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Head of People

Arondite· People / HR
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Hybrid (UK (office preferred))Full-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Head of People to lead, develop and reward Arondite’s growing workforce, shaping organisational design, pay, benefits, performance processes, policies, and employee development while maintaining company culture.

Responsibilities

  • Build the people processes and ways of working that will help us scale, so the company keeps working well as the team grows
  • Advise the leadership team on organisational design
  • Support international growth, while ensuring a cohesive employee experience and culture
  • Own our approach to pay, benefits and equity, working closely with our finance team
  • Design and run performance review cycles, and support managers across the company to do this well
  • Own policies, handbooks and contracts, and work with our legal team to keep them compliant with UK employment law
  • Develop world-class continuous professional development and training programmes
  • Work with our communications and marketing team to deliver first class internal communications and events
  • Partner with the Talent Acquisition team to ensure a seamless candidate experience through recruiting, pre-boarding and onboarding

Qualifications

  • CIPD Level 5 (Associate Diploma) or higher
  • Senior generalist HR experience, including acting as the senior people lead in a growing business
  • Experience in a high-growth startup or scale-up, ideally in tech
  • Strong working knowledge of UK employment law, and confidence handling ER cases on your own
  • Experience designing and running pay and performance processes
  • A track record of building people processes where little structure existed

Skills

Required:CIPD Level 5 or higherSenior generalist HR experienceUK employment lawPay and performance processesPeople processes design
Nice to have:Leadership in multi-national / international contexts

Benefits

  • Highly competitive base salary
  • Generous equity in EMI share options in a well-funded and growing startup
  • 7% employer pension contribution
  • Free breakfast and lunch every day; free pizza and beers weekly
  • Private health and dental insurance
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Relocation support
  • Visa sponsorship for extremely strong candidates
  • Access to resources, equipment and training to perform the job effectively
  • Opportunity to work with exceptional colleagues with strong academic and industry background
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Arondite

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Arondite is the British defence tech company for an autonomous age. We build technology that delivers immediate, real-world impact on a global scale.

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