Overview

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A bit about the role.

As a People Director you will be the key People partner for our global foundational teams (Finance, Tech, Customer Love, Brand & Creative), as well as partner our UK Commercial Directors. You will deeply understand the ambitions, challenges and growth plans of your stakeholders, translating these into People needs and shaping the People Plan. You will contract with Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to align delivery against business priorities, while taking full accountability for the successful execution of the People Plan in your areas.

You will act as a critical friend to senior leaders; supporting and constructively challenging their thinking to help them define role success, build high-performing teams and set ambitious goals. You will also lead and develop your local People team (People Leads, Payroll, and People Experience) to ensure the delivery of excellent People fundamentals and a consistently great People experience. The People Director is part of the People Leadership Team, reporting directly to the CPO.

• Business Partner with Global Functional Leads and UK Commercial Directors; building trusted peer relationships to enable high performance across their teams.
• Translate business ambitions into actionable People Plans, ensuring these feed into CoE priorities and are delivered effectively.
• Partner with CoEs as a peer: shaping strategy, agreeing delivery priorities and contracting expectations with business stakeholders.
• Lead, coach and develop your direct reports, ensuring they are empowered, supported and growing their skill set.
• Ensure the consistent delivery of brilliant basics including employment relations, payroll, compliance, performance processes and employee experience.
• Influence senior leaders with data and insight: build, interpret, and present key People metrics to shape decisions and measure impact.
• Champion DEI, wellbeing, and engagement initiatives as a cultural carrier, embedding our values and ways of working into every aspect of the People lifecycle.
• Contribute to the wider strategic evolution of the People Team, supporting the design of scalable, innovative processes that serve all markets.

A bit about you.

• Extensive experience in senior HR/People leadership roles, ideally in a fast-paced, international environment.
• Proven track record as a senior business partner with the confidence to challenge, influence, and shape decisions at exec level.
• Strong leadership capability with experience developing and enabling People managers and teams.
• Excellent communicator with an ability to simplify complexity, build trust quickly and influence.
• Data-driven mindset, able to translate metrics and insights into action.
• Deep knowledge of UK employment law and strong commercial awareness.
• Comfortable balancing strategic influence with operational delivery, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks.
• Inclusive, values-led leadership style with a genuine passion for people and culture.

Process and interviews

• Initial call (45 minutes): Introductory chat with our Talent Partner
• Technical interview (60 minutes): Remote interview with scenario and competency questions
• Chief People Officer interview (45 minutes): In-person in White City to discuss commercial knowledge and values alignment
• Final interviews (60 minutes): In-person with our Co-Founder for competency and values questions

Work location and visa

• This team works 3 days per week from our West London office (Mon, Wed, Thu) and 2 days from home. This is non-negotiable; please only apply if you’re within a reasonable commute of London.
• We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
• We are not looking for recruitment agency support for this role.

A bit about us.

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food, cooked like you would at home and delivered in perfect portions. As a B-Corp certified company, you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company that cares about our people, product and impact on the environment. Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives while leaving humans smiling after every interaction.

A bit about what we offer.

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service
• 5 paid 'paws' days per year for learning and/or wellbeing
• £500 personal learning & development budget
• Butternut Box employee discount
• Enhanced parental leave (52 weeks’ maternity leave incl. 26 weeks paid and 6 weeks paternity/secondary leave)
• Co-working office space
• Flexible working hours and work-from-home options
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with NEST
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
• Time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss
• Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5+ years at Butternut
• Discounted gym access
• Office dogs and a friendly, collaborative culture

A few things to note:

• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity and inclusion.
• We are committed to social and environmental performance and continual improvement.
• We are actively seeking diverse candidates and strive to build an inclusive workplace.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Human Resources
• Manufacturing