Lead People Partner

tem; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking energy company in the UK seeks a Lead People Partner to diagnose and remove performance bottlenecks. You will collaborate with People Leaders to enhance performance using insights and data. The ideal candidate has proven experience in HR roles, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work autonomously. This role offers competitive benefits including flexible work arrangements, stock options, and wellness budgets.

Benefits

Salary aligned to benchmarks with biannual reviews

Stock options

25 days holiday plus public holidays

Remote first and flexible working

Wellbeing budget

Qualifications

• Experience in a high-growth, remote-first environment.
• Proven track record of implementing projects across the employee lifecycle.
• Ability to connect people performance to company performance.

Responsibilities

• Own a core part of strategy related to people performance.
• Partner with Managers to surface blockers and identify opportunities.
• Document work and keep outcomes measurable for visibility.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Strong communication skills

Ability to work autonomously

Problem-solving

Job description

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About the Job

Who We Are:

We're rebuilding the energy transaction system, making it transparent and fair.

tem exists to put power back in the hands of people. Today’s wholesale energy market is stacked in favour of the few. It's a product of an age of oil and gas, riddled with markups and middlemen. We’re changing that.

Our product, RED™, built on a proprietary pricing engine that bypasses the wholesale market, enables businesses to buy the energy produced by renewable generators directly. That's 100% transparent transactions, ensuring affordable bills and fair compensation, to give every business ownership and control over where their energy comes from.

Since launching in 2021, we’ve saved UK businesses and generators over £20 million, powering a growing network of forward-thinking companies, from Pizza Pilgrims to Silverstone. Backed by top-tier VCs such as Atomico and Albion, we’re creating a new category in energy - one that’s local, decentralised, and built on trust.

The Role

We’re hiring a Lead People Partner. Your job to be done is to diagnose and remove performance bottlenecks across tem, turning insights into fixes that keep performance high as we scale.

You’ll join the People & Talent team, which is currently focused on three core areas (we call these Engines) and each has their own metric:

• Hiring speed and quality (Recruitment Engine)
• Ramp‑up time (Academy Engine)
• Velocity and performance of our people (Performance Engine)

You’ll own the Performance Engine, setting strategy to unlock performance across the company. You’ll go deep on root causes, using people insights and data to design and ship solutions. Work will span the HR spectrum, from organisational design to performance management, wherever the constraint sits. You’ll partner with People Leaders (currently 9) and other experts (Engine owners) to diagnose friction points and blockers. Expect insights to come from all directions: C‑suite, Engine Owners, and People Leaders - and you’ll prioritise and push back as needed to hit your metrics.

We’re a fast growing scaling company and Engines can close / form depending on the needs of tem - expect things to change.

We’re a small team:

Two in Recruitment

One building our operational foundations

A People Leader (your manager, Charlie) currently working on performance and onboarding. As the team grows, the People Leader role will focus more on throughput and team development. Your People Leader will be a sounding board, but you’ll lead an area of HR independently and propose priorities for our whole team strategy.

What This Role Isn’t

• A partnering role where you execute a HR playbook you’ve used previously
• A role with pre-defined OKRs or goals - you’ll figure out what unlocks peak performance
• A role in a large team - you’ll be both strategist and executor
• A static role - expect things to change as the business scales and we focus on different priorities (always within the HR space).

Responsibilities

• Owning a core part of our strategy → people performance; translating data and insights into action with measurable outcomes.
• Partner with Managers and Experts to surface blockers and pain points quickly and identify opportunities to remove friction so tem can move faster.
• Keep work visible and outcomes measurable through clear documentation, tracking and communication so everyone at tem knows what you’re doing and why.
• Collaborate closely with the People and Leadership teams to continuously evolve how tem defines and enables performance.
• Work on high impact projects across the employee lifecycle as needed.

Requirements

Must haves

• Proven experience as a People Partner, HRBP or equivalent in a high-growth, remote-first environment. You’ll need to have evidence of implementing projects across the employee lifecycle that enabled your business to scale.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience turning data and insights into practical performance strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, manage ambiguity, and operate across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with different Leaders to diagnose issues and build high-performing teams.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills - able to turn complex feedback into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Ability to connect people performance to company performance.
• Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery.

Bonus points

• Experience in fast-moving B2B or technology environments.
• Background in organisational development or leadership coaching.
• Exposure to systems thinking or frameworks for performance enablement.

Benefits and Perks

• Salary aligned to internal benchmarks and reviewed twice a year.
• Stock options so everyone has ownership in our mission.
• 25 days holiday plus public holidays. Swap public holidays for the ones that matter most to you, and enjoy your birthday off.
• Remote first and flexible working, with clear core hours and no internal meetings on Friday afternoons.
• Home working and wellbeing budgets:
• Up to £1,200 or €1,200 per year for your remote setup.
• Up to £150 or €150 per month for wellbeing.

Interview Process

We move fast. Most processes take 2 to 3 weeks from first chat to offer. If you need us to adapt anything, let us know.

• Intro call with Talent, 30 minutes.
• Hiring Manager interview, 60 minutes.
• Skills interview with the People team, 60 to 90 minutes, including a practical exercise review.
• Culture Add interview with cross‑functional stakeholders, 45 minutes.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including those that are traditionally underrepresented in the tech and energy sectors. If you’re excited about this role but not sure you meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. Your unique perspective could be exactly what we’re looking for.

Location

United Kingdom (Remote)