Senior People Partner
Gearset
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cambridge • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Step into a high-impact role where you will act as a core strategic advisor to senior leaders, shaping how they build, lead, and scale their teams.
- Move beyond traditional HR execution to own complex organisational design and workforce planning, directly influencing the future structure of a rapidly growing tech company.
- Exercise a high degree of autonomy, managing sensitive employee relations and change initiatives with the freedom to apply your own judgment and expertise.
- Join a people-first organisation that values your professional growth, offering the chance to mentor others and help define the evolution of our global people practices.
- Work within a culture that prioritises commercial awareness and "principles-led" thinking over bureaucratic red tape, allowing you to drive practical, meaningful outcomes.
Requirements
- Significant experience as a Senior People Partner or HRBP within an evolving, fast-growing organisation, preferably in the tech or SaaS sector.
- Advanced knowledge of UK employment law combined with the ability to handle complex employee relations and performance matters independently.
- Proven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders, acting as a credible advisor who can build leadership capability and team effectiveness.
- A pragmatic, principles-led approach to people work, with the ability to make sound decisions in ambiguous situations without over-reliance on policy.
- Strong analytical skills with a track record of using data to inform people strategy and drive practical business actions.
Benefits
- Salary is negotiable (depending on experience)
- This is a full time opportunity, working Monday to Friday with the option of flexible home working (for most of us that looks like 2-3 days a week in the office)
- Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year
- Top end hardware provided
- Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive Plan
- Free lunch in the office
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy an extra 5 each year)
- Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%)
- Bupa health care
- Life Insurance & critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
UK employment lawemployee relationsworkforce planningorganisational designdata analysispeople strategyperformance management
Soft Skills
strategic advisinginfluencing stakeholdersmentoringdecision makingcommercial awarenessprinciples-led thinkingteam effectivenessautonomyjudgment