People Director

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Business Manager at The Search: Finding forward-thinking People Leaders

Job Title: People Director

Speak To: Karolina Stastna at The Search (We are representing this client as a search firm)

Location: Leeds, UK – Hybrid with 3 days per week in office

Who Are They?

• PE-Backed scaling Tech business based in Leeds
• 250 FTEs currently, with plans to scale to 350/400 in 2025 and continue growing from there, including European expansion
• Newly appointed leadership including a CEO who is culture-focused and wants to build an amazing place to work
• Original founder still involved in the day to day running of the business

The role:

• People Director reporting into the CEO, part of the Exec team
• Leading a team of 5 with plans to grow but maintaining a lean and impactful team with empowered and up skilled managers taking the lead on performance
• Highly impactful & strategic role, crucial for setting the business up for scale
• Highly diverse workforce, mission driven, the business attracts great talent but there is a need for strategic retention, development and succession planning

The culture:

• Focus on professionalising and up-skilling, transforming the culture from ‘family like’ to high performing whilst protecting its strong core
• Agile, fast paced, impressive new leadership
• People centric

What are we looking for?

• Passionate, ambitious and ready for challenge
• Strategic leader who understands what good looks like and can apply this to early stage scale up with ability and drive to implement new/improved process and policies
• Thought partner to the leadership with ability to influence and navigate the business needs whilst translating these to People Agenda
• Strong leadership coach with ability to up skill and empower management
• Private Equity & Tech background is highly advantageous, keen interest in self-development, AI and best practice in technology scale ups is a must
• Experience scaling businesses at pace (from early hundreds up to 1k mark in headcount) essential

Why this role?

• Impactful, autonomous and career defining role
• Seat at the table with direct line to the CEO and the founder
• Building & scaling, opportunity to lead an 800+ business across multiple locations in the near future
• Opportunity to work alongside a People Centric CEO with focus on culture, high performance and growth - a down to earth, calm and seasoned leader with background working in scaling tech organisations who values hard working people who can take initiative, prioritise self development and have a keen interest in the world of successfully scaling businesses and best practices
• A huge career growth opportunity

The Search are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Human Resources

Industries

Technology, Information and Media