People Director

• £90,000 – £100,000 + sweet equity!
• Shoreham-by-Sea / Hybrid (3 days office)
• Lead strategic people initiatives in a PE-backed, high-growth environment

Our client is on an exciting scale-up journey, backed by private equity, and experiencing rapid expansion across multiple business units. With an entrepreneurial culture at the heart of the business, they’re building an inclusive, high-performance environment where people can do their best work. This is an opportunity to join a leadership team making bold moves in a fast-paced market while shaping a people strategy that directly fuels growth and long-term value creation.

The People Director will be the strategic right hand to the Chief People Officer, leading a high-impact People Partnering & Advisory function. This role will influence at the highest levels, deliver transformative organisational initiatives, and embed a unified culture across a growing, acquisition-rich environment. The People Director will combine strategic vision with hands-on leadership to create a commercially-savvy, change-ready, high-performing people function.

The People Director will:

• Lead the People Partnering & Advisory team to deliver a commercially focused, insight-driven people strategy.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, shaping decisions that drive performance and engagement.
• Drive organisational design, workforce planning, leadership development, and succession planning.
• Oversee people integration for acquisitions, ensuring smooth transitions and cultural alignment.
• Build a reputation for the People team as indispensable to business success.

Essential skills:

• Senior HR/People leadership experience in a PE-backed or high-growth environment.
• Expertise in organisational design, cultural transformation, and M&A integration (including TUPE).
• Strong commercial acumen with data-led decision-making.
• Proven success in building and leading high-performing teams.
• Resilience and adaptability in fast-paced, evolving settings.

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary of £90,000 – £100,000.
• Sweet equity
• Opportunity to shape the culture of a high-growth success story.
• Hybrid working model (3 days in Shoreham-by-Sea office).

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all employees and job applicants. In line with the Equality Act 2010, we strive to create and maintain a working environment in which everyone is able to make the best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. No person is subjected to any less favourable treatment on any discriminatory grounds on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy and maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.