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Head of People Operations
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Wiltshire: Hybrid working
A GBP 65,000 - A GBP 70,000
An exciting opportunity has come up for an experienced Head of People Operations to join a large, established multi-site organisation in a newly created senior leadership role.
Reporting to the People and Culture Director, you will lead the People Operations function, with responsibility across HR Operations, Payroll, HR Systems, and People Data. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys improving how things work, using technology and data to drive change, and building efficient and scalable people processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the People Operations, Payroll, HR Systems, and Data teams
- Own and improve HR processes, payroll governance, and employee lifecycle operations
- Develop the use of people data, dashboards, reporting, and analytics to support workforce and business decisions
- Lead the optimisation of HR systems, automation, and employee self-service
- Partner closely with Finance and IT to improve systems, integration, and data accuracy
- Drive process improvement and transformation projects across the People function
- Own operational people risk, employment law, GDPR, ER governance, and compliance
- Work closely with senior stakeholders and wider People teams to support business growth and organisational change
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Experience
- Strong experience leading People/HR Operations within a large, multi-site organisation
- Experience of shared services, HR transformation, or process redesign
- Strong knowledge of payroll, HRIS, data governance, and compliance
- Confident working with people analytics, dashboards, and reporting
- Experience implementing or improving HR systems and automation
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
- Comfortable leading change and transformation projects
- Commercial, analytical, and confident working autonomously
- CIPD Level 5 minimum
- Experience with SAP, Power BI/Tableau, or similar systems would be advantageous
- Full UK driving licence required
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