People Partner - Technology units

We’re scaling fast across the US and Europe, and our global team of almost 2000 colleagues continues to grow, and fast! As we expand our reach, launch new products and enter new markets, we need to stay sharp, scalable and human. That’s where you come in.

We’re looking for a People Partner to join our high-performing team and partner with leaders across our Builders business unit to deliver people strategies that drive performance, engagement, and scalable growth. As a People Partner, you’ll work closely with senior managers and functional leaders to translate company priorities into actionable people plans. You’ll bring clarity, commerciality, and care to everything you do, enabling leaders to make confident decisions and empowering teams to thrive.

Due to the recent acquisition and ongoing integration of two organisations alongside our huge growth ambitions, this role is for someone who thrives in fast paced, scaling environments and knows how to bring clarity, commerciality, and dedication to employee experience in fast-scaling teams. 

You’ll be responsible for implementing core people processes, enabling change initiatives, and ensuring we’re building a culture that reflects our values as we scale.

If you thrive in fast-paced environments, know how to balance tactical delivery with strategic thinking, and want to make a meaningful impact on people and performance, we’d love to meet you.

What you’ll do

Partner with Leaders to Deliver People Plans

• Work with Senior Leaders and Managers to co-create people priorities with business goals.
• Provide insight, challenge, and recommendations on people topics across the full employee lifecycle including org design, high performance culture, and leading change. 
• Act as a trusted adviser and coach, ensuring leaders have the mindset, capability, and confidence to lead their teams effectively.
• Implement and manage key people processes (e.g. performance reviews, engagement surveys, talent planning) in your functions, ensuring quality and consistency.
• Our values are at the heart of everything we do here at TK. You’ll shape the employee experience across the teams you partner, and beyond. Help us listen carefully, act on feedback and build a culture that people want to be part of.

Drive Performance and Engagement

• Support leaders to embed the performance process, ensuring objectives, feedback, and development conversations drive high performance.
• Use a range of data insights including People Data, Engagement Results, performance, and external sources to proactively partner on action planning, and monitor progress against agreed initiatives.
• Champion our values and ensure they are embedded into ways of working.
• Use people data to diagnose challenges, track progress, and recommend improvements.

Lead Change at a Functional Level

• Co-deliver change management activities with Senior Leaders and Managers, ensuring buy-in, clear communication, leader enablement, and smooth implementation.
• Lead integration projects, restructures, or shifts in operating models, working closely with senior People Partners and other stakeholders.
• You’ll ensure that through change and beyond, our colleagues are valued, and stay connected to our mission.

Enable Leadership and Manager Capability

• Coach and guide Leaders and Managers on people topics, from performance and development to team dynamics and organisational change.
• Identify capability gaps and partner with the relevant People Team functions to address them, including through the creation and delivery of learning content. 
• You’ll bring insight, challenge and clarity to business decisions, team structures and leadership plans. With huge growth plans comes ambiguity and a need to adapt our approach regularly; you’ll be comfortable navigating unknowns, and bring confidence in others through ambiguity. 

What success looks like

• Leaders in your functions feel equipped and confident to lead their teams through growth and change, and to drive performance, engagement and team development.
• Core people processes are delivered with consistency, quality, and impact.
• People insights such as engagement, churn, and absence remain healthy, and engagement and performance metrics in your functions improve, with clear links to actions you’ve partnered on.
• Change initiatives in your remit are implemented smoothly, with positive feedback from leaders and teams.
• Successful project delivery across your business function and the People Team 

What you’ll bring

• Experience in a People Partner role partnering in fast-growing tech companies
• Experience partnering with technology business units such as software engineers, product managers or design
• A track record of partnering and influencing senior leaders.
• Strong understanding of organisational design, performance management, leadership development and change management
• A coaching mindset and excellent communication skills. You know when to challenge and when to support
• A commercial approach to people work, with a focus on impact, data and action and balancing employee experience
• Experience developing and enabling leaders
• Comfort operating across regions and time zones, with experience partnering international teams
• A bias for clarity, consistency and care in everything you do

What you'll get in return

💰 A competitive compensation package, including equity options in TravelPerk;

🌴 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays;

💼 Company Pension Plan with Aviva; 

💊 Private medical insurance from Bupa;

🙌 Life insurance with Zurich;

🧘‍ Income Protection + Wellbeing App with Unum;

🦷 Access to voluntary dental insurance through Bupa;

🚲 Tax-efficient schemes such as Cycle2Work & electric car leasing via Octopus;

💪 Discounts on 12-month gym memberships with GymFlex;

💙Spring Health - Get access to 12x therapy & 12x coaching sessions per year! - a mental health support tool with access to therapists year round;

🎟️ Access to a wide variety of discounts and rewards;

🥳 Unforgettable TravelPerk events, including our spectacular annual summer party;

👶 Parental leave: 12 to 16 weeks, based on location and eligibility factors;

🫶 16 paid hours per year to volunteer for a cause of your choice;

🌎 A ’Work from anywhere’ in the world allowance of 20 working days per year.

📈 Exponential growth opportunities