Remote-First People Director: Scale & Shape Culture

Amber Labs; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

25 days’ annual leave

Private medical insurance

Employer pension contributions

Remote-first working

Personal training budget

Perkbox membership

EV scheme

Regular team socials

Referral scheme up to £3,000

Choice of PC or Mac

Résumé du poste

Amber Labs is seeking an experienced People Director to own our People and Culture function, partnering directly with the CEO and COO. This is a leadership role designed to shape how we manage and develop our people as the business scales.

You will set the direction, build the operating model and raise the standard of leadership, ensuring robust policies, processes and compliance, including IR35 obligations, while guiding a growing HR team.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a People Director or senior People leader in a scaling business, ideally in technology or professional services.
• A track record of building People functions and improving performance culture, not just operating within existing frameworks.
• Confidence advising at CEO and board level, with the credibility to challenge as well as support.

Responsabilités

• Designing and delivering the People roadmap in partnership with the CEO and COO
• Building a performance management framework, addressing existing issues and improving manager capability across the business
• Identifying key talent, building retention plans, benchmarking reward and creating clear career pathways
• Leading workforce planning and organisational design across permanent and contractor populations as the business scales
• Coaching managers, closing leadership gaps and raising the standard of people leadership across the business
• Making sure policies, processes and compliance are robust and fit for a scaling business, including IR35 obligations
• Developing and guiding our existing junior HR team

Connaissances

People leadership

Board-level advisory

IR35 knowledge

Workforce planning

Organisational design

Contractor management

Description du poste

Amber Labs is seeking an experienced People Director to own our People and Culture function, partnering directly with the CEO and COO. This is a leadership role designed to shape how we manage and develop our people as the business scales.

You will set the direction, build the operating model and raise the standard of leadership, ensuring robust policies, processes and compliance, including IR35 obligations, while guiding a growing HR team.