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Talent Acquisition & People Operations Leader | Passionate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Champion
Your work will change lives. Recursion is seeking a dynamic People Director, UK to play a pivotal role in leading and shaping our people strategy and operations within the UK and supporting our North American and EOR (employer of record) operations. Based in either our London or Milton Park site (with travel expected between both), you will be instrumental in driving initiatives that enhance the employee experience and ensure our people infrastructure, processes, and programs align with our ambitious mission and growth. You will develop and execute scalable, people-centric solutions, ensuring compliance and a positive employee experience across the UK, EU, Canada and US.
This role is for you if you are passionate about building and supporting high-performing teams, thrive on improving people processes with a human touch, excel at bringing clarity to complex situations, and enjoy the full scope of people operations and strategy in an international environment.
Serve as a People Business Partner to UK Leaders, providing strategic HR support, with a close partnership with the CFO and CSO and their organisations.
Be a trusted advisor on UK/EU people operations and employee experience.
Act as the UK ER Lead and provide support for global Employee Relations matters.
Take ownership of People Data management and ensure GDPR compliance.
Curate and implement policies and procedures aligned with business needs, UK/EU labor laws, and company culture.
Talent Acquisition, Reward), Finance, and Legal to align operations with organizational objectives.
Drive innovation in People processes, actively pioneering the identification and implementation of cutting-edge AI and automation-first solutions to deliver exceptional service, operational excellence, and robust compliance across the UK and globally.
Provide project leadership for Global People Operations initiatives. Deputise for the Executive Director, Global People Operations as needed.
Recursion’s People Team creates the conditions to enable and sustain high performing teams, and helps employees do the best work of their careers. We are talent scouts and partners, creating experiences and outcomes that support our employees and drive business success. With a people + data approach, we ensure Recursion has the people, culture and operating dynamics to accelerate drug discovery and get medicines to patients faster.
Reporting directly to the Chief People Officer , you will be a key leader within the global People Operations & Experience team. The team's purpose is to establish a solid foundation, providing overarching support to the wider People team and the business. Focused on the employee experience, payroll, benefits, compliance, and HR systems, they create efficient, scalable solutions that constantly improves what it feels like to work at Recursion. With a data-driven and people-first approach, they align people operations with company goals, fostering a productive and engaging workplace culture. You will play a crucial role in building a scalable, future-proof People infrastructure.
5+ years of experience in a senior People/HR leadership role within tech-enabled industries.
~ Strong, practical understanding of UK employment law and Employee Relations practices. Proven track record of operating as a highly strategic People Business Partner, adept at influencing and advising senior leadership, particularly within tech-enabled organisations, to achieve critical business objectives.
~ Strong project management skills and a mindset for process improvement and operational excellence.
~ Experience with HR data management, analytics, and GDPR compliance.
~ This role can be based in our London or Milton Park office.
Regular travel between both sites will be required.
Working Location & Compensation:
Regular travel between both sites will be required.
You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, a platform built across diverse technologies that continuously generate one of the world’s largest proprietary biological and chemical datasets. Recursion leverages sophisticated machine-learning algorithms to distill from its dataset a collection of trillions of searchable relationships across biology and chemistry unconstrained by human bias. Learn more at or connect on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursion’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Seniority level Director

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