Talent and People Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily operations of the people function and manage the entire recruitment process.

• Coordinate sourcing, interviewing, candidate pipelines, offer generation, and onboarding procedures.

• Facilitate a thorough onboarding experience and conduct follow-ups with new employees.

• Process payroll across three different systems and manage benefits, annual leave, and contract renewals.

• Prepare employment and consultancy contracts along with offer letters.

• Ensure legal compliance with assistance from legal advisors.

• Update and maintain people policies and the employee handbook.

• Provide support for home-working health and safety and manage people-related risks.

• Audit people processes and systems, implementing improvements as the team expands.

• Oversee IT setup, device management, and off-boarding procedures.

• Serve as the initial point of contact for any people-related inquiries.

• Manage processes related to disciplinary actions, grievances, off-boarding, and exit interviews.

• Collaborate closely with the Head of Operations and team leaders.

• Establish yourself as the trusted first point of contact for inquiries regarding people and talent.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in managing people operations and talent in a company with 35+ employees, including the ability to scale processes effectively.

• Strong understanding of UK employment law, best practices in people management, and compliance regulations.

• Practical experience in managing contracts and policies.

• Demonstrated success in overseeing end-to-end recruitment and onboarding processes.

• Experience in managing payroll, benefits, and people systems, preferably across various countries.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment on sensitive and confidential matters.

• Dependable self-starter who can set direction and execute plans independently.

• Experience in supporting a remote-first or internationally distributed team (preferred).

• Familiarity with Employer of Record models and multi-country payroll systems (preferred).

• Proficiency with technology and tools (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Share options in Driftrock, structured under founder-friendly, tax-efficient EMI terms, with the possibility to retain vested options after departure (subject to board discretion).

• Comprehensive Vitality health coverage, including medical, dental, vision, hearing, mental health support and therapy, cancer coverage, a complimentary Headspace subscription, and Vitality rewards.

• Holiday entitlement of 24 to 28 days (24 days plus 1 additional day each year, capped at 28), in addition to bank holidays.

• Pension contributions provided.

• Life insurance coverage equivalent to three times the salary.

• Income protection benefits.

• Electric car salary-sacrifice scheme (Octopus), allowing savings of up to ~40%, with insurance, servicing, and charging perks included.

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policies.

• A learning budget allocated for books, courses, and conferences, along with time dedicated to personal goals.

• Access to perks and discounts through CharlieHR.

• BMW Group employee discount program available.

• Fully remote and flexible working arrangements offered.

• Co-working space options accessible.

• Opportunities for Donut coffee pairings.

• Annual company summit to bring the global team together in person.