Director Of People And Culture (multiple Locations Considered)

Who we are and what we do

We are a dynamic, friendly, and rapidly expanding independent market access and health economics consultancy with offices in Oxfordshire, London, Manchester, York, Newcastle, and Cambridge. We provide strategy and solutions to help Pharma and Medtech companies bring interventions to market, providing more patient choice and meeting the needs of the healthcare environment.

We strive to be the consultancy of choice for people pursuing careers in market access and HEOR by maintaining a high-performing, happy, motivated community. We are proud of our collaborative, nurturing environment, and are known for our exemplary work, agility, and innovation.

Our core services are Health Economics, Systematic Literature Review and Network Meta-analysis, Global Market Access and Pricing, UK NHS insights, HTA support, and Customer Communication.

The role

Mtech Access is a thriving health economics and market access consultancy with just under 100 people. We are embarking on the next exciting phase of accelerated growth and looking to find a dynamic Director of People and Culture to partner with the business, and lead the design and implementation of our people strategy supporting the delivery of our strategic business goals and target operating model for our future.

The role will report directly to the Managing Director and work with our leadership team and existing People function to lead on all people-related initiatives and to further develop our employee value proposition (EVP).

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing our existing People function (HR, TA, and L&D) at Mtech Access and demonstrating the importance and strategic impact that this function can bring to the company

• Acting as a trusted and strategic partner to our senior leadership team, proactively partnering with them to contribute to the leadership and strategic direction of the company

• Developing and driving the People and Culture strategy to deliver impact, facilitate change and implement new initiatives that promote the strategic agenda of the company

• Leading the development and evolution of the organisational culture and EVP; leading on initiatives for employee engagement, wellbeing, and retention, and ensuring alignment with our company values and mission

• Having ownership of the development and implementation of the organisational design/operating model during the next phase of growth, whilst maintaining and balancing a high-performing business as usual function

• Actively contributing to continuous improvement in business operations, processes, and people practices, supporting the development of a high-performing workforce (including use of appropriate technology)

• Working closely with the leadership team and coaching on all aspects of talent management and development, including workforce planning, capacity and resource management, skills assessment, recruitment and retention, people-related policies, and compliance with relevant laws and regulations

• Leading further development of our talent management, career development pathways, and reward recognition processes

• Developing and co-ordinating reward policies for the business using external benchmarking and job evaluations, as required

• Ensuring that all training and development programmes are designed and implemented to agreed standards and policies, and are fit for organisational purpose

• Contributing to organisational development, including the development of our business leaders

• Devising recruitment strategy and policy, as well as overseeing its implementation

Requirements

Essential

• Extensive experience in a People/HR senior role (Director, Head of HR, Senior HR Business Partner) with the ability to establish credibility and build department accountability

• CIPD-qualified at Chartered or Fellow level, with evidence of continuous professional development

• Experienced and influential strategic business leader with a history of operating at leadership level

• Strong people management and leadership skills with experience managing HR and ideally L&D teams, in addition to an ability to coach peers and bring out the best in others

• Experience in organisational design and successfully leading organisational change

• Experience working in a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) undergoing a period of accelerated growth (experience of international growth would be desirable)

Desirable

  

• Experience of working in a professional services environment

• Experience in a globally growing matrix organisation

• Familiarity of managing TUPE situations and ability to counsel senior management on appropriate practice

What we offer

• A competitive salary and annual bonus scheme

• The opportunity to develop your own skills in a supportive and friendly environment

• A hybrid mix of home and office working

• 25 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with length of service

• An additional 3 days paid leave during our Christmas closure

• Your birthday off

• An employee volunteering day each year

• 5% employer pension contribution

• Life Assurance at 4x gross salary

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Wellbeing, recognition, and employee discounts scheme

• Optional private healthcare insurance via salary sacrifice

• Subsidised eyecare

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Enhanced parental leave policies

This is a permanent position that can based in any of our office locations.

Note to Recruitment Agencies

Mtech Access have an internal Talent Acquisition function. Mtech Access may supplement from time to time with the assistance of staffing agencies, placement services, and professional recruiters ("Agency").

Agencies are hereby specifically directed not to contact Mtech Access employees directly to present candidates. Our internal Talent Acquisition function must present all candidates to hiring managers.

To protect the interests of all parties, Mtech Access will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Mtech Access including unsolicited resumes sent to a Mtech Access office address, email address, submitted to the Mtech Access website, emailed directly to Mtech Access employees, or submitted to the Mtech Access Applicant Tracking System will be considered Mtech Access property. This also applies to any resumes sent via Linkedin to any Mtech Access employees.

Mtech Access will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Mtech Access will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.

Agency must obtain advance written approval from Mtech Access to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully executed placement agreement. Mtech Access will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.  

Link to our privacy policy: https://mtechaccess.co.uk/privacy-policy/