Senior Project Lead, People Partner Job at Akeneo (London)

Job Description

As a Senior Project Lead, People Partner, you will work in close partnership with the People Partners team to accelerate the delivery of high-priority People Experience projects across a fast-scaling, international SaaS organisation (~350 employees, 7 countries). Entirely project-focused and free from day-to-day operational activity, you will bring deep People Experience expertise and structured project management rigour to build the people foundations the business needs to grow fairly, consistently, and sustainably.

Job Responsibility

Lead the finalisation of the Job Architecture framework, fine-tuning job families, levels, and grading criteria across the organisation
Support the integration of an OKR methodology into the organisation’s performance management cycle, ensuring alignment between individual, team, and company-level goals
Collaborate with People Ops and relevant stakeholders to embed OKR-setting and tracking within existing HRIS tooling
Provide guidance and toolkits to help managers and People Partners facilitate meaningful OKR conversations
Co-design career path frameworks for priority departments
Define clear progression criteria, milestones, and competency expectations at each level
Support the socialisation and embedding of Akeneo’s Power Skills into people processes
Develop practical guidance and toolkits to help managers and teams integrate Power Skills into everyday conversations and performance reviews
Co-create the Manager Playbook in partnership with the L&D and PP team
Contribute to the collaborative design of the People Partner Playbook

Requirements

12+ years of progressive People management experience, with a strong track record of leading and delivering complex, multi-workstream People Experience projects in a fast-paced or scale-up environment in the SaaS industry
Experience in job architecture design, career path frameworks and competency models across multiple functions
Experience building or contributing to playbooks, toolkits, or structured People Experience frameworks
Comfortable working across multiple geographies
Strong project management skills: ability to scope, plan, prioritise, and deliver independently with minimal supervision

What we offer

Flexible working hours
Hybrid setup allowing 3-4 days working from home
25 days of annual leave
Option to Work from Anywhere for up to 30 days per year
£450 budget to enhance your home office
£80 monthly sustainable transportation allowance
26 weeks of paid maternity leave
4 weeks of paid leave for the second parent
Up to 20 weeks of fully paid shared parental leave
Gradual return to work program
2 paid volunteering days annually
Employee Resource Groups
£1,000 annual budget for personal professional development
Career paths and internal mobility opportunities
Women in Leadership Programme
8-week onboarding program
Company-paid private medical insurance (Vitality Health) for you and eligible dependents
Pension plan
Group income protection
Group life cover
Access to individual and confidential sessions with a mental health practitioner or coach

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