Chief People Officer for PE-Backed Growth & Transformation

Impact X; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Impact X, a private equity-backed global business, seeks a Chief People Officer to drive the people agenda at a pivotal growth moment. The role partners with the CEO and Board to turn the value creation plan into organisation, talent and leadership decisions that lift revenue and margin.

You will design the people side of carve-outs and integrations, build a scalable, data-led function, and roll out AI across the organisation with measurable outcomes. London base with regular travel.

Qualifications

• PE experience is essential.
• You can tie people decisions to growth, productivity or margin.
• You have built and scaled people strategy across multiple markets.
• You have led transformation design and execution, not just slides.
• You have a keen eye for data and storytelling with evidence.
• You have a track record of rolling out AI or new technology in a people context.
• You thrive in high ambiguity and drive pace.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO and Board to translate the value creation plan into organisation, talent and leadership actions.
• Design and deliver the people side of carve-out and integration: operating model, org design, workforce planning, leadership structure and culture.
• Build a people function that is scalable, commercial, data-led and fast for an independent business.
• Lead the rollout of AI and analytics across people and the wider organisation with measurable outcomes.
• Maintain risk oversight across multiple jurisdictions without slowing the business.
• Challenge the executive team with evidence when the commercial case requires it.

Skills

Private equity experience

Commercial credibility

Global growth lens

Transformation leadership

Data-driven decisions

AI adoption in people

Job description

Impact X, a private equity-backed global business, seeks a Chief People Officer to drive the people agenda at a pivotal growth moment. The role partners with the CEO and Board to turn the value creation plan into organisation, talent and leadership decisions that lift revenue and margin.

You will design the people side of carve-outs and integrations, build a scalable, data-led function, and roll out AI across the organisation with measurable outcomes. London base with regular travel.