Senior People Partner - Content

The opportunity

Our People Partners are the eyes and ears of the organisation, embedded within their functional areas to be a sounding board for leaders, support managers and enable teams to thrive. The People Partnering team operate on a strategic and tactical level, ensuring the people elements are in place for teams to effectively deliver their strategic objectives (think org design, upskilling, succession planning) whilst also offering one on one support, both structured and ad hoc, to those who need it most.

We're hiring an experienced, driven Senior People Partner to partner with our Chief Content Officer and the Content (Editorial, Legals, Credit, Distressed) team. Content is scaling fast across the UK and US, and we need a Senior People Partner who can move at pace, get to grips with what the team actually does, and hold their own with senior editorial and analytical leaders.

You'll be fully embedded in the Content team, with a real voice in leadership meetings, editorial rituals and off-sites. You'll know the leads, managers and rising talent well enough to catch the people issues long before they show up in engagement scores or exit interviews.

Every day is different, but here's an example of the kind of things you'll work on:

This role will be a great fit if you

• Take real accountability for pushing back on leaders — not just flagging a concern and moving on, but staying with it until the right decision gets made.

• Can confidently challenge executives and their most senior leaders when it matters, as a true partner rather than a service function.

• Are properly curious about the business you support. You'll want to understand how Content produces its analysis, what makes a great desk, and what separates a good journalist from a world class one. You ask questions until you get to the real answer.

• Are a strong influencer, able to help others look at things from different perspectives and understand the 'why' behind decisions. Comfortable pushing back on leaders and managers when needed, and know when to step back and let them make their own call.

• Have significant experience partnering with content, editorial, research or analyst teams and can speak their language credibly.

• Have a bias to action: you see what needs doing and pick it up, rather than waiting to be asked.

• Use data to back your 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.

• Have a 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.

• Are a strong team player who partners closely with your fellow People Partners, Talent Partners and the wider People and Talent team so 9finners get the best experience of us collectively.

• Can operate autonomously and at pace in a fast-moving scale-up.

Key Requirements

• 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