People Operations Specialist, London

Isomorphic Labs; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering firm at the forefront of drug discovery, where you’ll play a vital role in enhancing employee experiences as a People Operations Specialist. In this dynamic role, you’ll optimize onboarding processes, drive impactful employee lifecycle programs, and support the People team’s efficiency. Your contributions will not only shape the employee journey but also foster a culture of collaboration and innovation. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team dedicated to transforming healthcare through advanced AI technologies, all while working in a supportive and inspiring environment.

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model

Collaborative Culture

Employee Development Opportunities

Health and Wellness Programs

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
• Strong understanding of People principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize employee onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Serve as the first point of contact for employee People-related queries.

Skills

People Operations

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Data Analysis

Confidentiality

Problem-Solving

Interpersonal Skills

HRIS Systems

Education

CIPD Qualification

Tools

Workday

Job description

We are here to advance human health, by reimagining drug discovery with the power and pace of artificial intelligence.

The future is coming. A future enabled and enriched by the incredible power of machine learning. A future in which diseases are curtailed or cured by better and faster drug discovery.

Our values exist in service of that future. We think they’ll help us bring it closer, too.

Come and be part of an interdisciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards us achieving our ambitious goals, while being a part of an inspiring and collaborative culture.

The world we want tomorrow is the one we’re building today. It starts with the culture at this company. It starts with you.

About Iso

Isomorphic Labs (IsoLabs) was founded in 2021 and is led by Sir Demis Hassabis. Our aim is to usher in a new era of biomedical breakthroughs and find cures for some of humanity’s devastating diseases.

Our foundations are built on the success of Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold, but we didn’t stop there! We are continuing to develop and implement state-of-the-art technologies as we move towards our goal of dramatically accelerating and improving the process of designing and bringing new medicines to patients.

We have built a world-leading drug design engine comprising foundational AI models that are capable of working across multiple therapeutic areas and drug modalities. The company is continually innovating on model architecture and developing cutting-edge capabilities to advance rational drug design.

Your impact

Become an integral part of our People team as a People Operations Specialist. Driving our organisational effectiveness, your contributions will be integral to ensuring a positive and productive employee journey, enabling Isomorphic’s innovation through exceptional employee experience and People operations support

What you will do

• Seamless Employee Journeys: Own and optimise Isomorphic's employee onboarding and offboarding processes. Your meticulous execution will ensure a smooth and welcoming start for new hires, accelerating their integration and contribution, and a respectful and efficient departure for leavers
• Driving Impactful Employee Lifecycle Programs: Play a key role in the successful rollout and execution of our employee lifecycle programs, collaborating closely with the wider People Team. Your support will ensure these initiatives – from performance reviews to development opportunities – are implemented effectively, fostering growth and engagement across the organisation.
• The Go-To Resource for People Excellence: Serve as the first point of contact for employee People-related queries and issues, working in close partnership with the employee's dedicated People Partner. Your timely and knowledgeable support, navigating People policies and procedures, will directly enhance employee experience and minimise disruptions to their critical work.
• Powering People Team Efficiency: Provide vital coordination support to the broader People team across a range of initiatives. This includes contributing to projects, ensuring data accuracy and insightful reporting, and streamlining our core employee lifecycle processes, freeing up the team to focus on strategic priorities.
• Shape the Future of Our People Practices: Actively contribute to People project work, researching People insights. You will also have the opportunity to own and drive individual projects in collaboration with the People team, directly contributing to the evolution of our People practices and their impact on the business.
  
  

Skills and qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
• Proven experience in a People Operations, Administration or Coordinator role.
• Strong understanding of People principles and practices, including onboarding/offboarding workflows, employee life cycle management and providing administrative support.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building strong relationships with employees across all levels and can confidently communicate our people processes.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple People projects, prioritise tasks effectively, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to use data effectively to identify trends, measure the effectiveness of People Programs, and support data driven decision making.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Strong team-orientated collaborator.
• Knowledge of employment law basics.
• Experience with HRIS systems (we use Workday, but it’s not critical that you’ve used this as long as you’re comfortable using different HRIS systems).
• Excellent attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and thoroughness in all work tasks
• Proactive and solution-oriented approach to problem-solving.
• Business-aligned and commercial approach.

Nice to have:

• CIPD qualification (or equivalent) or working towards it.
• Experience with employee benefits administration.

Culture and values

We are guided by our shared values. It's not about finding people who think and act in the same way. These values help to guide our work and will continue to strengthen it.

Thoughtful
Thoughtful at Iso is about curiosity, creativity and care. It is about good people doing good, rigorous and future-making science every single day.

Brave
Brave at Iso is about fearlessness, but it’s also about initiative and integrity. The scale of the challenge demands nothing less.

Determined
Determined at Iso is the way we pursue our goal. It’s a confidence in our hypothesis, as well as the urgency and agility needed to deliver on it. Because disease won’t wait, so neither should we.

Together
Together at Iso is about connection, collaboration across fields and catalytic relationships. It’s knowing that transformation is a group project, and remembering that what we’re doing will have a real impact on real people everywhere.

Creating an extraordinary company

We believe that to be successful we need a team with a range of skills and talents. We're building an environment where collaboration is fundamental, learning is shared and every employee feels supported and able to thrive. We value unique experiences, knowledge, backgrounds, and perspectives, and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

It’s hugely important for us to share knowledge and build strong relationships with each other, and we find it easier to do this if we spend time together in person. This is why we follow a hybrid model, and would require you to be able to come into the office 3 days a week (currently Tuesday, Wednesday, and one other day depending on which team you’re in). If you have additional needs that would prevent you from following this hybrid approach, we’d be happy to talk through these if you’re selected for an initial screening call.

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