People Partner - Engineering (AI)

Location: London, United Kingdom. Full-time role based in the King’s Cross office with a hybrid policy combining office and workshop time with working from home.

Company

hirify.global develops embodied AI software and foundation models that enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate complex environments for automated driving.

What you will do

• Manage employee relations cases, including documentation, investigations, grievances, performance management, absence cases, and follow-up actions.
• Provide first-level coaching and advisory support to managers and employees, escalating complex matters when needed.
• Support engagement, retention, performance management, learning and development, policy, and organisational change initiatives.
• Collect and analyse People data, prepare engagement reports, maintain employee relations records, and surface trends and risks.
• Draft and update manager and employee resources, policies, procedures, handbooks, and intranet content.
• Support offboarding activities and collaborate with Talent Acquisition and local stakeholders on hiring efforts.

Requirements

• Experience in a People Partnering or People Advisory role within a fast-paced, scaling organisation.
• Experience supporting Engineering or similarly technical teams and communicating effectively with technically minded stakeholders.
• Strong employee relations capability and working knowledge of UK employment law, including independently managing performance, grievance, investigation, and absence cases.
• Ability to coach and influence managers, challenge constructively, exercise independent judgement, and navigate sensitive or ambiguous situations.
• Experience using People data, employee feedback, and HR systems to identify trends and develop recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for working with employees, managers, and senior stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience in a fast-growth environment or start-up.
• Experience supporting employees across multiple geographies.
• Proficiency with AI tooling to support workflows.
• Additional UK employment law and best-practice experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working combines collaboration in offices and workshops with time working from home.
• Inclusive, diverse, fair, and respectful working environment.
• Interview accommodations and adjustments are available when required.
• Work on AI technology for safer automated driving systems.

Hiring process

• Reasonable accommodations or adjustments can be requested for the interview process.
• Application materials may be used to pre-fill the application form.