People & Culture Partner

People & Culture Partner

Come and be yourself with us

Being a Bobber is all about being you. We want you to bring all parts of yourself to work, giving you the freedom and confidence to be the best you and do your best work. If that's bubbly, shy, precise, funny, bold, kind, honest, brilliant, or anything in between, we're waiting with open arms. At HiBob, we believe our people are the power behind our business. As we continue to grow globally and prepare for our next stage of scale, we're looking for a People & Culture Partner to help shape exceptional employee experiences, strengthen manager capability, and contribute to the evolution of our People function.

About the role

As a People & Culture Partner at HiBob, you'll partner with leaders and employees across Customer Success, Business Development, Marketing and other commercial functions, helping build high-performing teams and supporting business growth.
You'll act as a trusted advisor to managers and directors, supporting organisational effectiveness, performance, employee relations, workforce planning and change initiatives. Alongside your partnering responsibilities, you'll own UK People Operations and continuously improve the employee experience across the full employee lifecycle.

As HiBob continues its journey towards IPO readiness, we're evolving how we work to become more scalable, data-driven and AI-enabled. This role will play an important part in that transformation, helping leaders navigate change, improve team effectiveness and rethink how work gets done in an increasingly AI-powered environment.
This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of people strategy, organisational effectiveness and operational excellence. You'll thrive if you're commercially minded, pragmatic, collaborative and excited by the opportunity to influence how a growing global organisation scales.

What you'll bring:

Requirements are often considered a measure of how equipped you are to do the job, but sometimes they aren't the only factor. If you don't meet every requirement listed below but believe you'd be successful in the role, we'd still love to hear from you.

Essential experience Experience in a People Partner, HR Business Partner, People Operations Partner, HR Generalist or similar role
Experience within SaaS, technology or other fast-paced, high-growth environments
Strong employee relations experience and sound knowledge of UK employment legislation
Experience coaching managers through performance, employee relations and organisational challenges
Experience supporting customer-facing, commercial or go-to-market functions
Experience operating in matrix organisations and influencing stakeholders without direct authority
Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
Excellent communication skills with the confidence to challenge constructively
Experience working across global organisations with distributed leadership teams
Experience using HR technology to improve employee experience and operational efficiency

Essential mindset Strong commercial awareness and curiosity about how people practices drive business performance
Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution
High levels of ownership, accountability and initiative
Strong problem-solving capability and a continuous improvement mindset
Comfortable navigating complexity, ambiguity and organisational change
Interest in how technology, AI and automation can improve employee experience, manager effectiveness and organisational performance
Passion for building high-performing teams and exceptional employee experiences

Nice to have Experience supporting organisational scaling, transformation or change programmes
Exposure to organisational design, workforce planning or organisational effectiveness initiatives
Experience representing your organisation externally through events, webinars, panels or employer branding initiatives

What you'll do:

Partner leaders and teams Partner with managers and directors across Customer Success, Business Development, Marketing and other commercial functions
Build trusted relationships with leaders and employees across your client groups
Coach managers through employee relations matters, performance management and people challenges
Support leaders to build high-performing, engaged and accountable teams
Act as a trusted advisor on people decisions, organisational challenges and team effectiveness

Drive organisational effectiveness Support organisational change initiatives, restructures and workforce planning activities
Use people data, engagement insights and business metrics to identify trends, risks and opportunities
Help leaders improve team effectiveness, performance and organisational health
Contribute to organisational design and people planning discussions as the business continues to scale
Support the evolution of roles, workflows and team structures as HiBob adapts to new ways of working

Own and improve People Operations Own and continuously improve UK People Operations and employee experience across the full employee lifecycle
Ensure People processes are compliant, scalable, efficient and employee-centric
Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Reward and other People teams
Support onboarding, offboarding and employee lifecycle activities where required
Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate workflows and improve service delivery
Champion the use of technology and AI to improve employee experience, manager effectiveness and People team productivity

Shape the future Lead and contribute to People projects that support HiBob's growth and future ambitions
Help build more scalable, efficient and data-informed People practices
Support the continued evolution of HiBob's People function as we prepare for our next stage of growth
Contribute to creating a modern, high-performing and AI-enabled organisation

Benefits

This is an opportunity to join HiBob at an exciting stage of our journey as we scale towards our next phase of growth. You'll have the chance to:
Partner closely with leaders across some of the most strategically important areas of the business
Influence how People practices evolve within a fast-growing global organisation
Build experience across strategic partnering, organisational effectiveness, employee relations and transformation
Help shape more scalable, data-driven and AI-enabled ways of working
Play a key role in strengthening manager capability and organisational performance
Work in an HR-native company where People genuinely matters
Join a People team that is passionate about continuous improvement and creating exceptional employee experiences

Join our village

HiBob is a village filled with amazing people and we're especially proud of that. It's a place where Bobbers can be themselves. We're about fun, dreams, hopes and ambition, just as much as we are about precision, growth and top performance.

Becoming a Bobber means you'll receive competitive compensation, benefits and pre-IPO equity alongside all of this: Company share options plan
Cash allowance for health insurance
Annual vision allowance
Annual Headspace subscription and wellness benefits
Travel support (cycle scheme and season ticket loans)
Hybrid working from day one
Work from home set up cash allowance
Temporary remote work from anywhere in the world for up to two months (after six months of employment)
Bob Balance Days throughout the year
Two Social Impact Days annually for volunteering
Employee referral programme
Pension scheme auto-enrolment from day one
Regular company and team social events
Birthday day off and birthday gift

And beyond the benefits, you'll join a company where you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact, grow your career, challenge yourself and help shape the future of work.
We're building a company where everyone can do their best work, grow their careers and be themselves along the way. We'd love for you to be part of it.