People Partner - Content in London

9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world’s largest asset class at over $145 trillion. Debt markets are vast, global, and mission-critical, yet still run on fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows. 9fin replaces this broken infrastructure with a single platform that centralises proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows across global markets. Today, 9fin powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide, including global banks, asset managers, private equity firms, law firms, and advisors. The business is scaling at exceptional speed, with rapid expansion in the US and best-in-class retention driven by deep workflow adoption.

Our People Partners are the eyes and ears of the organisation, embedded within their functional areas to be a sounding board for leaders, support managers and enable teams to thrive. The People Partnering team operate on a strategic and tactical level, ensuring the people elements are in place for teams to effectively deliver their strategic objectives whilst also offering one on one support, both structured and ad hoc, to those who need it most.

We're hiring an experienced, driven Senior People Partner to partner with our Chief Content Officer and the Content (Editorial, Legals, Credit, Distressed) team. Content is scaling fast across the UK and US, and we need a Senior People Partner who can move at pace, get to grips with what the team actually does, and hold their own with senior editorial and analytical leaders.

Every day is different, but here's an example of the kind of things you'll work on:

• Strategic
• Trusted advisor to your leaders: You'll be the first person Content leadership calls on anything people-related: the confidant, sounding board and thought partner they think alongside.
• Right hand person to the CCO: You know how he thinks about content and his organisation, and are confident acting as his proxy with his leaders.
• Locked in on what the team is trying to achieve: You know Content's goals, what its leaders and teams do. You bring solutions, not just observations.
• Fully embedded in your team: You're in the rituals, Slack channels and meetings that matter, so you've got a real read on how the team actually works.
• Catching things early: You join the dots across 1:1s, skips, engagement data and your own observations to surface people risks while they're still small and easy to fix.
• Org design: You advise on org shape, spot gaps and flag future risk areas.
• Talent management: You know who the key talent is and you work with leaders to develop, stretch and reward them.
• Learning & development: You spot where Content teams need to grow and you lead the training that plugs the gap.
• Reward: You use solid data to inform our salary bands and keep compensation fair across the team.
• Performance: You help leaders and managers get the best out of their teams, surfacing blockers and coaching through them.
• Hands up for the bigger stuff: You take on projects that improve the People function as a whole.
• Tactical
• Employee Relations (ER): Following UK employment law, navigating all employee relations within your business area.
• Embedding people products: Working with the wider Partnering team to embed our people products and systems.
• Data: Pulling and analysing the right data to help managers and leaders make good calls.
• Wellbeing support: 1:1 support to employees when they need it.
• Cultural ambassador: Working with leaders and managers to reinforce the right behaviours in teams.

This role will be a great fit if you:

• Take real accountability for pushing back on leaders.
• Can confidently challenge executives and their most senior leaders.
• Are properly curious about the business you support.
• Are a strong influencer, able to help others look at things from different perspectives.
• Have significant experience partnering with content, editorial, research or analyst teams.
• Have a bias to action: you see what needs doing and pick it up.
• Use data to back your decisions.
• Care about data integrity and have solid experience with the day-to-day people processes.
• Have a strong grasp of UK employment law and awareness of New York employment law.
• Can context-switch frequently and comfortably hold strategic and tactical work in the same day.
• Are a strong team player who partners closely with your fellow People Partners.
• Can operate autonomously and at pace in a fast-moving scale-up.

Key Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in HR, preferably in fast-paced environments.
• Knowledge of UK employment laws and regulations.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Familiarity with HRIS and ATS software.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• A people-first mindset with the ability to build strong relationships.
• Flexible and able to thrive in a fast-moving, dynamic start-up environment.
• Proactive and collaborative approach.
• A genuine interest in employee well-being and fostering a supportive, inclusive culture.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive base salary.
• Equity options.
• Pension with 9fin contributing 3%.
• Private health insurance with dental and vision.

Time Off:

• 25 vacation days per year.
• Local public holidays.
• Hybrid working model.
• Work abroad for up to 3 months per year.
• 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service.
• Enhanced parental leave and flexible working arrangements.

Growth & Culture:

• Professional learning and development budget.
• Bi-annual team socials.
• Summer and Winter company-wide events.

9fin is an equal opportunities employer. At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong.