI in Norway, collaborating across countries and functions.

About the role

Based in our London office, you will serve as the primary People Specialist for our UK organisation, supporting its expansion into the Netherlands and Africa. In this role, you’ll blend strategic partnership with hands‑on ownership. As People Experience & AI Specialist, UK, you’ll lead and evolve the UK People agenda — supporting immediate business needs while enabling long‑term growth. We’re on a transformation journey, strengthening systems, refining processes, and using People Analytics and AI to modernise how we work. You’ll help make People Experience more scalable, data‑driven, and future‑ready — building structure, improving workflows, driving automation, and influencing stakeholders at every level.

Key responsibilities

• Continuously improve the end-to-end employee lifecycle (onboarding, transfers, promotions, offboarding, and organisational changes).
• Drive standardisation, optimisation and automation of HR processes to ensure scalability and efficiency.
• Maintain accurate employee records and HR documentation, including the Employee Handbook and local policies.
• Ensure all HR processes and decisions comply with UK employment law.
• Leverage HR systems (SAP SuccessFactors or similar) to optimise workflows, data quality and reporting.
• Contribute to developing more digital and AI‑supported ways of working within People Experience.

Partner to the Business

• Act as the trusted People specialist to the UK Managing Director and leadership team.
• Hold overarching responsibility for shaping and delivering the UK People Experience agenda in alignment with global frameworks.
• Support complex organisational change, including restructuring, integrations and growth initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with the global People Experience team to ensure consistency and continuous improvement across countries.

Culture, Development, Values & Change

• Support the rollout and embedding of new company values in the UK, translating them into behaviours, systems and people practices.
• Partner with leaders to build a strong, inclusive and performance‑oriented culture aligned with our global ambitions.
• Proactively challenge and coach leaders and colleagues where needed, strengthening accountability and decision‑making.

About you

You are a confident, systems‑oriented HR professional who enjoys building, improving and futureproofing how HR operates - comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels. You are not looking for a traditional HR role - as you are motivated by developing processes, implementing structure, leveraging technology and continuously refining the way things are done. You see opportunities for automation, scalability and smarter use of data.

We imagine you bring:

• 5+ years’ experience in HR Operations / HR Business Partner roles
• Experience within AI and emerging technologies within HR
• Experience from an operations role within a global, multi‑matrix organisation
• Strong, up‑to‑date knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices
• Proven experience supporting organisational change, such as restructuring, integrations or scaling environments
• Solid experience with HRIS (SAP SuccessFactors or similar) and a structured, systems‑driven mindset
• Experience using data and analytics to influence business decisions
• Demonstrated ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders constructively
• A flexible, dynamic and resilient approach - comfortable with ambiguity and growth

Preferred (but not required)

• CIPD Level 5 – HR generalist with established experience
• CIPD Level 7 – strategic HR professional

Why us?

At Cegal – You matter. Because of who you are and the impact you make! You will be seen, respected, and able to bring your whole self to work - while your ideas, decisions and actions make a meaningful difference to the team you are part of, the solutions we deliver and the clients we serve. You take pride in being accountable, and so do we. Here, you’ll own your work, can communicate openly, and help turn complexity into digital success stories. That’s what being a Fuss Fighter is all about.

As tech and energy sectors are rapidly evolving, your ability to be proactive and innovative will be tested and valued. At Cegal, you’ll help us stay ahead by anticipating needs, exploring new technologies, and taking initiative before challenges arise - driving progress rather than reacting to it. We welcome opportunities to challenge our assumptions, share knowledge, and draw on diverse perspectives to create smarter, more creative solutions.

What’s in it for you?

• Career paths - Advance your career with trainee programs, mentorship, growth dialogue.
• Influence - Ideal company size - global impact, yet stand out and make a difference
• Professional growth – Benefit from a training budget and dedicated time for learning and growth, while enjoying access to digital courses and our very own certification centre.
• Fun at work - 870+ employees, 20+ social clubs, including football, game nights, wine tasting, and company trips.
• Technology - We are passionate about new tech. Test the latest technologies and learn how to implement them in real‑world scenarios.
• Work‑life balance - Enjoy a supportive and flexible work environment that enables you to thrive both professionally and personally.
• Diversity - support diversity in the tech industry through our Women at Cegal network and our platinum partnership with the Oda Network.

Location: London (with occasional travel to Aberdeen)

Questions? Contact the hiring manager Maria Zerguelidi Lunde, Manager PE Operations & AI, maria.lunde@cegal.com or Adelaida Ures Sævild, Recruitment and Development Specialist, Adelaida.saevild@cegal.com.

This is a direct company recruitment. We will not accept applications or candidates via employment agencies. As a candidate you will need to have a valid working visa for the UK. Cegal does not sponsor visas. Finalist candidates will be asked to consent to a background check according to our security routines. We will ask all candidates to disclose potential ties to high‑risk and sanctioned countries.

Want to know more about these and other benefits? Visit our careers page: https://www.cegal.com/en/careers/working-at-cegal

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