Head of People

• As Head of People, you’ll lead how we manage, develop and reward our people as Arondite grows. You will have the opportunity and challenge to build this function while maintaining the culture that makes Arondite a great place to work
• You’ll work closely with the leadership team and be their trusted adviser on everything people-related, from organisational design to benefits and compensation, as well as employee relations and policy. The role is both strategic and hands‑on.
• You’ll set the direction on how we level, pay and develop people. You’ll write the policy, run the process and manage sensitive conversations with care and maturity
• Build the people processes and ways of working that will help us scale, so the company keeps working well as the team grows
• Advise the leadership team on organisational design
• Support international growth, while ensuring a cohesive employee experience and culture
• Own our approach to pay, benefits and equity, working closely with our finance team
• Design and run performance review cycles, and support managers across the company to do this well
• Own policies, handbooks and contracts, and work with our legal team to keep them compliant with UK employment law
• Develop world-class continuous professional development and training programmes
• Work with our communications and marketing team to deliver first class internal communications and events
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition team on to ensure a seamless candidate experience through recruiting, pre-boarding and onboarding

• Highly competitive base salary and generous equity in tax‑efficient EMI options.
• Free meals provided every day in the office, along with snacks and drinks
• Comprehensive health and dental insurance, and opt‑in cover for dependants.
• 7 % employer pension contribution from day one.
• Unlimited, “Take What You Need” holiday policy.
• Relocation support if you’re moving to London from elsewhere.

Strong working knowledge of UK employment law, and confidence handling ER cases on your own Experience designing and running pay and performance processesA track record of building people processes where little structure existedCIPD Level 5 (Associate Diploma) or higher

Senior generalist HR experience, including acting as the senior people lead in a growing business

Experience in a high-growth startup or scale‑up, ideally in tech

We believe in working closely with defence customers. As a result, this role is likely to require you to hold a clearance or be willing to undergo UK security vetting to Security Check (SC) or above. This normally requires having continuous residency in the UK for at least 5 years

Experience leading a People function and maintaining culture in a multi-national companyCIPD Level 7 or Chartered membership

Experience supporting staff who travel internationally