Head of People Experience

Connells-Group-2; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumesse seeks a Head of People Experience to shape the colleague journey across DE&I, employee experience design, engagement, and talent and performance management, including early careers, with both strategic direction and hands-on delivery.

You will work across the People team and wider business to make everyday working life better, fairer and more engaging, building the talent pipeline and performance discipline to support the Group's long-term growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a DE&I, employee experience, colleague engagement, or talent and performance role.

Responsibilities

• Owns and shapes the colleague experience across the Group, combining strategic direction with hands-on delivery.
• Lead DE&I, employee experience design, engagement and talent/performance management initiatives across the Group.
• Design and deliver talent assessment, succession and performance management frameworks.
• Develop and run early careers programmes (graduate, apprenticeship or work experience schemes).
• Manage external partners or suppliers (e.g. survey or DE&I providers).
• Lead and develop a team; use data and insight to shape strategy and measure impact.

Skills

DE&I

Employee experience

Colleague engagement

Talent & performance management

Early careers programmes

People analytics

Team leadership

Data & insights

Job description

The Head of People Experience owns and shapes the colleague experience across the Group, bringing together four connected areas: diversity, equity and inclusion; employee experience design; colleague engagement; and talent and performance management, including early careers.

The role combines strategic direction with hands-on delivery, working closely across the People team and the wider business to make everyday working life better, fairer and more engaging for every colleague, while building the talent pipeline and performance approach that supports the Group's long-term growth.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

This area is about making sure DE&I is a lived, visible reality across the Group rather than a stated ambition, grounded in data and embedded into the moments that shape a colleague's experience.

Employee Experience Design

This area is about making sure the key moments in a colleague's journey are intentionally designed rather than left to chance, so experience improves consistently across the Group rather than in pockets.

Colleague Engagement

This area is about how the Group listens to colleagues and turns that listening into visible, meaningful change, rather than treating engagement as a once-a-year measurement exercise.

Talent & Performance Management

This area is about building the pipeline and performance discipline that gives the Group confidence in its future leadership and capability. It covers how we identify, assess and grow talent, how we measure and manage performance consistently across the Group, and how we build the next generation of colleagues coming through early careers routes.

This area is about building a capable, connected team that delivers across the whole People Experience remit.

Experience and Knowledge

• Proven experience in a DE&I, employee experience, colleague engagement, or talent and performance role, ideally spanning more than one of these areas
• Track record of designing and delivering initiatives that improve the day-to-day experience of colleagues
• Experience designing or running talent assessment, succession or performance management frameworks
• Experience designing or delivering early careers programmes (graduate, apprenticeship or work experience schemes)
• Experience managing external partners or suppliers (e.g. survey or DE&I providers)
• Experience leading and developing a team
• Experience working with data and insight to shape strategy and measure impact