HRIS Implementation Manager, Gousto
1-2 days a week in office
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
Posted today
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
1001+ employees
Posted today
1-2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most-loved way to eat dinner.
Role
Who you are
- Brilliant HR / People knowledge, systems processes and ways of working
- Experienced in leading HRIS or People / HR Tech end-to-end
- Great understanding of HRIS platforms and integration points
- Exceptional project manager who thrives in fast-paced environments
- Skilled in navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and building consensus
- Clear, confident communicator who bridges technical and non-technical viewpoints
- Strategic thinker with a sharp eye on long-term systems architecture and business goals
- Competent in managing data migration and system validation processes
- Experienced in leading change and communication strategies to support user enablement
- Line management experience leading a small team (1 - 2 direct reports)
- Confident facilitating training and building capability among both People teams and end users
What the job involves
- Employment Type: 12 Month FTC
- We're looking for an experienced HRIS Implementation Manager to join us on a 12-month maternity cover contract, starting in October 2025
- This role will report to the Director of People Transformation, Services & Talent Acquisition and is responsible for leading the end-to-end implementation of Gousto's new HRIS platform
- You’ll be leading a cross-functional project team through a pivotal transformation, from initial kick-off to go-live in October 2026
- It’s a brilliant opportunity to own a strategic programme with visibility at senior levels, real impact across the business, and the chance to deliver lasting change
- You’ll shape our system design, build strong partnerships with stakeholders and suppliers, and ensure a seamless transition for all users
- Manage the full HRIS implementation lifecycle from October 2025 to October 2026
- Lead a cross-functional project team including direct reports, ensuring delivery is on time, on budget and aligned to scope
- Work closely with the chosen HRIS provider to align delivery plans and ways of working
- Represent the People team across Finance, Legal and IT; ensuring smooth coordination and strong stakeholder engagement
- Lead system design decisions with a focus on user experience, integration, testing and documentation
- Oversee build and test activities, proactively resolving blockers and ensuring quality outcomes
- Manage the broader impact on our people technology ecosystem, adjusting as needed alongside the People team
- Ensure structured, accurate data migration and compliance
- Drive change management and communication plans that boost adoption and engagement
Application process
- Start Date: Commencing October 2025 - we are unable to consider candidates that have a 2 / 3 month notice
- Call with a Talent Acquisition
- 1st stage interview with our People Management Team
- 2nd stage interview with our People Leadership Team
- Final interview
Salary benchmarks
Our take
There is an accelerating consumer need to eat healthily, sustainably, and at value. Gousto aims to meet this need with its meal-kit delivery service, which offers pre-packaged ingredients and recipe instructions. It sets itself apart with more than 200 different recipes to choose from each week - a third of which are customisable.
In 2021, Gousto sold more than 90 million meals, amounting to three meals every second, a figure that is on the rise. It is part of the UK Plastics Pact, which advocates for 100% reusable, recyclable and compostable plastic. As a member, Gousto has committed to eliminating problematic plastics, stimulating innovation and helping to build a stronger recycling system in the UK.
Gousto became a B Corp certified company for its sustainability efforts. Following huge investments in 2023, the company is now a unicorn and is sure to continue its growth over the coming years as more consumers switch to convenient online grocery shopping.
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Meet the team
4 people
Adam Harris, Director of New Markets
Our mission
To take Gousto to more markets beyond the UK.Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2023
$67.3m
LATE VC
Jan 2022
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $378.5m
Company benefits
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Interest free loan to spend on the latest tech
- Referral scheme
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays), + a holiday day added each year (up to 30 days), + buy up to 5 days extra holiday
- 40% Gousto discount, 15% for friends and family, and first box free
- Digital GP & wellbeing apps
- Private healthcare
- Discounted gym membership
- Company pension
Company values
- Dream - We’ve got huge ambition and believe everything is possible - Curious, bold and resilient, we’ve got an insatiable appetite to learn and grow
- Deliver - We work at pace and focus on impact, taking ownership of the solution and raising the bar every step of the way
- Care - We obsess over our customers, doing the right thing for them and for the planet. We are one team, supporting and celebrating one another
Company HQ
Shepherd's Bush, London HQ, UK
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Leadership
Timo Boldt
(Founder & CEO)Spent 4 years in Finance at Rothschild and a hedge fund before founding Gousto in 2012. Sits on the Digital Advisory Board at Unilever.
People progressing
Joined as Operations Development Director, being promoted to EVP Operations after 1 year, and has since become Chief People Officer.
Joined as a Customer Care Agent in 2014, and is now Head of Customer Care.
Joined as PR Manager, being promoted to Senior Brand and PR Manager after 1 year and again to Head of Brand Marketing and PR after 3 years.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Gousto
- Whether it’s creating diversity in our recipes or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have at Gousto. Across our business we lead with inclusivity and strive for equality in all we do; working hard to ensure Gousto is an environment where you can be totally yourself.
- Our Inclusion Communities are employee-led groups that connect people with shared identities, lived experiences, and passions. They champion each other, raise awareness of what matters most, and help us build a workplace where everyone belongs. Whether it’s Pride Sports Day, an Eid feast, learning from disability advocates, or providing free period products across our sites, our communities help turn care into action and they’ve driven meaningful change, shaping policies that support our people through key life moments, from enhanced parental leave to menopause, fertility and baby loss support. They’re powerful platforms for connection, celebration and progress, and we’re always striving to do better.
- We currently have nine active communities: Gousto Mind, Gousto Women, Gousto Muslim, Gousto Black, Gousto Asia, Gousto Pride, Gousto Neuro & Gousto Parents.
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