Open Cosmos

Senior People Partner

Open Cosmos

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Harwell • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Work closely with leaders across the business to unlock the full potential of their teams.
  • Drive engagement, shape workforce plans, and enable high performance at scale.
  • Deliver strategic people initiatives that elevate the employee experience across the organisation.
  • Ensure strong local compliance and pragmatic, business-focused people support.
  • Lead people projects that improve the employee experience and business outcomes.
  • Support workforce planning, including capability development, succession planning, and risk mitigation.
  • Design and deliver leadership development initiatives that strengthen management capability.
  • Use data and insights (e.g. engagement surveys) to shape targeted people strategies.
  • Act as a trusted advisor on employee relations, ensuring fair, efficient, and compliant processes.
  • Ensure local employment compliance and adapt global policies to regional requirements.

Requirements

  • Clear ability to partner with senior stakeholders in a fast-paced, scaling environment.
  • A strategic mindset with the ability to design and deliver impactful people initiatives.
  • Confidence handling complex employee relations matters with sound judgement.
  • A solid understanding of employment law, ideally across multiple regions.
  • Excellent communication skills — clear, credible, and able to influence at all levels.
  • Strong analytical thinking, using data to inform decisions and recommendations.
  • Commercial awareness and an understanding of how people strategy supports business performance.
  • The ability to navigate ambiguity, lead through change, and bring others with you.
  • A collaborative, proactive approach with a focus on continuous improvement.
Benefits
  • Work at the cutting edge of space technology with customers around the globe.
  • A mission-driven company making space accessible to help solve real-world challenges.
  • A diverse, ambitious, and supportive team.
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Soft Skills
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