Senior People Partner (12 Month Fixed-Term Contract - Maternity Cover)

Join Ometria, a fast-growing tech company, as a Senior People Partner on a 12-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave. In this senior individual contributor role, you will manage complex employee relations cases, own our HRIS, partner with managers across five countries, and help embed AI into our People function. You will work in a small, high-trust team and have the opportunity to shape the establishment of a new internal startup team.

• Act as the first point of contact for managers dealing with people matters, from performance and absence through to disciplinary and grievance situations.
• Own and manage HiBob — maintaining accurate records, processing contract changes, managing onboarding and offboarding, and keeping holiday allowances and documentation current.
• Take a leading role in embedding AI tools and automation across the People function — identifying processes that can be streamlined or eliminated and building better ways of working.
• Experienced in lean, high-growth environments — you have 5+ years in a generalist People/HR role, ideally in a small or scaling tech business where the team is lean and everyone is expected to do a bit of everything, including the senior people
• High EQ and discretion — you handle sensitive matters carefully. You know when to act and when to escalate, and people trust you with information that matters
• Compliance-aware — you understand the importance of keeping the business compliant and audit-ready. You stay across employment law changes in the regions you support, you maintain clean records and you know how to work with external advisors and EOR providers to get the right answer in each country
• AI-forward — you're curious about how AI and automation can take work off your plate and improve what the People function delivers. You're willing to try things, iterate and let go of processes that no longer make sense
• Adaptable — priorities change quickly here. You're comfortable with that and you work with pace and good judgment in environments that aren't perfectly defined
• A people partner who makes managers better — you've worked closely with managers across a range of situations and they've been better for it. You build trust quickly, you spot issues early — in their teams and sometimes in them — and you help them work through it. You've handled a wide range of ER situations and you know how to work with external advisors, internal stakeholders and operational leadership to navigate them well. You don't need to be an employment lawyer; you need to know how to get the right advice and apply it with good judgment
• Operationally excellent — you take genuine ownership of the systems and processes in your remit. Things don't fall through the cracks on your watch