A fast-scaling, AI-enabled technology business is hiring its first HR Business Partner to build and shape the people function from the ground up.
This is not a traditional HR role. This is a hands-on, high-impact position for someone who wants to own people strategy end to end across a business growing through acquisition, integration and rapid scale.
You will work closely with the CEO and leadership team, playing a key role in how the business hires, integrates and builds a high-performance culture.
Role: HR Business Partner
Salary: £50,000 to £60,000 (Birmingham) or £55,000 to £65,000 (London)
Location: Birmingham or London, with travel to other UK sites
What you’ll be doing:
- Own the full people function across a growing, multi-site business
- Lead people integration across acquisitions, ensuring smooth onboarding and cultural alignment
- Build and improve hiring processes to attract and secure high-quality talent quickly
- Partner with leadership on organisational design, structure and scaling plans
- Develop performance management frameworks that are clear, effective and commercially aligned
- Manage employee relations, including TUPE, case management and complex scenarios
- Create practical, scalable HR processes without over-engineering
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, including the CEO
What you’ll need:
- CIPD Level 5 minimum or equivalent experience
- 5 to 8 years’ experience within HR, ideally in fast-growth, multi-site or acquisition-led environments
- Proven experience with TUPE, employee relations and integration projects
- Experience building or shaping HR processes from scratch
- Confidence working directly with senior leadership and challenging where needed
- Ability to operate at pace and bring structure to ambiguity
- A pragmatic, hands-on approach rather than a policy-led mindset
- Interest in how technology and AI can shape people operations
What’s on offer:
- Salary up to £65,000 depending on location
- A true first HR hire role with full ownership
- Direct exposure to CEO and leadership team
- Opportunity to shape people strategy in a high-growth business
- A role suited to someone who wants impact, not maintenance
This role would suit someone who has been the first or early HR hire in a growing business, enjoys building from scratch and is comfortable operating across both strategy and hands-on delivery.
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