Lead People Business Partner

VERDA

London, UKhybridPosted Jul 24, 2026
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About the role

At Verda, we're building a fully featured European AI cloud, covering everything needed to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models at scale.

We are a full-stack AI infrastructure company, meaning we design, operate, and optimize the compute powering modern AI workloads across training and inference. Our infrastructure runs on 100% renewable energy, helping build a more sustainable AI ecosystem.

Join Verda while it’s still being built - not once it’s finished.

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will act as a trusted partner to designated senior leaders across the business, aligning people strategy with business objectives to support growth, performance, and scalability. You will coach and guide leaders on organizational design, team effectiveness, and leadership development, while supporting workforce planning across multiple countries.

You will drive talent and performance initiatives that enable high-performing teams, foster a strong feedback culture, and support engagement and retention. At the same time, you will play a key role in organizational design and transformation, acting as a change partner during periods of growth and evolution.

You will provide guidance on employee relations topics, partnering with legal and external advisors where needed, while also contributing to shaping and embedding Verda’s culture and values across teams. You will help design and continuously improve global People programs and processes, using data and insights to inform decisions and increase impact.

Additionally, in this position you will be a team leader of a team of People Business Partners.

Your key competencies

8+ years of HR Business Partnering experience

Experience supporting senior leaders in a global, fast-paced environment

Strong knowledge of organizational development, talent management, and employee relations

Experience working across international or multi-country environments

Strong business and commercial acumen

Strategic thinker with the ability to execute hands-on

Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

Data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into action

High emotional intelligence and strong coaching capability

Adaptable, resilient, and comfortable working in ambiguity

Collaborative and culturally aware

Team lead experience

Nice to have

Experience in SaaS, cloud, AI, or technology businesses

Experience in scale-up or high-growth environments

Knowledge of EMEA, APAC, and/or US employment practices

Practicalities

Location: London

Hybrid mode: 3 days a week from the office either in London

Employment type: Full-time and permanent

Reporting line: VP People

Why Verda

Cash + equity compensation along with various fringe benefits (e.g., healthcare, lunch, wellbeing, etc.)

Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth

31 nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team

An opportunity to have a clear impact and work closely with leadership while shaping how we scale globally

What's Next

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