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Senior People Partner - Content
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
Experience
Senior · 5+ years
Job description
A Senior People Partner role at 9fin, embedded in the Content team (Editorial, Legals, Credit, Distressed) to act as a strategic and tactical HR partner to the Chief Content Officer and Content leadership. The role combines trusted-advisor work such as org design, talent management and reward with hands-on employee relations and people operations.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
What you'll do
- Act as trusted advisor and sounding board to Content leadership on anything people-related, including having harder conversations when it matters
- Act as right hand to the CCO, confident acting as his proxy with his leaders
- Know Content's goals and what its leaders and teams do, bringing solutions and following them through to completion
- Be fully embedded in the team's rituals, Slack channels and meetings to get a real read on how the team works
- Join the dots across 1:1s, skips, engagement data and observations to surface people risks early, and coach leaders and managers to build the same instinct
- Advise on org shape, spot gaps and flag future risk areas, making sure the right people are doing the right jobs at the right level as Content scales across regions and coverage
- Know who the key talent is and work with leaders to develop, stretch and reward them; support leaders to identify successors and build development plans; work proactively with the Talent team on pipelines
- Spot where Content teams need to grow (editorial craft, analytical rigour, management skill, leadership development) and lead the training that plugs the gap, including upskilling managers
- Use solid data to inform salary bands and keep compensation fair across the team, with D&I front of mind; coach leaders and managers through promotion and salary reviews
- Help leaders and managers get the best out of their teams, surfacing blockers, coaching through them, and making sure feedback and training land
- Take on projects that improve the People function as a whole, scoping them, influencing stakeholders, managing risks and dependencies, and shipping on time
- Navigate all employee relations within the business area under UK employment law, including PIPs, claims and grievances, probation management, maternity and paternity cases, flexible working requests, conflict management and mediation
- Work with the wider Partnering team to embed people products and systems, delivering training, championing adoption and being the go-to person for questions; deliver product feedback regularly
- Pull and analyse the right data to help managers and leaders make good calls, adding context that turns numbers into something usable
- Provide 1:1 wellbeing support to employees and make sure they know what mental and physical health support is on offer; support managers through those conversations
- Work with leaders and managers to reinforce the right behaviours in teams and be a role model for values and ways of working, especially as the London office grows
What we're looking for
- Take real accountability for pushing back on leaders, staying with it until the right decision gets made
- Can confidently challenge executives and their most senior leaders as a true partner rather than a service function
- Properly curious about the business you support, wanting to understand how Content produces its analysis, what makes a great desk, and what separates a good journalist from a world class one
- Strong influencer, able to help others look at things from different perspectives and understand the 'why' behind decisions, and know when to step back
- Significant experience partnering with content, editorial, research or analyst teams and can speak their language credibly
- Bias to action: see what needs doing and pick it up rather than waiting to be asked
- Use data to back decisions and see what's coming, not just to describe what's already happened
- Care about data integrity and have solid experience with the day-to-day people processes and onboarding a high-trust team relies on
- Strong grasp of UK employment law and awareness of New York employment law to reach the right, compliant call in tricky ER situations autonomously; sharp on policies and procedures
- Can context-switch frequently and comfortably hold strategic and tactical work in the same day
- Strong team player who partners closely with fellow People Partners, Talent Partners and the wider People and Talent team
- Can operate autonomously and at pace in a fast-moving scale-up
- 5+ years of experience in HR, preferably in fast-paced environments (tech, fintech, or start-ups)
- Knowledge of UK employment laws and regulations
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Familiarity with HRIS and ATS software (we use HiBob, Lattice and Ashby)
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to interact with candidates, employees, and external stakeholders in a professional and approachable manner
- A people-first mindset with the ability to build strong relationships and offer guidance to employees at all levels
- Flexible and able to thrive in a fast-moving, dynamic start-up environment
- Proactive and collaborative approach
- A genuine interest in employee well-being and fostering a supportive, inclusive culture
Your team
Content (Editorial, Legals, Credit, Distressed)
Content is scaling fast across the UK and US; the Senior People Partner partners with the Chief Content Officer and the Content team.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Equity options
- Pension with 9fin contributing 3% (employee contributions are uncapped)
- Private health insurance with dental and vision
- 25 vacation days per year
- Local public holidays (with option to exchange for alternative days)
- Work abroad for up to 3 months per year
- 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service
- Enhanced parental leave and flexible working arrangements
- Professional learning and development budget
- Bi-annual team socials
- Summer and Winter company-wide events
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About 9fin
The AI platform powering global debt markets
9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world's largest asset class at over $145 trillion. 9fin replaces fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows with a single platform that centralises proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows across global markets. Today, 9fin powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide, including global banks, asset managers, private equity firms, law firms, and advisors.
Key facts
- Financial technology / debt markets data platform
- Powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide
- Rapid expansion in the US and best-in-class retention driven by deep workflow adoption
- Hybrid company; from January 2027 all employees will work from their designated 9fin office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays