Senior People & Talent Partner, Zeelo
4+ days a week in office
Smart bus platform for commuting and school runs
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Smart bus platform for commuting and school runs
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
4+ days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
Zeelo is the shared transportation service, on a mission to give everyone access to shared, personalised transportation.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrated a minimum of 7 years of HR experience as a Senior HRBP in a tech-driven, scaling environment, a background in talent acquisition is required
- Excellent leadership skills
- Track record of supporting rapid, multi-state U.S. expansion initiatives
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with international teams (UK based)
- Strong understanding of U.S. labor and employment laws (with knowledge of UK and Spanish employment law as an added advantage)
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, leadership and influencing skills with the ability to support stakeholders up to and including the Executive suite
- Proven ability to build processes and procedures, with the ability to streamline
What the job involves
- Zeelo is hiring a Senior People & Talent Partner – US Lead to own and drive our transatlantic talent strategy and scale People operations across our growing US business
- Based in our U.S. office in Boston Massachusetts, this is a high-impact, dual-focus role that combines People Business Partnering with leadership of global Talent Acquisition, and will support our U.S. growth strategy with a real focus on building high performing teams
- You’ll work closely with the People team members based in the UK to create alignment and consistency, as well as revamp and revise existing HR processes and procedures to make them fit for the growth of the US business
- This is a high-impact role, ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced tech environment and is experienced in supporting scaling operations across multiple states
- Own and lead Zeelo’s global talent acquisition function, including recruitment strategy, workforce planning, employer branding, and continuous improvement
- Partner with the C-Suite to translate business plans into headcount strategies; maintain a live map of critical roles and workforce needs
- Improve and scale hiring processes
- Drive employer brand efforts
- Develop partnerships with agencies to support recruitment while minimizing cost and time-to-hire
- Act as a strategic and hands-on partner to US senior leaders, helping align People initiatives with business objectives and supporting org design, team development, and culture-building
- Coach and support managers through performance, development, change, and growth topics, ensuring a high-performance environment
- Optimize, tailor and scale HR processes (especially onboarding), policies and systems to support growth in the US, enabling success from day one and scale the team, including distributed workforce (go to market team)
- Implement and lead performance management policies and practices that promote a high performing team, ensuring alignment with succession planning and internal mobility
- Champion Zeelo’s evolving culture aligned with Chapter 3 values; lead local US culture-building initiatives and act as a visible point of People team presence
- Drive employee engagement efforts and facilitate engagement surveys, analyze trends, and drive local action planning in partnership with global People leaders
- Ensure compliance with state and federal employment laws across US locations
- Partner with People Ops to improve systems, policies, and documentation (e.g., onboarding, contracts, benefits), enabling smooth scale-up
- Advise on and handle sensitive employee relations matters in compliance with U.S. labor standards
Our take
Zeelo provides a personalised shared mobility service for underserved areas using data analytics. The AI-powered algorithm allows the company to design routes that meet the needs of customers, so they can make the most of their travelling time.
The Zeelo platform integrates with an executive vehicle fleet of over 20,000 high quality coaches across the UK in order to serve demand. The company now carries hundred of thousands of customers every month with a focus on commuting services for private companies and large events.
With the shifting attitudes towards sustainability, Zeelo now provides services that use less energy and are more sustainable, which will appeal to the environmentally conscious. The challenge will be growing its niche, with stiff competition in everyday ride sharing from Uber and others. Volatile markets have been a source of tension too for Zeelo, which split from its previous buyers Swvl in 2022. However, this deal signified a positive for Zeelo, if not for Swvl's plans to penetrate new markets in Europe. Zeelo, it seems, has outgrown its buyers and enjoyed a Series A round in 2023, indicating that it can now stand on its own two feet.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2023
$14m
SERIES A
Aug 2021
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $33.9m
Company benefits
- Team social events every month
- Great office spaces in London, Barcelona, USA and South Africa
- Ongoing training and development
- Hybrid ways of working
- Company-wide annual retreats
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
Leadership
Sam Ryan
(CEO)Previously co-founded Jumpin, a taxi sharing company for students. Jumpin was acquired by Addison Lee, where Sam worked as Senior Product Manager and then Head of Product for 2 years
Barney Williams
(CMO)Also co-founded JumpIn and joined Addison Lee, where he worked as Product Manager and then Head of Brand
Daniel Ruiz Giménez
(CTO)Held various engineering roles at Agilent, Telefonica, DMI and Golden Gekko
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