Head of People
Vertice is a rapidly expanding technology company on a mission to help businesses manage their growing spend on SaaS and cloud. Businesses are turning to us to gain visibility and savings on their SaaS stack and cloud spend, taking advantage of pricing insights, trend data, smart dashboards and expert negotiators.
Founded by serial entrepreneurs, Roy and Eldar Tuvey, with a successful history of building SaaS startups, Vertice has already become one of the fastest growing vendors in the market. Following a remarkable 7x ARR growth in 2023, we have raised a total of $51 million to date, which will fuel global expansion and drive product innovation.
Weʼre well-positioned to achieve our mission but we need the right people to ensure that it happens - weʼre looking to scale quickly but responsibly. Headquartered in London, youʼll join a global company and work across talented, passionate cross-functional teams.
We all share a goal and a mission so we move fast, we challenge conventions and we're fluid between departments, domains and disciplines. We find it takes a certain type of person to thrive here - low ego, doesnʼt settle for the status quo, collaborative and has strong views loosely held. For the right person this could be the ride of a lifetime!
The role
Weʼre hiring a Head of People to lead & build our People team. The Head of People will be responsible for championing Verticeʼs high performance culture and enabling the team through practical frameworks & tools and hands-on partnering.
More specifically, youʼll do things like:
- Own the overall strategy to create and lead the delivery of the People function
- Enable your team of 4 brilliant recruiters to deliver an ambitious hiring strategy
- Create conditions for 2 experienced HR specialists to support a growing business
- Enable relatively inexperienced managers to develop and level up
- Design best-in-class Onboarding processes for roles at all levels
- Bring rigour and clarity to reward & recognition across functions
- Be the voice of the team when Leadership draft key internal comms
- Instil attention to results, driven by data, within the People function
- Deliver irresistible in-office experiences globally (with our London Office Manager)
We know from experience how important it is for our Head of People to share our Foundersʼ values. Roy and Eldar prioritise to drive business outcomes - they want to own their unique style and for you to help codify their DNA & principles to apply them authentically across the company. To be clear: while a business-first mindset is critical, this isnʼt about falling in line, as you will be encouraged to challenge and elevate all decisions that impact the team.
About you
Youʼll have all or some of:
- Have a spike in People Ops & Engagement in scaling, international companies
- Show solid grasp of Talent and HR to lead a skilled and committed team
- Be an approachable, hands-on partner to managers
- Use data and structured thinking to win minds, as well as hearts
- Able to craft compelling narratives to champion People leadership & change
Outside of these hard skills, weʼll look for the foundations of a brilliant leader:
- Has incisive, plain english communication
- Champions their function, but puts company first
- Balances challenge & compliance with customers & colleagues
- Builds trust & safety by caring about the small people details
- Brings little ego
- Is dependable
- Is pragmatic
Generalists and specialists welcome - ultimately weʼre looking for an emerging leader with a genuine passion for growing teams and cultivating a high-performance culture.
Whats in it for you?
- Salary: Competitive with meaningful equity
- Benefits: Private Healthcare, Pension, Life Insurance, Laptop, some others
- Holiday: 25 days paid holiday
- Location: 3 days per week, in office
- Office: Fitzrovia, London
After that, the process has 3 stages:
- Stage 1: Discovery with Caroline McGrath and Charlotte Wright - 30 mins each (video)
- Stage 2: Discovery with Matt Barnard - 45 mins IRL
- Stage 3: Case study presentation with Roy, Eldar and Matt 60 mins IRL
If you have any questions about the role or process before applying, please ask Sam (sam@hellojems.com).
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