Director, HR Strategy and Operations FTC

King; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading interactive entertainment company is seeking a Director of HR Strategy and Operations to impact critical People priorities. You will partner with HR Leadership, manage strategic planning processes, and lead HR projects. Required skills include organizational strategy, advanced Excel proficiency, and strong communication abilities. This full-time position is a unique opportunity to help shape HR initiatives in a data-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading organizational strategy and efficiency initiatives.
• Proven ability to drive operational improvements.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel for data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Drive HR mission and goals in partnership with HR Leadership.
• Manage annual strategic planning and financial processes.
• Lead People Strategic Projects and HR team processes.

Skills

Organizational strategy definition

Operational improvements

Data analysis and visualization

Strong communication skills

Project management

Change management

Business acumen

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Craft: HR & Business Support

Job Description

This is an exciting time for King Human Resources and we are looking for a Director of HR Strategy and Operations to have a direct impact on Kings critical People priorities. This is a fixed term contract until Feb 2027.

Our culture is based on a shared promise to each other as Kingsters. It’s how we show up. It’s what we expect of each other and as a result it’s the sweet reward we get.

Your Role Within the Kingdom

You will drive the successful achievement of HRs mission and goals partnering directly with King HR Leadership to develop and execute our organizations strategic vision and manage a senior project specialist.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer this is a broad role performing a variety of duties including but not limited to:

• Partnering with HR and business stakeholders to manage the annual strategic planning and financial management processes.
• Leading the development tracking and reporting of HR Leaderships strategic priorities and associated measures.
• Leading People Strategic Projects from requirements definition through deployment identifying schedules scopes budget estimations and implementation plans including risk mitigation including change requirements driven by those projects.
• Leading the HR team cyclical processes; including People Quarterly Reviews with the King Senior Leadership Team annual performance process promotions bonus and employee listening.

Skills to Create Thrills

• Experience leading organizational strategy definition organizational efficiency initiatives Project / Program and change management
• Proven ability leading operational improvements and driving efficiencies across ways of working
• Creating compelling PowerPoint decks / presentations that influence leadership decision making
• King is a very data-driven organization so an advanced proficiency in Excel is required. You should be able to use data to inform decisions and visualize it to influence others through story telling
• Results oriented combining commercial acumen and awareness of business impact
• A high degree of adaptability and ability navigating the organization across sophisticated and diverse situations
• Comfort with ambiguity; strong decision-making skills and provide well-informed solutions
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to capture audiences of all levels in the organization
• Great teammate with a roll‑up‑one‑sleeves attitude and highly developed sense of proactivity

Bonus Points

• Experience in Digital Entertainment or Technology Companies
• Experience leading HR organizational Strategy

About King

With a mission of Making the World Playful King is a leading interactive entertainment company with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the worlds most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise as well as other mobile game hits such as Farm Heroes Sag a. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King part of Microsoft (NASDAQ : MSFT) has Kingsters in Stockholm Malmö London Barcelona Berlin Dublin San Francisco New York Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at by following us on LinkedIn @lifeatkingon Instagram or @kinggameson X.

Required Experience

Director

Key Skills

• Business Development
• Marketing
• Pricing
• Analysis Skills
• Research Experience
• Project Management
• Research & Development
• Strategic Planning
• Financial Modeling
• Leadership Experience
• Management Consulting
• Analytics

Employment Type: Full‑Time

Vacancy: 1