People Partner

tombola

People Partner at tombola in Sunderland, UK, driving cultural change and supporting business growth through collaboration with senior leadership. Engaging talent initiatives and creating a high-performance culture.

Posted 5/30/2026contractSunderland • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Flutter

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the relationship with Business Area Directors and Senior Leadership Teams
Champion and embed the People strategy, ensuring initiatives are effectively delivered and positively influence culture
Build strong, trusted relationships with leaders, providing coaching, organisational design guidance, and team development support
Use data, insights, and key metrics to identify opportunities to improve the colleague experience
Lead the talent agenda within business areas, including ownership of performance management processes and related actions
Champion development initiatives that support career growth and retention of key talent
Lead organisational design activity to support future growth and scalability
Develop succession planning and learning & development approaches tailored to business area needs
Use engagement data (e.g. Peakon) to proactively shape local engagement and culture plans
Collaborate across the wider tombola and Flutter People teams to address organisation-wide challenges and develop people-focused solutions
Partner with colleagues in Talent, Communications, Engagement, and Wellbeing to support attraction, development, and retention strategies
Act as a change ambassador, supporting the successful delivery of change initiatives through effective engagement and communication
Advise, guide, and support people managers on all people-related matters, engaging specialist support from People Operations where required to resolve formal employee relations cases

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience partnering with Business Directors or senior leaders within complex organisations
Experience working across multiple business areas or functions
Highly credible communicator with the ability to influence thinking and shape outcomes
Recognised for strong collaboration skills both within and outside the team
Proactively manages interdependencies, risks, and outcomes
Builds alignment across teams and encourages shared learning across the organisation
Works independently on projects and initiatives with a high degree of ownership
Makes decisions within established frameworks while exercising sound judgement
Builds trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and delivers innovative, people-focused solutions
Seen as a credible and trusted partner to the business
Demonstrates leadership through high-quality output and expertise
Supports the development of more junior colleagues and contributes to team capability building

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working arrangements
Professional development

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Soft Skills

coachingorganizational designteam developmentcommunicationcollaborationinfluencingdecision makingrelationship buildingchange managementleadership