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About the Role
Partner with leadership to build and execute a tailored people agenda for an incubation-stage team, shaping hiring, development, and growth with direct influence from day one.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement a tailored people strategy covering engagement, career development, manager capability, and workforce planning for the Consumer tribe.
- Adapt existing company-wide people programs, including leadership development and career frameworks, to fit the team's specific needs.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition to manage the hiring plan, including setting cadence, resolving issues, tracking metrics, and reporting progress.
- Serve as the trusted advisor for people decisions, supporting leaders with performance, development, and team health.
- Thoughtfully utilize AI tools to improve and scale key people processes, experimenting with new ways of working.
Requirements
- Deep experience as a People Partner or HRBP in a fast-growing organization, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing talent and performance management processes and career development frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law.
- Ability to quickly build trust and credibility with senior stakeholders and influence decisions without direct authority.
- Comfort adapting company-wide programs to fit a smaller, fast-moving team, discerning when to follow existing playbooks or create new ones.
- Proactive in identifying people risks, with analytical thinking to support data-backed recommendations.
Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Hands-on execution
- Talent management processes design and implementation
- Performance management processes design and implementation
- Career development frameworks design and implementation
- Employment law
- Analytical thinking
- AI tools
Location
- London, UK
- Covent Garden
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior level
- Deep experience
Benefits
- Virtual Stock Option program
- 28 days of paid leave, plus bank holidays and special leaves
- Dedicated annual Learning & Development budget for conferences and further education
- Private health insurance, including optical and dental
- Salary-sacrifice commuter benefits via Gogeta
- Retirement scheme (SumUp matches 7% contribution)
- Life insurance (2x salary)
- 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service
- Referral bonus
About the Company
- SumUp empowers small businesses globally by providing simple and affordable tools for payments, finance, and customer relationships.
- Over 4 million businesses in 37 markets rely on SumUp as their financial partner.
- The company has a diverse team of over 3,000 SumUppers from 90+ nationalities, united by global collaboration and an innovative mindset.
- SumUp fosters inclusivity and a continuous learning culture, providing a safe space for personal and professional growth.
Equal Opportunity
- SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity.
- Hiring and employment decisions are not based on race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected basis.
- The company is committed to creating a safe, respectful workplace where harassment is strictly prohibited.