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Europe People Lead

Plaid Inc.

Europe People Lead

Salary Not Specified

Plaid Inc., City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 28 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 46c40c0e874d498888ec2c84044b1bee

Full Job Description

  • Support Plaid Europe leadership in driving business outcomes for the organisation

  • Drive and champion people programmes with various functional teams

  • Partner with Head of Europe to build People strategies for the Europe team

  • Coach Europe Leaders on management, team development, hiring, and employee issues

  • Maintain feedback loop between the business and various People Centres of Excellence

  • Partner with People and Organisational Development team to design solutions specific to Europe's needs that aligns with Plaid's global People initiatives

  • Partner with our People Analytics team to identify data that will inform and influence Europe leadership team as needed

  • Manage the full cycle of recruiting candidates from sourcing through close with direct ownership for the growth of Europe

  • Work with our Europe leadership team and the recruiting team to build process and implement best practices to enable hiring top talent locally in the European market

  • Keep our hiring bar high and be a talent consultant to both candidates and hiring managers

  • Lead and support change management initiatives including organisational restructuring, process improvements and cultural transformation. Provide guidance and tools to leaders to effectively manage change within their teams

    6-10 years of experience in an HR Generalist/HRBP role

  • Experience in designing & executing people team programs

  • Strong relationship-building, consultative and influencing skills; and exceptional interpersonal skills

  • A high degree of judgement and discretion, adaptability, strong problem-solving skills

  • Ability to work independently and with a team with a strong initiative to manage high volume workflow.

  • Demonstrated ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  • Solid program management and multi-tasking skills.

  • Deep knowledge of the UK talent market

  • Excitement to work at a start-up and to contribute to building and iterating on existing processes

  • [Nice to have] Experience being the HR lead at a start-up

  • [Nice to have] HRBP experience at a larger organisation

    We believe the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We're dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and infrastructure developers need to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo,SoFi, and Betterment, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid's network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.

    • The People team is responsible for ensuring team and organisational success through attracting, growing and retaining the best talent for Plaid.
    This person will be a Part of the People Experience team supporting the Europe business by mainly interfacing with European leadership.
    This role will support the new Head of Europe with establishing a set of key people priorities and will support the Europe leadership team in hiring, developing and retaining the talent to enable the business to accomplish its goals.
    This person will sit on and support the European Leadership team. As Europe grows, this role will continue to expand.