People Operations Manager - Series A, AI Scale Up - Up to £100k

**Role: People Operations Manager** **Location: London** **Hybrid: 3 days in office** **Salary: £80k to £100k (plus equity)** Hawkwood are excited to be partnering with a leading London based, high growth, venture backed AI business at a point where things are really accelerating. With more funding in the pipeline and strong backing from leading AI investors, they have grown to around 90 people and on track to grow HC by around 30% by the end of the year. Its core product enables teams to deploy no code AI agents, and it is seeing rapid revenue growth across the UK and US. With expansion into new markets and momentum building, there is a strong focus on driving People Operations for the next phase of scale. They are looking for someone who is comfortable operating with a lot of ownership and is excited by ambiguity. This is a role for someone who enjoys figuring things out, improving what is already there, and building what is missing. You will need pragmatic judgement, a practical mindset, and the confidence to work closely with managers while still getting stuck into the detail when needed. **What will you own:** * Own and improve the end to end onboarding and offboarding experience, bringing more structure and quality to how people join and leave * Drive automation across People processes, using AI and smart tooling to remove friction, cut out manual work, and build more scalable and efficient ways of operating * Design and run performance review cycles, building frameworks that genuinely drive performance * Partner with managers and leadership on performance, development, and organisational effectiveness as the company scales * Lead on key culture initiatives including company events, quarterly kick offs, and the annual company offsite * Work closely across People, Talent, and Operations, picking up broader initiatives as the business grows across geographies **Who we are looking for:** * Experience in People Operations within a high growth, venture backed Tech environment * AI native in how you work, with hands on use of tools like ChatGPT, Claude, n8n, Slack workflows, or similar to automate and improve day to day work * A builder mentality with a bias for action, someone who would rather test and iterate quickly * Exposure to both smaller, scrappier companies and more established scale ups, with a good sense of when to introduce structure and when not to * Someone with a track record in a high growth tech scale up environment who has seen and handled chaos * Strong experience improving performance management and employee experience, not just maintaining existing processes This is a broad role with real scope to shape how People Operations evolves as the business grows. You will be working closely with senior leadership, with the freedom to build, improve, and have a genuine impact on how the company scales. *We recognise how challenging this current job market is for candidates, and Hawkwood are therefore striving to provide the best candidate experience we can.* *If you are interested in this opportunity, we kindly request that you apply via this LinkedIn advert, as opposed to sending us an email or LinkedIn direct message. We are eager to ensure that each candidate application is considered fairly, and receives a consistent experience. Unfortunately, we cannot ensure this standard if you enquire about a role via email or LinkedIn message, as it falls outside of our established process.*