Head of People

About the role

This is a senior, visible role at the heart of Cellular Origins. As Head of People, you’ll lead the development of a people strategy that matches the ambition of our technology, and you’ll make sure the way we hire, grow and support people is as robust and scalable as the automation we build.

You’ll balance big-picture thinking with hands-on work. One day you might be advising the CEO on future organisation shape, the next you might be refining onboarding or sitting with a manager to untangle a complex people challenge. You’ll enjoy being close to what is really happening in the business and turning insight into practical change.

You will also be a key steward of our culture as we grow. New colleagues are joining all the time, bringing different backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. You’ll help turn that diversity into a strength, keeping our environment collaborative, delivery focused and kind as the organisation evolves.

As a member of the leadership team, reporting directly to the CEO, you’ll play a full part in setting direction and you’ll be a trusted, discreet sounding board to colleagues across the company. What you’ll do You’ll get to design and build a modern People function that fits a fast-growing, engineering and science-led company with global ambitions. In practice, that means you’ll:

• Shape and deliver an overall people strategy that supports sustainable growth, covering organisation design, workforce planning, talent, reward and development.
• Evolve how we attract, assess and welcome new colleagues, partnering with leaders to grow the team while protecting quality, inclusion and the candidate experience.
• Support leaders to build high performing, healthy teams, through coaching, clear frameworks and thoughtful approaches to performance, feedback and development. Alongside this, you’ll make sure our people practices show a strong, visible focus on health, safety, wellbeing and duty of care, as a natural part of how we work every day.