Talent & Operations Associate / Manager
Are you an experienced recruiter or talent manager looking for a broader people and ops role? Are you excited about making a real impact on health care and drug development globally? Join our forward-thinking start-up to help us build a great team and culture to scale at pace.
A bit about us
Our mission is to generate novel molecular insights that transform drug development and healthcare globally.
Did you know that 60% of therapeutics don’t work and over 92% of clinical trials fail? The losses are staggering, from patients urgently needing treatment, to drug development companies losing billions. Inoviv is changing the drug development landscape with our novel proteomic solutions. We are the first in the field to provide a highly accurate and precise analysis of clinical trial samples in an extremely efficient way, accelerating drug development and reducing risk for pharma companies around the world.
We are a VC backed business at an exciting point in our growth trajectory, having successfully tripled our revenues each year over the last 2 years. We are on a journey to triple again in 2025 and currently in the process of raising series A funding.
Read more about our company and culture here
The Role
Role impact: This role plays a critical role in making sure we attract and retain the very best people to work at Inoviv, through delivering a great candidate and employee experience and building our employer brand so we are seen as the place to work in proteomics.
Location: UK (remote or join our office in London)
Hybrid/remote: We have an office in central London where the whole UK team meets fortnightly on a Monday. Outside of the UK (currently US and Spain) we work fully remote and meet as a company once a quarter.
Hours: Full-time or part time (ideally 70%+). We have flexible working hours.
Company size: Currently 30 and growing!
Reports to: Amundeep Dhanoa, Director of People & Operations
Start date: 1 October 2024
Interviews: 3 rounds, including a practical task
Key metrics for success: Employee happiness (eNPS), Time to hire, Employee retention
Our mission as a People and Operations team is to make Inoviv a great place to work and build your career. The Talent & Operations Associate/Manager will play a vital role in shaping the workplace culture, driving operational effectiveness, and ensuring our people are engaged and thriving. In this exciting role you will be responsible for helping to scale our team, enhancing our organisation’s efficiency and contributing to our overall success. Key responsibilities include:
- Employer brand: leading the work on developing Inoviv’s employer brand, including seeking out accreditations and initiatives to boost our employer profile as we enter a phase of high growth
- Hiring and onboarding: working with our managers to find great people to join our team and building an impactful remote onboarding experience
- Internal systems & processes: rolling out software and designing processes to help streamline, automate and drive efficiencies
- IT: making sure our team have the tech & tools they need to do their jobs and being the first point of contact with our outsourced IT provider
- Admin & people manager support: managing the end-to-end employee lifecycle processes, from joining to leaving Inoviv, including management of contracts and documentation
This will be a varied role and we are looking for someone who is willing to be flexible and get involved in different areas of the business. As a start-up, we value attitude above all else! This is a new role so you have the opportunity to make it your own.
The Person
Must have
- A passion for, and track record of, scaling teams at pace without compromising on quality
- Experience in a similar Talent role within a growing company
- Experience of designing processes that are intuitive, tech-enabled and human
- High emotional and social intelligence with experience fostering strong and positive relationships with diverse groups of people
- Experience of talent acquisition and onboarding, ideally using LinkedIn to headhunt great new team members
- The ability to multi-task and to determine and manage priorities
- High integrity and a commitment to live by our values
- A curious mindset – there’s 100% no expectation for you to know everything, no one does. What you’ll need is to be comfortable with what you don’t know and have the appetite and excitement to get stuck in and figuring something out
Nice to have
It would be great if you had some experience of:
- Working in a rapidly growing startup or scale-up. Even better if you have worked in a scientific or research environment or in the life sciences space
- US hiring experience and knowledge of US employment practices – we are growing our US team
- Recruiting sales people or scientists
- Implementing software or systems – we will be rolling out a new HR system, ATS and progression tool
Why Work for Us?
In addition to competitive salaries we can offer you:
- Employee share options so you can benefit from the growth and success of the company
- 25 days holiday + public holidays so that when you’re working you’re charged up and bringing your all
- Flexible working hours & remote working as we know how important this is for life-work balance
- Regular check-ins and feedback sessions with your manager to continually support your development and your long-term career goals
- External coaching support – because it’s good to have someone outside the company to chat to about your own development
- Quarterly team away days to make sure we get time together in person as a team
- An equipment budget to get your home office set up comfortably
- A very open and respectful culture, so your opinions will be heard and valued. We work hard to make sure we have minimal bureaucracy or red tape, and welcome ideas and trying new approaches
If there’s something else you need support on, we’re open to discussions too.
How to Apply
If you would like to join this exciting, forward-thinking company and take the next step in your career, then please get in touch. Please upload your CV to here – Talent & Operations Associate / Manager
Deadline to apply: 6th August
If you require any reasonable adjustments for any stage in our recruitment process then please let us know, we’re happy to help.
