Lead People Partner

Sano Genetics Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in personalized medicine is seeking a Lead People Partner to drive their people strategy through a critical growth phase. This role involves collaborating with senior leaders, designing people initiatives, and fostering a high-performance culture. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in scaling organizations and a sound understanding of UK employment law. This fully remote position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior People Partner supporting senior leaders.
• Proven experience designing and embedding company-wide People initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Steering Sano toward Series B, translating company strategy into a pragmatic people plan.
• Being the trusted partner to your people leaders.

Skills

Communication

Influencing

Negotiation

Education

Sound working knowledge of UK employment law

Tools

HiBob

TeamTailor

Notion

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• accelerating the world’s transition to personalised medicine

Purpose; why we do it

• to speed up development of life-saving treatments for those with limited options

Vision; where we’re going

• become the world’s best source of patient-in-the-loop genomic and health data for precision medicine development

People Experience at Sano:

The People Experience team are on a mission to make Sano the place where people do the best work of their lives. We have strong foundations in place that we’re taking to the next level as we target Series B and transition from Start to Build.

This role will strengthen People Partnering at Sano and is critical to us developing a high performance culture. Previous experience of enabling people leaders through this phase of org evolution will be key to success in this role. While our VP People, Lauren Gomes is away, this position will report to Mina Frost, General Counsel.

There's no one size fits all for a role in our team, but a willingness to unlearn traditional HR is a must!

Headlines:

• Salary - £80,000 - 90,000 pa
• Start Date - ASAP, or available for a handover during your notice period if it's more than 1 month
• Location - UK only, fully remote (ideally within a day's commute to London)

What you'll be doing:

• Steering Sano toward and through Series B, translating company strategy into a pragmatic people plan.
• Being the trusted partner to your people leaders. Pushing boundaries in their thinking, and advising on the best People strategies to drive performance in their teams.
• Leading workforce planning, so we have the right people, in the right place, at the right time in our org - including restructuring where needed.
• Galvanising our manager and leader population, coaching them to enable performance and collaboration in their teams.
• Designing, delivering and embedding change initiatives across the whole employee lifecycle.
• Using commercial + people data insights (engagement, performance) to identify problems before they emerge. Then, implementing people solutions and measuring their impact.
• Driving critical lifecycle moments with People Ops so review cycles, comp reviews, etc. are delivered seamlessly.
• Caring passionately, and advocating for diversity, equity, inclusion + belonging, intentionally building this into the people lifecycle.
• Enabling cross-functional communication + collaboration across Sano to unlock improved ways of working remotely (no full-time office vibes over here !)

This job is for you if you have:

• You have significant experience as a Senior People Partner, directly supporting senior leaders through a scale up transition [ GTM teams +/ Engineering.]
• You have proven experience designing and embedding company wide People initiatives that transform an org [think Performance Enablement].
• You’re bold, clear and unafraid to speak truth to power — you challenge with empathy, hold the line when it counts, and back yourself to have the tough conversations that drive progress.
• You’re an excellent communicator and natural influencer - you instil trust with everyone you interact with. You can take people through journeys of change with relative ease.
• You can confidently prioritise, manage expectations, and protect boundaries. [Maybe you learned the hard way reactively firefighting… ????]
• You pride yourself on your ability to build strong relationships - quickly. You're excited to show our leaders what they're missing
• You thrive in the grey, you’re known for asking the tough questions and asking ‘why’. Your negotiating skills have yet to find their limit.
• Data is your default to equip leaders with the insights they need to make commercial decisions and plans that have impact.
• You have a sound working knowledge of UK employment law, and can adapt to pick up new countries too ( USA).

Even better if you have:

• You’re sensei level in most of our tech stack e.g. HiBob, TeamTailor, Notion.
• Have leveraged Agile practices in the People space.

This role is unlikely to be a great match if:

• Boundaries and prioritisation are the first thing to drop when things get busy
• This is your first time in a scaling start up or transitioning through Start → Build
• This would be a transition role or first time as a People Partner
• You struggle to communicate confidently

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they are 100% qualified. Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us about your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related, tell us about your journey, and about what you learnt.

So, if this role excites you, don't let our role description hold you back, get applying!

• Initial screening with Becca (30 mins)
• 1st Interview with Lauren & Mina (1 hour)
• 2nd Interview with key stakeholders (1 hour)

Support - If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best - please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed. All interviews at Sano take place virtually. Please let us know if we can help make a virtual interview run smoother for you.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK or in the USA (for specific roles). We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Sano Genetics welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

At Sano, we're committed to creating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are a global community and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated as they are critical to our innovation. It's essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day, no matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise. Inclusion isn't just an initiative at Sano. We strive to embed it not just into our values but throughout our entire culture.

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