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Senior People Partner
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Location

Cambridge

Type

full-time

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About this role

At Gearset, our people are the foundation of our success. We believe that a high-performing culture isn’t built by chance, but through deliberate, strategic partnership and a relentless focus on the "Gearcitizen" experience. As we continue to scale, we are looking for a Senior People Partner who views people strategy through a commercial lens and understands that the best HR work is grounded in trust, influence, and deep business integration.


This is a role for a seasoned professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment where autonomy is expected and impact is visible. You will join a team that values pragmatism over rigid policy, helping our leaders navigate the complexities of growth while maintaining the unique culture that defines us.

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What’s the opportunity for a Senior People Partner at Gearset?
  • Step into a high-impact role where you will act as a core strategic advisor to senior leaders, shaping how they build, lead, and scale their teams.
  • Move beyond traditional HR execution to own complex organisational design and workforce planning, directly influencing the future structure of a rapidly growing tech company.
  • Exercise a high degree of autonomy, managing sensitive employee relations and change initiatives with the freedom to apply your own judgment and expertise.
  • Join a people-first organisation that values your professional growth, offering the chance to mentor others and help define the evolution of our global people practices.
  • Work within a culture that prioritises commercial awareness and "principles-led" thinking over bureaucratic red tape, allowing you to drive practical, meaningful outcomes.


What you'll achieve
  • Act as a trusted partner and coach to senior leaders, providing strategic advice that balances commercial objectives with an exceptional employee experience.
  • Navigate sensitive employee relations and performance matters with autonomy, offering expert guidance on risk, approach, and resolution.
  • Lead on complex organisational design and workforce planning initiatives, ensuring our teams are structured to meet both immediate goals and long-term scale.
  • Translate people data and insights into actionable recommendations that address trends, mitigate risks, and capitalise on growth opportunities.
  • Guide leaders through organisational change and transformation, ensuring change management is handled with empathy and clarity.


About you
  • Significant experience as a Senior People Partner or HRBP within an evolving, fast-growing organisation, preferably in the tech or SaaS sector.
  • Advanced knowledge of UK employment law combined with the ability to handle complex employee relations and performance matters independently.
  • Proven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders, acting as a credible advisor who can build leadership capability and team effectiveness.
  • A pragmatic, principles-led approach to people work, with the ability to make sound decisions in ambiguous situations without over-reliance on policy.
  • Strong analytical skills with a track record of using data to inform people strategy and drive practical business actions.


Nice to haves
  • CIPD Level 7 qualification or an equivalent professional certification.
  • Experience mentoring or supporting the development of others within a People team.


Salary and benefits (the stuff you’d expect!)
  • Salary is negotiable (depending on experience)
  • This is a full time opportunity, working Monday to Friday with the option of flexible home working (for most of us that looks like 2-3 days a week in the office)
  • Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year
  • Top end hardware provided
  • Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive Plan
  • Free lunch in the office
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy an extra 5 each year)
  • Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%)
  • Bupa health care
  • Life Insurance & critical illness cover
  • Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits


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Other facts

Tech stack
People Strategy,Organisational Design,Workforce Planning,Employee Relations,Change Management,Data Analysis,Stakeholder Influence,HR Best Practices,Commercial Awareness,Trust Building,Coaching,Mentoring,Pragmatism,Risk Management,Performance Management,Team Effectiveness

About Gearset

Since 2015, Gearset has defined what great Salesforce DevOps looks like — empowering thousands of enterprises globally to release faster, while improving quality, security, compliance and governance.

Gearset gives teams everything they need to manage the entire DevOps lifecycle in one platform — including CI/CD automation, metadata comparisons, backup and restore, org intelligence, code reviews, sandbox seeding, test automation, data archiving, observability, and change monitoring — all underpinned by enterprise-grade security and world-class support.

More than 3,000 enterprises worldwide trust Gearset to power millions of Salesforce releases each year. As a proud Salesforce Partner, we help our customers achieve the full potential of the Salesforce platform, including Agentforce.

With 99.9% uptime and industry-leading security standards — including SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification — we deliver the reliability you expect from a true DevOps partner.

We’re a team of experts united by a single goal: to deeply understand Salesforce teams, apply our DevOps expertise, and empower our customers to make Salesforce deliver for their enterprise.

Gearset. Enterprise DevOps made simple, secure, and scalable for every team.

Start your 30-day free trial: https://gearset.com/

Team size: 201-500 employees
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Industry: Software Development
Founding Year: 2015

What you'll do

  • Act as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, influencing team structure and workforce planning. Manage sensitive employee relations and guide leaders through organisational change.

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