Head of People

About SciLeads:

SciLeads is a fast-growing, remote-first SaaS company helping reshape how scientific

companies do sales and marketing. With over 90 people across the UK, Canada, and beyond

— and plans to grow to 150+ in the next two years — our culture of openness, flexibility and

innovation drives everything we do.

 

We’re an award winning company, and have been listed as one of Deloitte’s fastest growing

tech companies for four years in a row. We are passionate about putting people first and

committed to creating an outstanding employee experience as a remote working company.

 

We’re building a world-class team to support our next phase of growth, and we’re looking for

an experienced, hands-on Head of People who can spearhead the function, inspire the team,

and deliver on the critical initiatives that will make SciLeads an outstanding place to work.

 

About the Role:

As Head of People, you’ll take full ownership of the People function, leading a team of three

and delivering on both strategic initiatives and day-to-day HR operations. This isn’t just about

creating a great place to work, it’s about building a high-performing culture that actively

drives business growth.

 

You’ll be a critical partner to the executive team, aligning people strategy with commercial

outcomes and using people data to influence decision-making. You’ll shape a culture that is

purpose-driven, inclusive, and laser-focused on performance where people are both highly

engaged and empowered to deliver exceptional results.

 

You will also be responsible for designing and launching “people products” (from performance

frameworks to reward and recognition mechanisms) that scale with us, support retention of

top talent, and build a supportive but challenging culture of accountability and excellence.

 

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, scale-up environment and

enjoys rolling up their sleeves while influencing at the leadership level.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Team Development

• Manage, coach, and develop a high performing People team to deliver on agreed objectives
• Contribute to the leadership team by bringing people insight and challenge to strategic conversations

 

Key Initiatives

• Define and deliver a scalable People Strategy that supports the full employee lifecycle from attraction, recruitment, development, retention and off-boarding
• Work in partnership with senior members of the business to design and implement a performance management framework that fits our scale and culture
• Create and launch a high-impact learning and development programme for managers and high-potential talent to enhance our culture of continuous improvement
• Conduct a full benefits review and direct improvements that support retention and engagement
• Define and track key people metrics such as eNPS to inform decision-making and track progress

 

Ongoing Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement across each stage of the employee lifecycle, ensuring processes remain efficient, engaging and aligned to the evolving needs of the business and its people
• Oversee compliance with employment laws in the UK, NI, and Canada — including working closely with external advisors, especially across Canadian provinces, overseeing engagements with Employer of Record (EOR) providers, and managing compliance for remote contractors
• Supervise the preparation of UK and Canadian payroll input sheets, ensuring accuracy and identifying opportunities to delegate or automate
• Own and continuously enhance our HRIS (HiBob) to drive automation, streamline workflows, and improve documentation, reporting, and people data across all HR processes
• Champion culture and engagement across a fully remote team
• Develop policies and people processes that scale with the business

 

Essential Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years in progressive People/HR roles which includes experience managing and developing a team
• Delivery of strategic people initiatives to support high growth
• Evidence of successful execution of plans including initiatives across strategic talent and recruitment and workforce planning initiatives, performance, learning and development, engagement, well-being, compensation and benefits, organizational design and development, and strategic resource planning
• Proven ability to operate at pace in a scale-up or fast-growing environment
• Strong influencing skills — you’re comfortable challenging and supporting senior members of the business
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and known for your follow-through — you thrive in the detail and strive for clarity and completion in everything you do
• Fluency in utilising technology including AI tools, collaboration systems (Slack, Notion etc) and experienced in HRIS systems (ideally HiBob)
• A systems thinker experienced in developing and overseeing compliance processes,and payroll workflows
• Experience supporting globally distributed teams with sensitivity to different working styles and cultural norms
• Skilled in using data and systems to improve processes, efficiency and decision-making
• Based in the UK with the right to work
• An appropriate knowledge of employment legislation and an understanding in UK and NI employment legislation

 

Benefits:

• Fully remote working
• £750 home office allowance
• £200 personal development allowance
• Private Healthcare
• Pension scheme
• 25 days holiday plus public/bank holidays
• A day off for your birthday 
• Women in Business NI Membership
• A truly flexible working culture
• Quarterly meet ups
• Virtual office to hang out with colleagues

 

SciLeads is an equal opportunities employer, we welcome and encourage applications of all

nationalities, backgrounds and genders. This job posting is for an open position in SciLeads.

Our expected time from offer to start date is typically two to four weeks.

 

Our application process is designed to be quick and easy! We value your time, so we won’t ask

you to rewrite your CV. All we ask is that you upload your CV and fill in all the mandatory

fields. Any additional fields are for you to provide us with more information if you wish to do

so.