Head of People Strategy, Development & Reward

Guidant Global; England; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Global is seeking a senior interim People/HR leader to unite Centres of Expertise across Learning, Leadership, Talent, Succession, OD, Culture, Reward and Employee Experience, delivering strategic direction and practical programmes aligned to business value.

The role will connect specialist teams, translate workforce priorities into actionable People plans and oversee governance, remuneration negotiations and change readiness.

Qualifications

• Senior leader with proven CoE experience across HR domains.
• Broad experience across Learning, Leadership, Talent, Succession, Careers, OD, Culture, Reward and Employee Experience.
• Strong strategic workforce planning and capability-building experience.
• Ability to translate workforce priorities into practical People solutions.
• Strong leadership development experience and capability-building.
• Experience leading senior HR teams and professionals.
• Good understanding of reward, governance and compliance.
• Strong commercial judgement with regard to affordability and priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing with senior leaders.
• Pragmatic, evidence-based, people-focused leadership through change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Centres of Expertise portfolio across Learning, Leadership, Talent, Succession, OD, Culture, Reward and Employee Experience.
• Bring specialist People teams together to operate as a cohesive function.
• Translate workforce priorities into practical, deliverable People plans.
• Collaborate with HRBP and workforce planning to identify future skills and capability needs.
• Develop learning and leadership programmes to strengthen leadership capability.
• Oversee talent management, succession planning and internal mobility strategies.
• Lead organisational development and culture initiatives to improve health and change readiness.
• Provide governance over reward, benefits and remuneration discussions; manage external advisers as needed.
• Balance long-term strategy with practical delivery in decision-making.

Skills

Senior HR leadership

CoE portfolio

Workforce planning

Learning & Leadership

Talent & Succession

Organisational Development

Culture & Rewards

Governance & Compliance

Stakeholder management

Change leadership

Job description

Guidant Global is seeking a senior interim People/HR leader to unite Centres of Expertise across Learning, Leadership, Talent, Succession, OD, Culture, Reward and Employee Experience, delivering strategic direction and practical programmes aligned to business value.

The role will connect specialist teams, translate workforce priorities into actionable People plans and oversee governance, remuneration negotiations and change readiness.