Head of People - 12-Month FTC

We are seeking an experienced Head of People to join us on a 12-month fixed-term contract (maternity cover). This role is ideal for a strategic People leader who can confidently own our People function end-to-end, driving culture, talent and organisational effectiveness during a key period for the business post Series B funding.

You’ll play a pivotal role in supporting our leadership team, shaping people strategy, and ensuring our employees have an exceptional experience throughout the next year.

At our core, we’re a diverse, fast-growing company with 100+ employees from 27 nationalities, bringing expertise across Sales, Tax, Technology, Legal, Marketing, and Product. We’re backed by top-tier investors Activant, DN Capital, Global Founders Capital and Icebreaker VC, and we’re just getting started!

What You’ll Do

Business Partnership

• Partner with the Executive Team (ET) to achieve company goals through effective Talent Acquisition and People strategy.
• Support the ET in designing, updating, and optimising organisational structures that enable effective execution of company strategy.
• Continue to develop HR strategies and policies, and streamline people processes.
• Lead and continuously improve the full performance management lifecycle (goal setting, mid-year and annual reviews, and underperformance processes).
• Drive continuous improvement and learning culture by reviewing our L&D initiatives.
• Support team leads and the ET in addressing people and performance issues, providing guidance grounded in fairness, consistency and employment law.
• Lead DEI initiatives across the company (programs, trainings, communication, data tracking).
• Partner with Finance on budgets, headcount planning, payroll inputs (per diems etc.) and internal spend protocols.
• Serve as a trusted feedback channel between employees and the ET, ensuring healthy communication loops.
  
  

Talent Acquisition

• Manage the TA team and oversee talent pipelines across external partners (agencies) and internal sourcing channels (employees, outbound, networks).
• Oversee employer branding initiatives e.g., Welcome to the Jungle, LinkedIn, Glassdoor and Aibidia’s careers page.
• Create competitive, data-driven compensation frameworks for new hires, especially equity benchmarking for leadership roles.
  
  

HR Admin

• Advise the Executive Leadership team on employment law matters and ensure global compliance.
• Own our HRIS platform (Personio), including compliance checks, data quality, and People analytics reporting.
• Lead onboarding and offboarding processes end-to-end, ensuring compliance, exceptional employee experience, and operational readiness.
• Manage the Office Management teams that oversee international company offices and workplace experiences.
• Maintain employment partnerships with EoR (Eg: Remote.com) and local payroll vendors.
• Drive automation of People Support processes, including Zendesk ticketing and workflow design.
• Manage sponsorship and immigration processes for the UK and ensure all compliance duties are met.
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• At least 5+ years of experience in versatile HR leadership roles
• Relevant background in VC-backed growth Tech companies
• Relevant stage experience (Series B), and/or has helped the company to grow from 100+ employees
• Ability to quickly understand Aibidia’s business
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills (English)
• Understanding of labor law matters in Finland, US, UK and other relevant markets where we operate.
• Knowledge of GDPR and data-privacy frameworks.
• Experience supporting internal data and information security audits with required HR/People documentation.
  
  

Our Benefits:

• A fair share of Aibidia's success, benefiting from a competitive compensation and incentive package.
• Flexible working hours with a hybrid working policy.
• Comprehensive healthcare package.
• Genuine drive towards physical and mental wellbeing, with initiatives by an internal organisational health and wellbeing committee.
• The latest technology to ensure you can do your best work with the best tools.
• A boost for your professional development - performance-based growth is part of the company culture and there is a designated learning budget for every employee.
• An opportunity to be part of a global, fast-growing SaaS company revolutionising a traditional industry.
• Regular team social events.
• A non-hierarchical atmosphere and stellar culture at the office.
  
  

We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, we want you to bring you, no matter your background, gender, race or sexual orientation.