People Partner

People Partner – South & London

£55,000–£60,000 DOE + Benefits + Bonus + LTIP Programme
Permanent | Full-time | Field-based across London & the South

Ready to bring the flavour to our people agenda?

At Wingstop, we're not just in the chicken business, we're in the flavour business. We're here to deliver exceptional experiences and memorable moments, for our customers and our teams.

And we're growing fast.

Recognised in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2024, 2025 and 2026, named the UK's Number 1 QSR Brand in 2025, and home to Deliveroo's Number 1 Dish in 2025, we're building something special. Now, we're looking for a commercially minded People Partner who knows how to make great things happen in a fast-paced, multi-site hospitality business.

If you love being close to the action, building relationships with operational leaders and turning people insight into real business impact, this could be the role for you.

This isn't a desk-based HR role.
It's a genuinely field-based position, partnering with our restaurant teams and operational leaders across London and the South, covering approximately 50 restaurants.

You’ll spend time out in the business, getting to know our people, understanding what's happening on the ground and working alongside our Market, District and Restaurant Managers to make a tangible difference. You’ll need to be comfortable travelling regularly across the region, building relationships face-to-face and adapting your approach to the needs of each restaurant and its leadership team.

You’ll be a trusted partner to the operation, combining strong commercial thinking with sound people judgement. From coaching managers and navigating complex employee relations cases to using data to identify trends, improve retention and strengthen leadership capability, you’ll help turn our people strategy into action.

We’re looking for someone who understands the realities of a fast-moving, customer-facing environment. Someone who can build credibility with operational teams, challenge constructively, roll their sleeves up and balance the pace of the business with doing the right thing for our people.

• Partnering on the ground: Building strong relationships with Market, District and Restaurant Managers, spending time in restaurants and understanding the challenges and opportunities across your region.

• Driving commercial performance: Connecting people priorities to business results, using insight to improve retention, engagement, leadership effectiveness and overall restaurant performance.

• Being the go‑to for ER: Managing complex and sensitive employee relations cases, providing pragmatic advice and coaching managers to handle issues confidently and consistently.

• Making data count: Turning people metrics and trends into clear actions, challenging assumptions and helping leaders make better‑informed decisions.

• Building leadership capability: Coaching and influencing managers at all levels, strengthening leadership behaviours and raising the bar on people management.

• Improving how we work: Challenging the status quo, identifying opportunities to improve people practices and driving consistency across a growing multi‑site operation.

• Bringing our values to life: Embedding our values of Authentic, Entrepreneurial, Fun and Service‑Minded in everyday decisions, behaviours and experiences.

• Supporting our people agenda: Championing engagement, DEI, wellbeing and psychological safety, ensuring our teams feel supported, included and able to thrive.

• Supporting growth and change: Working closely with the wider People team and operational leaders to deliver change, maintain compliance and support the continued growth of Wingstop UK&I.

We’re keen to hear…