People Business Partner

Role Type: Full time
Location: UK remote/hybrid
Preferred Start Date: ASAP
LIFE AS A SATALIAN

Satalia, a Wunderman Thompson Commerce and Technology Company, is a community of individuals devoted to working on diverse and challenging projects, allowing you to flex your technical skills whilst working with a tight knit team of high performing colleagues. As an organisation, we push the boundaries of data science, optimisation and Artificial Intelligence. We build technologies that radically improve the operational efficiency, customer and employee satisfaction of our clients. We do this through product development and bespoke AI services.

We are part of Wunderman Thompson Commerce & Technology. Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, we’re unique in our ability to connect world-class strategic thinking and creative insight, with deep executional capability across technology and operations. We’re part of the WPP Group, which gives us the talent, infrastructure, and support of one of the largest agency networks in the world.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a People Business Partner to join our people team and work with our Satalia division. This is a key role that will impact and influence all areas of the business.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to and drive the overall People team strategy as a strategic partner to your assigned business area(s).
• Be a sparring partner for the senior leader of your business areas to build relationships and challenge the status quo with a seat at the leadership table
• Develop a deep knowledge of business strategies, priorities and challenges to raise creditability of the People team and ensure that your business areas are the right sizes, and structured to deliver
• Coach the management team to improve leadership capability and drive improved employee engagement
• Use People metrics to support managers in defining, developing, and executing people plans, in collaboration with the Talent, L&D and Reward teams
• Ownership of the Performance enablement process in your area to influence business managers on decision making on people, promotions, and recruitment
• Lead on complex employee relations matters as necessary (including Redundancy and TUPE) including working with and mentoring the People officer on more simplistic cases
• Communicate key messages through Business area, attending team meetings and being a visible partner
Lead or support UK CPO to deliver on People team and wider EMEA or Business change projects. Current projects include Career Pathways and Competency frameworks, Leadership Development, IE&D strategy and Wellbeing initiatives

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Strong experience as generalist HR Business Partner, ideally within a similar industry
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and constantly changing environment, working at an operational and strategic level
• Skilled and experienced in organisational development and change, performance management, reward and learning and development
• CIPD qualified and a passion for continuous professional development
• Organised with the ability to manage and prioritise a challenging and busy workload
• Good knowledge of employment law and commercial in your approach
• Excellent people management and influential skills
• Analytical and goal oriented
• Demonstrable experience with HR metrics
• Self-starter with a drive to make things happen at pace
• Strong emotional intelligence, listening, influencing and coaching skills
A high level of resilience

WHAT WE OFFER

• Opportunity to work at the forefront of AI technology
• A chance to contribute to groundbreaking commerce AI solutions
  Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are. This looks like:

• Development - focus on bringing the best out of each other
• Annual bonus - when Satalia does well, we all do well
• Remote working - café, bedroom, beach - wherever works
• Impactful projects - focus on bringing meaningful social and environmental change
• People oriented culture - wellbeing is a priority, as is being a nice person
• Truly flexible working hours - school pick up, volunteering, gym
• Transparent and open culture - you will be heard

Satalia is home to some of the brightest minds in AI and if you’re looking to join a company who not only values autonomy and freedom, but embraces a culture of inclusion and warmth, we’d love to hear from you.

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