People Director/Lead People Partner

People Director/Lead People Partner – Corporate Functions - Series C

Hybrid: 4 days per week in the office

The opportunity:

We’re partnering with a high-growth European fintech that has scaled significantly and continues to invest in its next phase of growth.

Operating in a fast-paced, ambitious and entrepreneurial environment, the business is continuing to evolve its organisational structure and capabilities to support significant future growth.

They are now looking to appoint a People Director to take ownership of business partnering across their Corporate Functions, predominantly Finance, Legal and Risk, supporting a population of approximately 150 employees.

Reporting directly to the Chief People Officer, this is a highly visible position with significant exposure to the executive leadership team.

The role:

This is much more than a traditional HR Business Partner position.

You’ll act as a trusted strategic partner to the CFO, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Risk Officer, helping them think through how their functions need to be structured, developed and transformed as the business continues to scale.

Alongside the core business partnering remit, there will be an opportunity to lead broader strategic People initiatives, including strengthening the bridge between People and Finance and helping shape organisational design across the wider corporate infrastructure.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the senior People Partner across Finance, Legal and Risk, with the potential to support additional corporate functions as the remit evolves.
• Partnering directly with the CFO, CLO and CRO, providing credible challenge, judgement and commercially focused People advice.
• Leading organisational design and transformation, ensuring structures and capabilities remain appropriate as the organisation scales.
• Driving strategic thinking across workforce planning, organisational capability, talent, succession, performance and change.
• Building a strong connection between Finance and People, bringing together headcount, organisational and commercial thinking.
• Leading selected cross-functional People projects and broader organisational initiatives.
• Supporting the CPO with key People priorities and executive-level activity, including contributing to People Committee and Board-level discussions.
• Using data and commercial insight to challenge thinking and influence better organisational decisions.
• Operating with significant autonomy in an environment where priorities can move quickly and senior People leaders are expected to bring solutions and a clear point of view.

What we're looking for

We’re looking for an established People Director, Lead HR Business Partner or senior-level People Partner who has operated with genuine executive-level stakeholders.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Significant experience partnering with Corporate Functions, particularly Finance, with Legal, Risk and/or Compliance experience highly advantageous.
• The credibility and gravitas to operate directly with C-suite executives, particularly a CFO.
• Strong experience in organisational design, transformation and workforce planning.
• A highly commercial and analytical mindset, able to connect People decisions with financial and organisational priorities.
• Experience within a high-growth, scaling organisation. Fintech would be particularly relevant, although broader technology, SaaS or similarly fast-moving businesses would translate well.
• The ability to operate effectively within an environment characterised by pace, growth, ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Excellent attention to detail while retaining the ability to think strategically about the wider organisation.
• Confidence to challenge senior leaders constructively and bring a clear, well-informed point of view.
• The ability to operate with significant autonomy and take ownership without requiring extensive direction.

This opportunity will particularly suit someone who understands the reality of working within a genuinely scaling business.

The organisation isn't looking for somebody who simply implements a People agenda. They want someone who can sit opposite a CFO, CLO or CRO, understand their commercial objectives and help them design and transform their organisations to deliver against them.

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