Chief People Officer
£100,000-£120,000 + Bonus + Car Allowance + Comprehensive Benefits
Location: East Midlands Commutable Counties, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Cambridgeshire, North Hertfordshire, North Oxfordshire (Relocation Assistance Considered)
A high-growth, technology-driven organisation undergoing rapid expansion seeks an exceptional Chief People Officer to join its senior leadership team.
The business is evolving quickly in scale, structure, and capability - positioning itself for continued growth and potential private-equity investment. It now requires a forward-thinking HR leader to design and embed the people strategy that will underpin this transformation.
This is a newly created C-suite role for an accomplished HR professional who can combine strategic foresight with hands-on delivery, bringing rigour, innovation, and leadership maturity to a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the development and implementation of a progressive People and Culture strategy aligned with business transformation and future growth ambitions.
* Partner with the C-suite and Board to evolve organisational design, leadership capability, and succession frameworks to support scale and complexity.
* Introduce professional HR systems, data, and metrics to ensure insight-led decision-making.
* Build a performance-driven culture balancing innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
* Drive leadership and talent development across all functions, building capability for long-term success.
* Design reward, recognition, and incentive frameworks that attract and retain high-performing teams.
* Ensure people policies and processes align with a future-ready organisation preparing for potential private-equity engagement.
* Lead, coach, and inspire a growing HR team to deliver exceptional service to the business.
* Champion inclusion, engagement, and wellbeing as integral parts of the company's growth story.
Candidate Profile
* Degree educated (minimum 2:1), ideally in Business, Law, or Human Resources; Master's advantageous.
* Proven track record as HR Director, Head of People, or divisional VP HR within high-growth, complex, or multi-site organisations.
* Experience in professionalising HR functions within innovative, scaling technology or service-based businesses.
* Background in preparing or readying a business for external investment or private-equity partnership, while maintaining strong cultural identity.
* Deep expertise in organisational design, people strategy, and culture development.
* Commercially astute, data-literate, and capable of operating with pace and precision.
* Exceptional stakeholder-management and influencing skills, with Board-level credibility.
* Pragmatic, delivery-focused leader comfortable blending strategy with hands-on execution.
The Opportunity
This is a high-impact appointment offering the opportunity to shape people strategy at the heart of a growing, technology-led business. The successful candidate will combine commercial insight, leadership influence, and a passion for building sustainable performance cultures.
Hybrid working is available (minimum 3-4 days in the office but candidates must live within daily commuting distance of the office), with relocation assistance for candidates seeking to move to the East Midlands/commutable counties.