Head of People Partnering & People Operations (City Of Bristol)

Title: Head of People Partnering & People Operations

Salary: £110,000 – £140,000 + 25% bonus & benefits (total comp up to £180k)

Location: West UK (2 days per week in office, 3 days from home)

Employment type: 14 Month FTC, Early July 2025 – end of August 2026 (possibility to extend)

Who Are They?

• An innovative, mission driven company in hyper-growth
• Led by a seasoned CEO
• They foster an open-door policy culture with transparency and direct feedback

The Role:

• A dynamic Head of People Partnering & People Operations to take them through their next stage of growth
• You will be leading a team of 5, with 3 direct reports, and will be reporting into the VP People
• This role will oversee the full organisation of 400 + employees and assist with growth plans
• Operating in a player/coach role, you will help partner the Executive teams across Operations and Core Functions
• The main stakeholder will be the COO and other members of the SLT
• You will also be overseeing the People Operations team

Key Challenges:

• Hyper-growth & talent strategy: expanding workforce by 100 in 2025, further 150 in 2026
• Building critical capabilities: Engineering growth & operational maturity
• Strong partnering and influencing ability: The COO is a key player and a seasoned ex CEO
• Culture & execution: The business is in need to embed recent initiatives and continue to improve on these, there is a great opportunity to be creative and innovative here
• Systems & automation: There are plans for AI/chatbot integration in 18 months—experience in ROI-focused tech rollouts preferred
• Process optimisation: Overhauling onboarding & internal mobility—ensuring hiring isn’t the only growth lever
• Leadership development: Strengthening leadership programs
• Talent movement: Collaborating with TA to create internal mobility pathways
• Driving performance across the organisation: Changing performance enablement process to be more pointed, implementing new career levelling
• Team development: Focus on coaching, up skilling and performance management of the PP and POPs team

What Are We Looking For?

• Partnering: Strong strategic partnering experience partnering C-suite and wider senior leadership teams
• Leadership: Strong leader and coach of the team
• People Operations: Someone with the ability to take charge of, implement and improve tech/processes and prove ROI
• Approach: Consultative, high-challenge, strong coach, resilient, impact driven, data led with experience in fast paced, hands-on scaling tech businesses essential
• Sector: Engineering-led or Operations/Manufacturing background OR Pure Tech

Why This Role?

• Game-changing innovation: The Company is solving challenges in a way not seen for decades; it is an incredibly exciting organisation to be part of
• Industry potential: They are positioned to disrupt their industry in the same way fintech did to banking
• High-impact role: There is a huge opportunity to shape strategy, build scalable People functions, and drive culture in a fast-scaling company
• Creative & strategic: This isn’t just about maintaining processes – this person will be a part of a creative team coming up with solutions to build, improve, and innovate

Polite request:

Please apply through LinkedIn, I promise I will get back to you as quickly as I can! Please do not also email or message me directly on here, as it triples my workload and slows the response rate down for everyone. Thank you for your understanding!