VP People in London

About The Role

At Fleek, People is a growth function. You will build, develop, and retain exceptional teams in an AI-enabled company operating across multiple geographies. This role reports directly to the Co-Founder and CEO and sits on the senior leadership team.

What You'll Own

• Design and implement Fleek's operating system: ways of working, communication architecture, and decision-making frameworks across London, Karachi, Bangalore and beyond.
• Build the people function: org design, levelling, compensation philosophy, performance management, and the full employee lifecycle.
• Own talent density: set the hiring bar, invest in development, and build performance standards that make every person at Fleek a 10x version of themselves.
• Drive cultural coherence across three geographies with different working norms, expectations, and communication styles.
• Coach the founding team on people decisions, organisational design, and leadership development.
• Build an AI-native people function: use AI to create leverage across every people process rather than scaling headcount.
• Close compliance and risk gaps across multiple jurisdictions that currently create founder exposure (supported by HR specialists in region).
• Set the company's operating cadence: the rituals, rhythms, and communication patterns that keep a fast-moving distributed team aligned.

Who We're Looking For

• 7+ years of operating experience (Ops, Commercial, Product, Strategy etc) with a minimum of 2-3 years in a people function.
• Non-traditional people background: strategy, operations, consulting, or general management with a deliberate pivot into people leadership.
• Has built something from genuine zero, not improved an inherited function or optimised an existing team.
• Experience operating across multiple geographies and cultures.
• Has stayed at companies long enough to see the consequences of their people decisions.
• Can hold their own with founders: a coach and thought partner, not a service provider.
• Deeply analytical: data-driven decision making is second nature.
• Insatiably curious: you're constantly learning about new tools, approaches, and ways of building organisations.
• Hungry and ambitious: you're driven to build something exceptional, not maintain something adequate.
• Change agent: you've driven transformation in previous organisations.
• Hands-on and scrappy: you're not afraid to roll up your sleeves and build it yourself.

How We Work

Fleek is an in-office company. We believe the best work happens when people are together, the quick decisions, the cross-functional energy, and the ability to solve problems in real time. Most of the team works from our London HQ 3-4 days a week. We're not prescriptive about it. Performance and trust matter more than attendance. We hire adults and treat them accordingly.

The Practicalities

• Location: London HQ, Shoreditch.
• Work model: In-office, typically 3-4 days per week.
• Stage: Post-Series B, hyper-growth.
• Team: 100+ across London, India, and Pakistan (~20 in London office).

Our Values

• Dream Big and Disrupt Yourself: Push the most ambitious version of what you're building. Step out of your comfort zone. Nothing is out of reach.
• Absolute Ownership: The buck stops with you. Drive initiatives to completion. Experiment, learn, persevere. The job isn't done until the job is done.
• Curiosity Leads the Way: Don't accept anything at face value. Ask questions you don't know the answer to. That's how you innovate.
• Talk to the Customer: Deeply understand their challenges, motivations, and ambitions. Every decision starts with the customer at the centre.
• Embrace Diversity: A global team building for a global supply chain. Bring your authentic self and embrace the diversity of everyone you encounter.