Senior Director of People
Senior Director of People
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Multiverse is the upskilling platform for AI and Tech adoption.
We have partnered with 1500 companies to deliver a new kind of learning thats transforming todays workforce.
Our upskilling apprenticeships are designed for people of any age and career stage to build critical AI data and tech skills. Our learners have driven $2bn ROI for their employers using the skills theyve learned to improve productivity and measurable performance.
In June 2022 we announced a $220 million Series D funding round co-led by StepStone Group Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst. With a post-money valuation of $1.7bn the round makes us the UKs first EdTech unicorn.
But we arent stopping there. With a strong operational footprint and 800 employees we have ambitious plans to continue scaling. Were building a world where tech skills unlock peoples potential and output.
Join Multiverse and power our mission to equip the workforce to win in the AI era.
About Multiverse
Multiverses mission is to equip the workforce to win in the AI era. We have partnered with 1500 companies in the US & UK to deliver a new kind of learning thats transforming todays workforce. Multiverse apprenticeships are designed for people of any age and career stage and focus on building critical AI data and tech skills. Multiverse learners have driven $2bn ROI for their employers using the skills theyve learned to improve productivity and measurable June 2022 Multiverse announced a $220 million Series D funding round co-led by StepStone Group Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst. With a post-money valuation of $1.7bn the round makes the company the UKs first EdTech unicorn. But we arent stopping there. With a strong operational footprint and 800 employees globally we have ambitious plans to continue scaling. Were building a world where tech skills unlock peoples potential and output - join us to become a part of this important mission.
The Opportunity
This is a truly pivotal and exciting opportunity for an exceptional People leader to step in as the number two to our VP People. Youll be the driving force behind all things People delivery making a significant impact across our dynamic global business.
Youll lead a fantastic team overseeing critical functions like Employee Relations People Services Analytics Total Rewards Systems and People Partnering. Were looking for someone who can not only set the strategic direction but also roll up their sleeves and get stuck into the detail where needed.
Youll champion and lead the successful rollout of our global People initiatives ensuring consistency and excellence across the board. A key focus will be evolving our People team into the AI era looking beyond just human-centric organisational design to truly integrate human-machine collaboration. Youll also ensure our People strategies are implemented seamlessly and that your teams are incredibly well-equipped to support the entire business.
This role offers a rare platform to contribute to Multiverses mission and truly shape our future as we continue our rapid growth.
Specifically you will:
Lead People Team Delivery & Strategy: Act as the strategic operational leader for our core People functions overseeing Employee Relations People Services and Operations Analytics Total Rewards and Systems ensuring best-in-class delivery.
Drive Strategic People Initiatives: Orchestrate the successful planning execution and embedding of key global People programs ensuring alignment and effective change management across the organisation. Youll be the lynchpin in ensuring consistency amongst our people partner rollout processes for every new strategic initiative.
Deliver operational excellence: All people lifecycle processes will ultimately be your responsibility. Youll need to lead these with the rigour precision and expertise required to ensure our people have a great experience and weve fully met our policy requirements. We operate in a regulated environment and so strong delivering consistently in this area will be key.
Champion AI Transformation & Automation: Alongside the snr Director of People Services lead the People teams AI transformation journey including supporting the reskilling of People Partners and implementing work optimisation strategies for human-machine collaboration. Youll also drive automation within our People processes to enhance efficiency and impact.
Elevate People Partnering & Capability: Lead and enable our People Partnering function providing expert coaching organisational design insights and strategic People solutions to support critical client groups.
Ensure Data-Driven Excellence: Utilise People data and analytics to inform program design measure impact and provide crucial insights and strategy across all People functions and to key stakeholders.
Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration & Improvement: Work closely with all stakeholders across Multiverse to ensure cohesive strategy implementation and share best practices. Maintain a strategic eye on external trends and internal feedback to continuously refine People programs tools and approaches ensuring they are fit for the future.
About You:
Youre an incredible high-intensity leader with proven experience operating at a senior level (Director or above) in a fast-paced global environment ideally within a scale-up that has reached revenue over $100m ARR
You have a truly well-rounded technical understanding of diverse People domains including Employee Relations Total Rewards People Systems Analytics and People Partnering. You can oversee and drive excellence across all of them.
You have clarity of thought on your beliefs in the people space: you have a strong ethos and ability to execute on performance management comp philosophies and people ops/automation approach
You are a master organiser and executor capable of leading complex projects with multiple stakeholders ensuring clarity and delivering exceptional results.
You are a natural enabler and toolkit builder passionate about standardising excellence and empowering others with the resources they need to succeed.
You possess a highly strategic and forward-thinking mindset with a keen interest in the future of work including the impact and implementation of AI within People functions.
You are an exceptional communicator and influencer able to build trust and credibility quickly with senior executives and articulate complex ideas with clarity.
You have a strong understanding of change management principles and a proven track record in embedding new processes and ways of working within a team and across an organisation.
You are comfortable navigating ambiguity demonstrate a high degree of initiative and are adept at problem-solving.
You thrive in a collaborative environment ready to partner effectively across the People team and the wider business
Benefits
Time off - 27 days holiday plus 5 additional days off: 1 life event day 2 volunteer days 2 company-wide wellbeing days (M-Powered Weekend) and 8 bank holidays per year.
Health & Wellness - private medical Insurance with Bupa a medical cashback scheme life insurance gym membership & wellness resources through Wellhub and access to Spill - all in one mental health support.
Hybrid work offering - we collaborate in the office 3 days per week.
Work-from-anywhere scheme - youll have the opportunity to work from anywhere up to 10 days per year.
Team fun - weekly socials company wide events and office snacks!
Our commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Were an equal opportunities employer. And proud of it. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless of race colour ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. This will never change. Read our Equality Diversity & Inclusion policy here.
Right to Work
Do you have the right to work in the UK Unfortunately at this time we cannot offer sponsorship for this role and we cannot consider overseas applications.
Safeguarding
All posts in Multiverse involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding. Successful applicants are required to complete a Disclosure Form from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for the position. Failure to declare any convictions (that are not subject to DBS filtering) may disqualify a candidate for appointment or result in summary dismissal if the discrepancy comes to light subsequently.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full-Time
