Head of People - U.S.

Lead Elliptic's US People function as a senior strategic partner to US leadership, driving people strategy, talent development, organizational design, workforce planning, culture, and employee relations in a high-growth technology environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with US senior leadership on strategic people matters and business outcomes.
• Own and execute the US People strategy in alignment with global People leadership.
• Lead workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning, and team structure initiatives.
• Embed performance, compensation, and hybrid working programs across the US.
• Provide senior escalation support for complex employee relations matters.
• Lead, manage, and develop the US People Partners team.
• Oversee US People function budget and headcount planning.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on role scoping, candidate selection, offers, and onboarding.
• Support employee development, performance management, conduct issues, and compensation processes.
• Translate people data into insights for leadership decision-making.
• Advance inclusion, wellbeing, psychological safety, culture, and international scaling initiatives.

Requirements

• Significant senior strategic HR leadership experience, such as Head of People, Senior People Partner, or HR Business Partner leader.
• Experience managing and developing a team, ideally in a scaling technology or international environment.
• Business-savvy and commercially aware understanding of organizational and people needs.
• Credibility with senior leaders, strong coaching skills, and the ability to challenge with empathy.
• Outcome-focused approach to simplifying, improving, and scaling processes.
• Strong knowledge of US employment law and multi-state compliance.
• Comfort using HRIS systems, survey platforms, spreadsheets, data, and AI solutions.
• Resilience, flexibility, and comfort operating in ambiguity and through organizational change.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Private health insurance and wellness program
• Pension plan
• Enhanced parental leave
• Career development plan and $1,000 annual personal training budget
• Regular team events, lunches, socials, and quarterly events
• Home office allowance
• All equipment needed to be successful
• Truly hybrid working policy