Acting Head of People
You will lead the People and Culture function during a six-month interim period. You will personally manage employee relations matters, maintain the P&C operating rhythm and plan, advise the CEO and Leadership Team, support the P&C team, drive the hiring plan, implement the bonus structure, run performance and compensation cycles, maintain employment compliance, document processes, govern AI use with employee data, and execute a structured transition.
Responsibilities
- Own employee relations matters, including performance management, extended absence, return-to-work, grievances, investigations, and exits
- Maintain the P&C operating rhythm, OKRs, and FY plan
- Advise the CEO and Leadership Team on hiring, organisation design, performance, and retention
- Lead, coach, and support the P&C team
- Deliver the FY headcount plan with the Talent Acquisition Manager
- Implement the new bonus structure
- Run performance, compensation review, and engagement cycles
- Maintain employment obligations across operating jurisdictions
- Document playbooks, processes, and key decisions
- Govern AI use with employee data and in people decisions
- Use AI to increase P&C team throughput
- Support leaders as AI changes roles across the business
- Plan and execute the end-of-engagement transition
- Advocate for FrankieOne, its product, people, and values
Requirements
- Senior People leadership experience in a scale-up or fast-moving business
- Experience with a distributed or multi-country workforce
- Operational delivery experience
- Judgement to make decisions with incomplete information
- Executive credibility
- Experience delivering an existing program of work