Program Manager, People Team, London

Your impact 

We are looking for an exceptional builder and strategic problem solver to supercharge how our People Team delivers value to the business. As a Program Manager, you will bring structure to ambiguity, managing complex People Team initiatives from hands-on content creation through to meticulous execution and capacity planning. Your ability to connect data points, foster cross-functional collaboration, and guide teams through organisational change will ensure our workforce remains agile, supported and perfectly aligned with our ambitious scaling goals.

What you will do 

• Deliver High-Impact Programs: Drive end-to-end planning and delivery for strategic People initiatives, implementing structured delivery methodologies, agile practices, and transparent milestone tracking.
• Capacity & Resource Optimization: Build and maintain capacity models across the People Team, balancing workload distribution and reallocating focus as business priorities evolve.
• Evolve Ways of Working: Systematically assess operational practices, pinpoint bottlenecks, and design scalable frameworks that allow the People team to execute smoothly at pace.
• Partner & Gather Requirements: Collaborate deeply with People Partners, People Operations, and key departmental leaders to define program scopes, uncover workforce needs, and align solutions with wider company objectives.
• Develop Targeted Communications: Author clear, engaging, and highly articulate content for rollouts and internal programs, adapting the tone for an audience of world-class scientists, engineers, and operational leads.
• Mitigate Risk & Maintain Momentum: Proactively identify project interdependencies, surface potential blockers early, and steer teams through changing circumstances while protecting delivery timelines.
• Guide Teams Through Change: Act as a steadying presence during organizational transitions, leveraging coaching principles and active facilitation to help teams navigate change and adopt new working norms.
• Measure Success & Outcomes: Establish meaningful metrics for People programs, evaluating their overall organizational impact to drive continuous improvement.

Skills and qualifications 

We are seeking an exceptional Program Delivery Partner who is willing to roll up their sleeves to move projects forward, balancing confident independent work with a highly collaborative approach.

• Proven Program Delivery: Substantial track record managing complex projects and organizational change initiatives within high-velocity, research-driven, or technical environments.
• People & HR Fluency: Solid grounding in core HR disciplines and organizational development, paired with a passion for designing modern, human-centered workplace programs.
• Data & Insights Mindset: High comfort interpreting workforce metrics and qualitative feedback to model capacity, identify organizational trends, and validate project success.
• Comfort with Ambiguity: Proven ability to bring order to fluid, evolving environments - establishing clear roadmaps while maintaining the agility to pivot when needed.
• Compelling Written & Verbal Communication: Exceptional writing and storytelling skills, capable of translating intricate organizational concepts into clear, engaging materials that build trust.
• Collaborative Facilitation & Coaching: Experience facilitating cross-functional workshops, guiding peers through problem-solving sessions, and building alignment across diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• High Organization & Detail Orientation: Skilled at building and tracking multifaceted delivery plans from scratch, managing dependencies, and driving projects reliably across the finish line.
• Mission Alignment: Genuine curiosity about artificial intelligence, computational biology, and a desire to deeply understand the scientific community you support.