Lead People Partner, Tide
Europe
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Business accounts for SMEs
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Business accounts for SMEs
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To save businesses time and money - so they can get back to doing what they love.
Role
Who you are
- 8–10+ years of progressive HR experience, with a strong Employee Relations focus/specialism along with broad generalist experience
- Proven track record of direct partnership with senior leaders and experience leading HR for a client group, ideally in a sales & marketing or similar fast-paced environment
- Expert understanding of employment law and consultation frameworks across Germany
- Strong understanding / awareness of employment law and consultation frameworks across other European jurisdictions, particularly France
- Program management experience in policy/process development and managing compliance workstreams for new market entry
- Exceptional judgement & critical thinking with the ability to interpret legal advice into practical, commercial, and business-oriented guidance
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal Skills, with proven ability to influence without direct authority across senior and cross-functional audiences
- Strong business acumen and the ability to align HR strategies with core business goals
- Excellent written communication skills—able to produce clear, succinct policy documents and training materials
- Analytical mindset to spot trends in ER data and make proactive, data-driven recommendations
- Calm and composed under pressure, with the ability to manage the most sensitive issues with absolute discretion
What the job involves
- The People Partnering team at Tide plays a pivotal role in driving business success by acting as strategic advisors and coaches to leaders at all levels
- We provide expert guidance on organisational design, talent development, employee relations, and engagement, ensuring a positive and high-performance culture. Embedded within the business, we use data-driven insights to shape policies, pre-empt workforce challenges, and lead high-impact initiatives that enable Tideans to do work they love
- We are looking for an experienced and highly strategic HR professional to take on a dual role, serving as a Lead People Partner for our UK/Europe region while simultaneously acting as the HR Country Lead across our European operating countries
- You will act as a strategic advisor to some of our most senior leaders, driving organisational effectiveness, talent development, and culture, while ensuring the business maintains rigorous compliance with labour law across multiple jurisdictions
- You will be instrumental in enabling Tide’s growth journey, building capability in our People Partnering team, owning our country-level policies
- Strategic Advisor: Serve as a trusted strategic partner to several VP/SVP leaders and their leadership teams (potentially including a customer operations client group), providing expert guidance on organisational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and performance management
- Team Coaching & Development: Coach and mentor the People Partnering team for the UK/Europe region, fostering a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, and professional growth through knowledge sharing and best practice adoption
- Driving Engagement: Partner with leaders and managers to continuously improve employee engagement and satisfaction, including owning and managing the end-to-end bi-annual employee engagement survey process and action tracking
- Talent & Culture: Develop and implement plans for talent development and retention. Influence effective change management and serve as an ambassador for all DEI initiatives, ensuring diversity and inclusion are at the forefront of all people discussions
- Project Leadership: Lead ER workstreams for new entity launches, ensuring readiness on policy, compliance, and consultation requirements, including the setup and oversight of works councils where needed
- Policy Ownership: Develop, maintain, and update all country-specific ER policies, processes, templates, and guidance materials in line with changing legislation and best practice, including preparing for new entity launches
- Legal Monitoring & Compliance: Proactively monitor and communicate employment law developments across all European operating countries. Partner with Legal and Risk & Compliance to ensure we have appropriate programs for human rights, labour rights, and modern slavery
- Capability Building: Identify knowledge gaps in the People Partner team regarding ER and design and deliver (or source) training on high-impact ER topics, including consultation processes and works council engagement
Our take
Small businesses and sole traders are still underserved by most traditional banks. Tide is solving that problem by offering speedy, affordable and effective financial services tailored to SMEs.
Since its launch, Tide has gained considerable traction among small businesses. This is largely thanks to its fast onboarding times, low fees and the diversity of products, which include a number of accountancy tools. And headed up by a former RBS, C&A and Optanus executive, it is certainly in a unique position within the financial services market.
Having built a strong user base of over 1M customers globally, with 650,000 members in the UK. Through further expansion across Europe and continual addition of 'first-of-its-kind' features, Tide is well set to secure a larger market share.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
40% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Sep 2025
$120m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jan 2023
$24.5m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $407.9m
Company benefits
- Flexible working:A flexible working policy that allows most teams to work from home when they need to
- Family-friendly leave: We go above and beyond the statutory requirement for maternity and paternity leave
- Paid volunteering leave: You’re encouraged to take three days a year as paid volunteering leave for your chosen charity or organisation
- Holiday leave: 25 days a year of paid holiday leave, plus bank holidays
- Sabbatical leave: Take a well-deserved break and come back refreshed
- Extra unpaid leave: Extra time off is available beyond your annual leave allocation
- We keep the team fed: Breakfast, snacks and hot drinks are provided daily, along with regular morning teas and catered events
- Personal development: Personal development budget is available for each Tidean to pursue additional training related to their role
- Private health cover: Private healthcare from Vitality, that includes the ability to earn discounts and rewards for having a healthy lifestyle
- Mental wellbeing : 24/7 Employee assistance, unlimited cognitive behavioural therapy, subsidised mindfulness and relaxation app
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Dr Oliver Prill
(CEO)Began their career as a Consultant at McKinsey. They also held the role of CEO at both C&A Bank and Optanus, and was COO of Kreditech Holding before joining Tide in 2018.
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