You are a people professional who operates as a genuine business partner. You understand commercial performance and you translate people work into business outcomes. You see your role as building the environment in which exceptional work happens. You are assertive and confident, while remaining genuinely warm and people-centred in the way you lead. You are ambitious, both for the organisation you join and for your own career, and you are ready to make your mark on two high-profile and exacting environments.
A background in multi-site, fast-paced organisations will serve you well here. The sector you come from matters far less than your ability to move quickly, hold complexity and bring people with you.
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This is a rare opportunity to join a newly established, purpose-led organisation at the very start of its journey and play a defining role in its future success.
Led by an inspiring and values-driven CEO with a genuine passion for people, culture and leadership, this organisation is being built with ambition, purpose and long-term impact at its core. Designed to be modern, agile and highly effective, the business will remain intentionally lean, bringing together a small team of exceptional people with a shared commitment to excellence.
As Director of People and a member of the Executive Team, you will have the unique opportunity to shape the culture, leadership capability and employee experience from the ground up. This is a standalone leadership role, offering genuine ownership and influence across the entire people agenda. There are no layers to navigate and no large HR team to manage; instead, you’ll work directly with leaders across the business to build an exceptional organisation from day one.
You will join an Executive team that values fresh thinking, challenge and innovation, helping to create an environment where talented people can do their very best work. Strategic in outlook but hands-on in approach, you will be equally comfortable contributing around the Executive table and rolling up your sleeves to deliver.
We are seeking an experienced HR generalist with exposure to FCA-regulated and/or financial services environments, strong commercial judgement and a passion for building high-performing cultures.
This opportunity could suit an established Director of People seeking a highly impactful lateral move, or an ambitious Head of People ready to take their first seat at the Executive table.
Based in Cardiff with hybrid working, the role offers a compelling opportunity for Welsh talent currently working elsewhere to return home and help build something truly significant.
For the right person, this is a chance to create lasting impact, shape an organisation from the very beginning and help build one of Wales’ most exciting new organisations.
Read onOur client is a leading PE-backed consumer services group operating at significant scale across the UK and Ireland. With a distributed workforce of over 16,000 colleagues across more than 1,000 locations, this is a role of genuine consequence, sitting on the Senior Leadership Team, reporting to the CPO, and acting as the strategic lead for all people operations across the region.
The function spans the full people operations and shared services remit: HR systems and data, employee relations, payroll, process transformation, contingent and supply workforce compliance, and programme delivery, led through a team of c.40. The agenda reflects the pace of the business: AI and digital transformation, accelerating M&A integration, and building an analytics capability that genuinely informs decisions rather than simply reports on them, all in service of delivering the best possible experience for every colleague, at the best commercial value for the organisation.
The role carries genuine statutory and governance weight. The successful candidate will hold ultimate accountability for employment law compliance across two jurisdictions, with responsibility for ensuring a complex ER caseload is managed with rigour and consistency at the appropriate level. Beyond this, the role demands strategic command of people governance and risk across the full employment lifecycle, setting the standards and frameworks that ensure the organisation meets its obligations to regulatory bodies and upholds the professional standards required of a workforce operating in a regulated environment.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a track record of success as a senior leader within a large, complex, consumer-led, multi-site organisation, ideally PE-backed or high-growth, where infrastructure was being built rather than inherited. Leading HR transformation and M&A integration, with the commercial acumen and executive presence to influence at the highest level and, critically, a proven ability to deploy AI in a people operations context; to have built the case, seen it land, and measured what it delivered. This is a role for a conceptual thinker who can also execute. Healthcare, retail, or FMCG backgrounds are particularly relevant.
Read onOur client is a privately owned, founder-led financial services business headquartered in London seeking to hire a HR leader to join their Senior Management Team. Having scaled to over 100 employees through organic growth and strategic acquisition — with significant further growth targeted — the business has reached an inflection point where people infrastructure, leadership capability, and organisational culture have become defining strategic priorities. The environment is entrepreneurial, commercially focused, and flat in structure, with a young and ambitious workforce and a leadership team deeply invested in building something of lasting quality.
Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this is a standalone senior generalist role with genuine strategic influence. This role offers the full HR Generalist agenda with priorities that include; reviewing HR policy and process infrastructure, increasing organisational capability and leadership development, embedding competency frameworks and performance management culture, and continuous review of compensation and benefits. The successful candidate will be both architect and builder — moving fluidly between shaping strategy and executing it, with full ownership of outcomes.
The ideal candidate will be a seasoned HR generalist from professional services, financial services, management consultancy or similar, with a track record across the full spectrum of HR — from Board-level advisory to hands-on policy, process, and people management. Resilience, credibility, and confidence navigating complex stakeholder relationships, including entrepreneurial founders, are essential. Experience in a regulated or acquisitive, scaling environment would be a distinct advantage. For an HR professional who combines strategic capability with a practical, delivery-focused mindset and thrives on genuine ownership, this is an exceptional opportunity.
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Interim CPO required for leadership and direction of OD transformation ahead. April-December 2026.
The CEO is currently holding the CPO seat alongside his own remit and is eager to hand this over to the right person quickly. He leads with a light touch, giving genuine freedom to operate, and is looking for a self-starter who can take ownership and push ahead without needing to be directed.
This is a high-visibility, high-impact role for a people leader with FS or similarly regulated sector experience. The business is open to either a daily rate or fixed-term contract arrangement, with hybrid working pattern.
Our client is a global organisation entering a genuinely meaningful new chapter — new board, new strategy, new operating model. The People function is central to that journey, and this role sits at its heart.
The incoming Director will hold accountability across the full breadth of the People agenda: Talent Acquisition and Management, OD, Performance Management, Engagement, and Learning and Development — including Leadership Development and Coaching Philosophy. Alongside leading a high-performing team, there is a clear brief to evaluate the current People structure and help shape how the function evolves to support the organisation’s next phase.
Read onThere’s a special kind of energy that comes from leading people in a business that never stands still – one that blends deep-rooted values with innovation, ambition, and a genuine commitment to its people. Our client’s leading division, home to around 4,000 colleagues across multiple sites, is at the forefront of this momentum. As Head of People, this is your opportunity to shape how that energy is channelled – how leaders engage, inspire, and develop their teams in an environment defined by pace, transformation, and purpose.
This division sits at the heart of a respected and growing group, and the Head of People will play a central role on the Senior Leadership Team, working alongside an experienced Managing Director and a high-performing executive team. It’s a role that demands both strategic vision and hands-on leadership – someone who can bring clarity through complexity, guide others through change, and ensure that people remain at the centre of every decision. With ongoing commercial restructuring and transformation initiatives underway, the ability to align people strategy with evolving business priorities will be essential.
Read onThis is a role that sits right at the heart of a business on an ambitious journey. Backed by private equity and already operating across the UK and internationally, the organisation employs around 900 colleagues and has set its sights on doubling in size over the next three to five years. Growth will come through expanding partnerships, opening in new territories, and investing in new technology products that will shape its market.
As Chief People Officer, you’ll be part of the executive team and a trusted thought partner to the board. You’ll bring data-led insights and bold ideas to the table, helping to shape a global people strategy that enables sustainable growth and long-term value creation. This is not a role for someone who wants to simply maintain the status quo; it’s about leading transformation with clarity, energy, and credibility.
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Our client is a large-scale, critical organisation is seeking a senior leader to head its Learning & Development function. With a workforce of approximately 8,500 employees—ranging from early career entrants to long-tenured professionals—this organisation operates in a highly complex and regulated environment, with a long-standing operational legacy.
The People function is led by a Chief People Officer who oversees a broad and strategically important portfolio. This role will be accountable for the full learning agenda, including: technical training, regulatory and compliance education, soft skills development, and leadership and capability building.
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