Head of People, Suvera

• Been a People lead, Head of People role in a fast scaling tech business that's seen growth from about 50 to 100/150+ people
• Prior experience working in a start up / SME tech company
• Experience executing people strategy across diverse teams from product, design, tech, to operations and business development
• A strong People generalist background with experience of the full employee lifecycle
• Confident in influencing and advising leadership and management on employment matters, as you have a sound working knowledge of UK employment legislation and its application in complex ER issues
• Experience in working with diverse groups of people and understand the importance of a DEI by default approach in all that you do
• The ability to coach leaders, managers and team members through a range of challenging situations
• You are approachable and empathic, with great oral and written communication skills

Desirable

• You will build on the work already done to execute our People roadmap for scaling, whilst ensuring our culture remains mission-driven and that our team is engaged
• The post holder will be part of the leadership and report to our CEO, Ivan
• Support the CEO in amplifying Suvera’s culture, values, and behaviours
• Build on our internal processes around onboarding, performance enablement, talent & succession planning using the Hibob platform
• Work with our leadership team to ensure we are setting our team up for high performance and to work to their potential
• Utilise ongoing employee insights and feedback to guide the business, so any resulting actions lead to high levels of team engagement
• Coach people managers through employee relation issues and making decisions around performance and dismissal in a people-centric way that's also aligned with our values
• Work with leadership team members to build a hiring strategy for scaling; whilst building a small team to support our hiring and people operations needs as the business scales
• Act as a trusted advisor as part of the Leadership team for all people and culture related issues
• Manage, coach and mentor the People team (currently x 1 People & Talent Partner) - supporting their individual work and development
• Ensure Suverians have access to great growth and learning opportunities to enable high performance and to support them to achieve their goals
• Work with leadership team members to continue the work to craft and define progression paths for Suverians so that we can retain top talent and provide opportunities for our team to grow with us
• Lead the evolution of our existing Compensation Philosophy, and any associated processes; and lead on the current compensation review cycles
• Ensure our benefits offer remains attractive and is managed in a way that ensures we get the best value from our existing budgets