People Projects & Insights Director

<p><strong>About Us</strong></p> <p>We're TravelPerk, a hyper-growth SaaS platform offering companies a one-stop-shop for booking, managing and reporting business travel.</p> <p>Our aim is to revolutionise the $1.3 trillion business travel market by combining an unrivalled choice of travel options with a powerful booking and management platform and access to 24/7 customer support we’ve become the leading all-in-one travel management solution. </p> <p>Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Barcelona, we’ve grown to over 1200 people in 9 offices across Europe and North America. In 2022 we became a ‘unicorn’ and <a href="https://www.travelperk.com/blog/travelperk-funding-announcement-2024/" target="_blank">in 2024 we raised<strong> $104 million</strong> in additional investment</a>, with a total valuation of $1.4 billion.</p> <p>We’ve been winning awards too. Since 2023, we’ve been voted one of the <a href="https://mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/travelperk-2/" target="_blank">best places to work</a>,  one of the<strong> </strong>fastest-growing apps and tech companies<strong>,</strong> and a leading pioneer of business travel.</p> <p>These are just some of the reasons why global brands like Wise, Red Bull, GetYourGuide, and Aesop trust us to supercharge their corporate travel. </p><p><strong>The Role </strong></p> <p>As we prepare for further growth, we want to level up our People strategy and move the team towards a more agile, product-driven function with a customer-centred approach. We're on a mission to work even smarter and faster to minimise effort across the employee lifecycle. Less clicks, assumptions, and complexity. More powerful insights and solutions.</p> <p>This is where you'll come in. As our first People Projects &amp; Insights Director, you'll lead a team of three focused on three pillars: People Improvement Projects, People Insights &amp; Analytics, and People Tools &amp; Systems. Reporting to the VP of People, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicianwilliams/">Flick</a>, this is a permanent role with high visibility and huge potential to drive significant change.</p> <p>You'll drive the innovation engine across the People team with data-led solutions tailored to their unique business needs rather than traditional HR practices. You'll ask the tough questions and facilitate complex change projects. You'll act as a trusted advisor to your peers and the leadership team to anticipate and tackle the hard people challenges that come with growth.</p> <p><strong>What you will be doing?</strong></p> <p><strong>People Improvement Projects</strong></p> <ul> <li>Developing a comprehensive understanding of business issues and how they translate into people strategy and leadership goals. </li> <li>Running complex diagnostic and improvement initiatives designed to improve the employee experience.                                                                                                </li> <li>Facilitating the wider team and acting as a hands-on program manager when needed to drive complex projects with a design thinking approach.                                                                                                          </li> <li>Cultivating strong relationships with business leaders across various disciplines and geographies to understand problem spaces and create tailored solutions.</li> </ul> <p><strong>People Insights &amp; Analytics</strong></p> <ul> <li>Defining and reporting on meaningful metrics to measure effectiveness and performance tailored to each organisation's needs. </li> <li>Providing strategic insights, data-driven recommendations, and thought leadership to the business to define organisational design and priorities. </li> <li>Thinking critically about organisational strategy and data and how you structure and communicate your ideas. </li> <li>Investing in developing the People team to support the growth of their analytical skills.</li> </ul> <p><strong>People Tools &amp; Systems</strong></p> <ul> <li>Managing the tech and systems required to support employee life today and for future growth. </li> <li>Evaluating, selecting, and streamlining the People tech stack to support the various needs across the business. </li> <li>Redefining current processes and implementing best practices using innovative and technology-led solutions.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Your goal</strong></p> <ul> <li>A 7-star employee experience. Clarity on the most impactful problems the People team should solve with a systematic project plan to facilitate change. </li> <li>Be an owner of solutions. Moving the business and people team away from assumptions by identifying the most critical insights.</li> <li>Impact over effort. Wide adoption of the people tools and dashboards needed to minimise the workload across the business. </li> </ul> <p><strong>What will make you a great fit?</strong></p> <ul> <li>This differs from your typical People role; we know the right person might not be very obvious on pa