Strategic People Operations Director

3 weeks ago


Cambridge CB WF, United Kingdom The Royal Society of Chemistry Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and innovative Strategic People Operations Director to join our People and Culture team at a pivotal time of transformation. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape and enhance our key HR specialist services, working closely with the P&C Director to drive positive change across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the implementation of P&C's transformation initiatives, managing a team of specialist leads across key HR functions.
  • Develop and execute a total reward strategy, including compensation, benefits, and pension schemes.
  • Oversee talent management, encompassing workforce planning, recruitment, career development, and succession planning.
  • Foster positive employee relations, lead on complex ER cases, and manage people policy development.
  • Establish and track key P&C metrics, providing regular reports and using data to drive decision-making.
  • Build strong relationships with senior leaders, providing guidance and identifying opportunities for organisational alignment and value creation.
Essential Skills
  • CIPD Level 7 qualified or Level 5 qualification coupled with significant experience of operating at a senior/lead level.
  • Extensive HR operational knowledge within relevant legal frameworks, ability to devise innovative solutions to significant and complex HR problems.
  • Experience of successfully operating as a people manager providing leadership and direction across a range of HR specialist services, aligned with the delivery of strategic people goals.
  • Significant experience of effective people management across a wide team.
  • Excellent negotiation skills and an ability to influence outcomes through reasoning, persuasion and tact.
  • Strategic and logical thinker and decision-maker able to provide practical and creative solutions to the management of corporate and directorate issues.
  • High level analytical abilities: able to assimilate and analyse information quickly, identifying issues, priorities and solutions and using effective models, techniques and resources to resolve issues.
  • Demonstrable continuous development and improvement of own professional practice.
  • Proven experience of influencing strategic HR policy direction within a large / complex organisation, ideally with some experience of leading a people function with international colleagues.
Why Join Us?

At the Royal Society of Chemistry, we are committed to fostering a high-performing organisation that amplifies the impact of chemical sciences through data-driven decision-making and strategic partnering services. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape our Workday solution, support our international organisation, and be an influential part of our People & Culture transformation journey.



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