HR Director 

London - Flexible hybrid working

£120k - £160k + Discretionary Bonus & Excellent benefits

TigerHR is delighted to be retained on a confidential search for a new People Director role with a private equity-backed organisation. Operating at significant scale across the UK and backed by private equity, the organisation is undergoing rapid growth, diversification and transformation. With ambitious plans including multiple acquisitions, digital expansion and potential international opportunities, this is an exciting time to join.

The Role:

This newly elevated role will lead the People function across the Group, owning the full strategic HR agenda while remaining operationally hands-on, commercially focused and close to the day-to-day business.

As a key member of the Executive Team and trusted advisor to the CEO, CFO and Board, you will drive organisational development, leadership capability, cultural evolution, talent acquisition, reward strategy and strategic workforce planning.

This is a critical appointment for our client, who is scaling quickly and building the HR infrastructure needed for a fast-paced, PE-backed environment, all while maintaining the entrepreneurial, values-led culture that drives its success.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the CEO’s & CFO's key people advisor and Executive Committee member.

• Lead the Group People Strategy, organisational design, and workforce/succession planning.
• Support M&A due diligence, integration, and cultural alignment.

• Lead and develop the HR team and optimise HR systems, policies, and processes for scale.

• Oversee reward, bonus, and equity strategy, Budgets, partnering with Finance on annual cycles.

• Drive cultural development and lead major change and transformation programmes.

• Own senior hiring, employer brand, and critical talent pipeline planning.

• Build scalable L&D frameworks and leadership development pathways.

You will have:

You will be a seasoned CIPD Level 7 qualified (or hold an equivalent Master’s) with at least 15 years of senior HR leadership experience across multi-entity environments, within high-growth, scale-up or PE-backed organisations. Your background includes strong expertise in reward, operational-focused, bonus and equity design, and leading M&A people activity from due diligence through integration. The position demands a commercially minded HR leader with the ability to translate people strategy into financial impact, move at pace with pragmatism, and provide trusted counsel at Board level.

You are well-versed in organisational design, workforce planning, transformation, HR systems implementation, leadership development and senior-level hiring.

Resilient and adaptable, you bring clarity and good judgement through periods of change. Above all, you combine empathy and strong stakeholder skills with the ability to shape culture, lead transformation and deliver high-impact, credible results with integrity.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified 

REF: KH153725