Head of People
About Tecknuovo
We are a technology delivery partner, offering a unique service in the undiscovered sweet spot between consultancy and capability development. There’s a better way to deliver consulting services. We do that by freeing our customers from dependency in everything we do. We free them from relying on external sourcing by delivering on their complex technology challenges at pace with expert teams. And we eliminate their dependence on suppliers by creating the in-house technical capability they’ll need to build tomorrow.
The quality of our people and teams hinges on our associate model. This is how we work with our community of un-benched, ego-free consultants to mobilise services within 14 days.
About the role
As the Head of People, you will be responsible for shaping and driving the people strategy during an exciting phase of growth. Reporting to the CEO, you will work closely with hub leads and Directors to install a high-performance mindset across the business. You'll be able shape a people strategy that supports rapid revenue growth by onboarding, retaining and upskilling teams quickly. Your role will be to align the people culture with our business values as we transition from a scale-up to a more structured corporate environment, whilst preserving the essence of our founders’ vision by ensuring our teams remain motivated, inspired, and empowered to develop within the organisation.
Key personal attributes
• An ambitious, confident self-starter who can deliver outcomes autonomously and is comfortable implementing accountability across all levels of the organisation.
• A great communicator who can bring people along with both their and the company’s vision.
• Looking for rapid career growth towards CPO role, comfortable to report to founder from day one.
• Embrace the pace! An incredibly fast-moving organisation where no two days are the same.
• Collaborative person who likes to build relationships through face-to-face interactions in our London based office.
Key responsibilities
• Responsible for driving people strategy in a fast-moving scale up.
• Report directly to the Founder & CEO and continue to align the business vision
• Drive a high performance mentality by working closely with hub leads, Directors, and Founders to keep the business driving forward at pace.
• Develop and implement a Learning and Development program to support continuous professional growth and ensure that employees are equipped to meet the challenges of a rapidly scaling business.
• Working with business leaders to ensure teams are motivated, inspired and aware of how to grow the organisation.
• Responsible for aligning people culture to business culture as the company goes through scale-up to more corporate structure – ensuring that the founders values stays as long as possible.
• Take the team through a period of double or treble revenue – supporting the talent function with a people strategy equipped to hire ahead of growth, and up skill on-boarders quickly aligned to the growing successes of the business.
Experience required
• Experience working closely with founders and senior leadership, with the ability to influence and execute strategic people initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to hold both teams and senior leadership accountable dor driving high performance in a fast-paced company culture. organisation.
• Proven experience in a Head of People role within a high-growth collaborative scale-up environment.
• Experience implementing affective Learning and Development programs in a scaling organisation.
What we offer
• A minimum of 27 days of annual leave, as well as your birthday off.
• Private medical insurance including medical, optical and dental cover.
• Comprehensive life assurance.
• Office space located in the heart of London with access to the building’s premium wellness facilities, including a gym, sauna and fitness classes.
• Annual allowance for personal and professional training to fuel your career growth.
• Contribution to your pension fund.
Our values
Our values are our anchors, which we hold each other accountable for as a team and as a business.
• Make genuine connections.
• Have the courage to act.
• Embrace the pace.
• Move information freely.
• Be curious, always.
Application process
• Screening call
• Virtual interview
• In-person interview with the team