Global People Director, AMA

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Senior and Expert level

London

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1-3 days a week in office

Personalised advertising services

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Personalised advertising services

201-500 employees

B2BMarketingDigital MediaAdvertising

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Salary not provided

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

1-3 days a week in office

201-500 employees

B2BMarketingDigital MediaAdvertising

Company mission

To deliver customised, data-driven, dynamic ads on the world's largest audio platforms.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

An experienced People Director, Head of People or senior People leader with a broad generalist background
Comfortable advising executives and senior leaders within a fast-moving business
Able to provide clear recommendations and challenge senior stakeholders constructively
Experienced in coaching and developing People team members, allowing them to retain ownership while providing appropriate support
Confident handling complex employee relations, organisational change and sensitive senior matters
Commercially minded, with an understanding of how people decisions affect cost, capacity, performance and risk
Experienced in workforce planning, performance management, recruitment and budget oversight
Confident working directly with UK, New York State and New York City employment law in practice
Highly organised and able to focus on the most important priorities within a three-day working week
Calm, pragmatic and discreet when handling confidential information
Comfortable working at least one day per week from our London office and travelling to New York when required

What the job involves

Join AMA as our part-time Global People Director maternity cover, advising leaders, owning UK and New York employment compliance, and coaching our People team
We are hiring a Global People Director to provide maternity cover for our people function across London and New York
This role will provide senior guidance and continuity across AMA’s most important people priorities. Our People Manager leads the day-to-day relationships with leaders and managers across the business. A key part of your role will be coaching and supporting her, providing a clear escalation point and stepping in where matters require Director-level judgement, experience or confidentiality
The role is deliberately focused on the areas that create the greatest value or manage the most significant risk for the business. You will provide advice to senior leaders, oversee complex people matters, support organisational and workforce decisions and ensure the People team has clear priorities
Act as a senior People adviser to the CEO, COO and leadership team
Own employment compliance across our UK and New York operations
Work in partnership with Leadership and the team to clear recommendations on organisational structure, workforce planning, performance, culture and people risk
Coach and support the People Manager in leading day-to-day manager and stakeholder relationships
Lead and support the two-person People team, setting clear and realistic priorities
Act as the escalation point for complex employee relations, performance and leadership matters
Support significant organisational changes, including communication, consultation and risk management where required
Maintain oversight of performance, engagement and retention priorities across the business
Oversee senior and business-critical hiring, including role definition, direct search and the management of external recruitment partners
Manage material People budget decisions across recruitment, benefits, training and development
Provide relevant workforce updates and people-risk insight to the board and leadership team
Work closely with external employment counsel where specialist advice is required, ensuring advice is translated into clear and practical action

Application process

Starting December 2026

Salary benchmarks

Our take

A Million Ads' (AMA) platform helps make it easy for creatives and producers to make millions of personalised video and audio ads, intelligently tailored to each recipient. Its approach combines cutting edge ad tech and creativity.

As personalised content performs better for companies, AMA deploys its engine across podcasting, music streaming, and internet radio. It combines all of the data points known about users and the campaign in order to influence the advertising they hear. This helps control production costs and improve the effectiveness of ad campaigns.

This approach provides creativity at scale, getting rid of the costs normally associated with personalisation, efficiently simplifies production to drive ROI, and makes advertising a more meaningful experience for everyone.

Since its launch, AMA has delivered over 7 billion personalised ads across the globe for leading brands such as Starbucks, eBay, McDonald’s, P&G, Sky and Audi. In addition, it works with major publishers such as Global Radio, Acast, and Spotify.