About This Role
This Chief People Officer role is for a commercial operator first and a people leader second, partnering directly with the CEO and Board of a private equity-backed global business. The successful candidate will be instrumental in turning the value creation plan into organizational, talent, and leadership decisions that drive revenue and margin, while navigating a carve-out and an acquisition simultaneously.
Responsibilities
- Partner directly with the CEO and Board to turn the value creation plan into organization, talent, and leadership decisions that move revenue and margin
- Design and deliver the people side of a carve-out and an integration at once: operating model, org design, workforce planning, leadership structure, and culture
- Build a people function fit for an independent, scaled business, then make it commercial, data-led, and fast
- Lead the roll-out of AI and analytics across people and the wider organization, with real adoption and measurable outcomes
- Hold the line on risk across multiple jurisdictions without slowing the business down
- Challenge the executive team and the investors when the commercial case calls for it, with evidence and with the backbone to be heard
Requirements
- Private equity experience is essential; you have worked inside a PE-backed business and understand the pace, scrutiny, and hold-period logic that comes with it
- Real commercial credibility; you can link every people decision to growth, productivity, or margin, and you are comfortable being judged on it
- A global lens on growth; you have built and scaled people strategy across multiple markets, and you understand how pay, talent, and leadership need to flex region by region to protect the commercial plan
- Transformation design and execution, not just the slide; you have built the model and then delivered it
- A keen eye for data; you find the signal, tell the story, and make the call
- A track record of rolling out AI or new technology in a people context
- Comfort in high ambiguity; you can set direction when the picture is incomplete and keep a team moving through it
- The robustness to challenge and the judgment to know when
- Energy for pace; this is a role for people who thrive on it
- Open on sector; your PE-backed track record matters more than the industry you earned it in
Benefits
- Opportunity to build the people agenda for a business at its most formative point
- A seat in the conversations that decide where the business goes next
- An investor group and CEO who want a true partner, not a policy owner
Important Details
- Locations: London (ideal base); other European cities will be considered for the right person
