HR Business Partner

Quantum
London, United Kingdom
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for HR professionals with scale-up experience who partner with technical leaders in fast-paced environments.

Best fit for

  • HR professionals with scale-up experience who partner with technical leaders in fast-paced environments
    — “proven experience as an HR Business Partner, ideally supporting engineering, data or product teams in a scale-up”
  • Candidates with deep knowledge of UK employment law and a track record in resolving complex employee relations issues
    — “Confident handling complex employee relations and performance cases, with sound knowledge of UK employment law”
  • Individuals who can design and implement career frameworks and development programs for technical teams
    — “Experience designing and landing career frameworks, manager development or similar programmes”

Things to consider

  • Requires a minimum of 3 days per week in the London office despite hybrid work flexibility
    — “Hybrid Working (3 days in office)”
  • Candidates must be qualified or have equivalent experience to CIPD Level 5 or 7 standards
    — “CIPD Level 5 or 7 qualified, or equivalent experience”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in resolving performance and conflict cases in regulated environments
    — “resolving them early, fairly and in line with UK employment law”
  • Emphasize your ability to coach senior technical leaders and build team culture
    — “Comfortable challenging and coaching senior technical leaders, and trusted by the people they lead”
  • Showcase your data-driven approach to HR, especially in measuring team health and attrition
    — “Use people data, from engagement and attrition to time to resolution, to spot issues early”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Resolving people issues early and fairly
  • Building and running a culture and development plan for Tech
Typical background
Proven experience as an HR Business Partner

Skills & requirements

Required

HR Business PartnerEmployee RelationsPerformance ManagementManager CoachingCareer PathwaysManager DevelopmentTeam Health

Preferred

CIPD Level 5 Or 7Technical Excellence

Stack & domain

CIPD Level 5 Or 7UK Employment LawLeadershipCommunicationTeamworkHuman ResourcesTechnology

About the role

Original posting from Quantum via Ashby

Our Company

At Quantum, we connect global brands with high-intent consumers. We turn intent into action and complexity into clarity.

Our Mission is clear, to help smarter, faster buying decisions. Our vision, to be the world’s most used digital comparison service, delivering value and simplicity to millions.

We drive growth through data-driven affiliate marketing built for performance from day one. Every campaign is measurable, optimised in real time, and designed to scale.

With in-house tech, full-stack analytics, and a compliance-first mindset, we give our partners an edge. We drive confident decisions and growth in regulated and high-growth sectors. We’ve helped ambitious brands grow faster, smarter, and globally.

The Role

Our HR team is growing! We’re looking for a HR Business Partner to join our team in London.

In this role you will be the dedicated people partner to our Tech team. You’ll resolve people issues early and fairly, coach managers to lead well and build the career, capability and culture work that helps a fast-growing team perform.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner the CTO and Tech leadership on every people matter, from performance and conflict to restructures and growth
  • Handle employee relations and performance cases end to end, resolving them early, fairly and in line with UK employment law
  • Build and run a culture and development plan for Tech, covering career pathways, manager capability and team health
  • Onboard and support new Tech Directors on the people side of their roles, so they can focus on delivery
  • Use people data, from engagement and attrition to time to resolution, to spot issues early and show the impact of what we do

About You

  • Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, ideally supporting engineering, data or product teams in a scale-up
  • Confident handling complex employee relations and performance cases, with sound knowledge of UK employment law
  • Experience designing and landing career frameworks, manager development or similar programmes
  • Comfortable challenging and coaching senior technical leaders, and trusted by the people they lead
  • CIPD Level 5 or 7 qualified, or equivalent experience
  • You thrive when working as part of a team
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment
  • Have excellent written and verbal English skills
  • Last but not least, you’ll have no ego!

What You’ll Get

  • Private Health Care (Bupa)
  • Hybrid Working (3 days in office)
  • Travel Insurance
  • Competitive Base Salary
  • Company Bonus Scheme
  • Paid for AI Subscription (Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini)
  • Market-Leading Training Programme
  • Recognition & Reward Scheme
  • Annual Company Conference
  • Regular Happy Hours & Team Lunches
  • Free Coffee, Drinks & Snacks

What’s the next step?

Our hiring process ensures we're recruiting the right people for the role. We ensure that people are as suitable for us as we are for them.

If you like the sound of what we're all about at Quantum and want to join a team where you can make an impact, please apply or contact us at careers@quantum.media.

Source: Quantum careers (Ashby)

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