Senior HR Manager

Description • Senior HR Manager • Freelancer management platform • Up to £70,000 basic salary Our client is a fast-growing SaaS Platform that allows enterprise organisations to onboard, classify, manage, source and pay their contractor workforce globally. This role ensures robust HR operations, fosters a culture of engagement and wellbeing, and positions People & Culture as a trusted partner to the business. Acting as both a hands-on business partner ,the Senior HR Manager will build and maintain frameworks that support growth while ensuring the employee experience is inclusive, consistent, and future-focused. This role will be reporting into a Fractional CPO and working closely with Department Heads CEO & COO. What the Senior HR Manager will be doing: • Oversee all HR operations, including onboarding, offboarding, payroll support, HRIS systems, and policy administration, ensuring efficiency and compliance. • Maintain and update HR policies, ensuring alignment with employment law and evolving business needs. • Act as a trusted advisor for employee relations, providing guidance to managers and ensuring fair, timely resolution of issues. • Maintain HR systems and ensure accurate data for reporting headcount, turnover, and workforce trends. • Drive employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives, fostering a culture of recognition, inclusion, and continuous development. • Build strong partnerships with leaders to align People & Culture practices with business objectives. • Support organisational change and provide operational stability across the People & Culture function throughout the contract period. • Office Management What the Senior HR Manager should bring: • Significant HR leadership experience within a fast-paced start up high-growth environment, with the ability to operate effectively in evolving and entrepreneurial businesses. • Strong knowledge of UK employment law, HR compliance, and policy frameworks, with practical experience managing employee relations matters with professionalism, sound judgement, and commercial awareness. • Experience partnering with Employer of Record (EOR) providers to manage international employees compliantly, including onboarding, payroll coordination, benefits administration, and local employment practices. • Experience supporting employee relations matters across multiple regions, balancing empathy, consistency, risk management, and commercial business needs in a fast-paced environment. • Skilled in driving employee engagement, wellbeing, inclusion, and organisational culture initiatives that support retention, performance, and business growth. • Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility and trusted relationships at all levels of the organisation. • Experience working across hybrid and internationally distributed teams, supporting managers and employees across different time zones and cultures. • CIPD qualification (Level 7 preferred) or equivalent professional experience. What the Senior HR Manager will get in return: The opportunity to play a key team leadership role within a high-growth business, a base salary of up to £ days holiday, private healthcare and hybrid working