Head of People Strategy

Ohme; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Hybrid office

Health insurance

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Ride to work

Payroll giving

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Ohme, a fast-growing cleantech venture, is seeking a Head of People Strategy to build the people infrastructure for rapid scale-up. Reporting to the Chief of Staff, you will lead the development and execution of the organisation's people capability and transformation strategy to enable high performance and strong leadership.

You will design and embed performance management, drive organisational design decisions grounded in business priorities, and use data to diagnose needs and measure impact.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in organisational development in fast-growing environments.
• Strong business partnering with senior leaders.
• Leadership development program design experience.
• Evidence-based OD using data and diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Design the organisation of tomorrow to unlock growth.
• Embed performance management and feedback frameworks.
• Ground org design decisions in business priorities.
• Deliver the organisational development strategy with roadmaps.
• Strengthen culture, values, engagement and inclusion.
• Advise senior leaders on change and people strategy.

Skills

OD delivery

Leadership development

Stakeholder management

Data-driven insights

Tools

HR analytics tools

Org design frameworks

Job description

Ohme is on a mission to accelerate the global transition to clean, affordable energy. We do that by serving as an integrated hardware and software smart-grid platform, focused on the residential EV charging market.

The worlds of energy, transport and artificial intelligence are colliding and Ohme is at the heart of this new era. By using technology and data integrations to connect cars, chargers, people, energy providers and more, Ohme has a powerful platform that puts the consumer at the core.

Ohme has been selling its chargers to consumers since mid 2019 and has had exponential growth since. We are now operating in multiple countries and have partnerships with the likes of VW, Mercedes, Octopus Energy, and other innovative brands.

We are scaling up the business and are building out the team for rapid growth. If you're interested joining a fast-growing cleantech venture on a data and AI-first journey to speed up the global transition to clean, affordable energy, read on!

We are looking for a Head of People Strategy to help us build the people infrastructure that matches our ambitions. Reporting into the Chief of Staff, you will lead the development and execution of the organisation's people capability & transformation strategy. Ensuring the people infrastructure matches our ambitions to enable our rapid scale-up growth, driving a high-performance culture, and strengthen leadership and organisational outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Focus on the human side of transformation – designing the organisation of tomorrow, unlocking the potential of people and teams to drive growth.
• Design and embed performance management and feedback frameworks that drive a high-performance culture.
• Bring commercial rigour to organisational design decisions, ensuring structure and capability choices are grounded in business priorities and growth plans.
• Own and deliver the organisational development strategy, turning that design into practical roadmaps and initiatives.
• Strengthen organisational effectiveness and culture, embedding values, engagement and inclusion across the organisation.
• Use organisational insight and data to diagnose needs, shape interventions and measure the impact of OD initiatives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on organisational change, transformation and broader people strategy topics as they arise.

Must have qualifications

• Significant experience in organisational development, with proven delivery of Organisation Development, L&D, performance management , or people development initiatives in a fast-growing, complex or commercial environment (e.g. scale-up, tech, or high-growth business).
• Strong business partnering capability, with experience influencing senior leaders and working closely with leadership teams to shape organisation design, capability and ways of working.
• Leadership and capability development expertise, including designing and delivering programmes for managers and senior leaders, and building practical frameworks (e.g. leadership expectations, career pathways).
• Evidence-based OD approach, with the ability to use data, insight and diagnostics (engagement data, feedback, workforce insights) to identify priorities and measure impact.

Our benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus
• Hybrid office (4 days per week in office)
• Private Health Insurance
• Aegon Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance Scheme with death in service benefit of 4x salary
• Income Protection Scheme for long term illness
• Ride to Work Scheme
• Payroll Giving Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan to spread cost of travel over 12 months

Ohme is an equal opportunity employer. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are at the heart of what we do and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We actively seek out a diverse range of talent and our policies ensure that every job application and employee is treated fairly, with equal opportunity to succeed and to feel included.