Suvera Ltd
Lead on all things related to People, continuing to embed great practices aligned with Suvera’s values.

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About the Role:

Suvera is on a mission to find a Head of People. The role is offered on a full time basis, and there is preference for candidates to be available from mid December for a handover with the current postholder. The role will support our growing business and the attainment of our short-term and long-term business goals. Suverians are central to our success and you’ll be critical to ensuring that they, and therefore we, are set up for success.

You will build on the work already done to execute our People roadmap for scaling, whilst ensuring our culture remains mission-driven and that our team is engaged.

The post holder will be part of the leadership and report toour CEO, Ivan.This is a full time role and compensated with a base salary up to £85,0000 per annum depending on experience and qualifications (not including equity package which will be on par with the rest of the leadership team).

Please note that a Disclosure will be requested in the event that you are successful and are offered & accept a role with Suvera. The DBS Code of Practice which governs these checks can be found here .

NO AGENCIES PLEASE, THANK YOU.

Suvera is a digital health start-up on a mission to keep people in good health wherever they are in the world. We partner with general practices in the UK to deliver a virtual clinic that proactively supports the management of patients with long-term conditions. We’ve grown 10x over 2023 and now manage over 100,000 patients. We are planning further growth by more than 5x by the end of 2024. We have merely scratched the surface for what we can do for both clinical operations and chronic care pathways.

We have a team of phenomenal advisors, including Professor Bryan Williams who is the chair of Medicine at UCL and the man behind high blood pressure guidelines for the UK. We are a small (c. 60 people) cross-functional team from all backgrounds, and have our our own internal Care Team which employs both clinicians and care advisors.

We are backed by Google for Startups and the preeminent, global healthcare and technology venture capital firm Morningside Ventures , led by Dr. Gerald Chan . We have ambitions to become the largest healthcare provider in the world.

Support the CEO in amplifying Suvera’s culture, values, and behaviours
Build on our internal processes around onboarding, performance enablement, talent & succession planning using the Hibob platform
Work with our leadership team to ensure we are setting our team up for high performance and to work to their potential
Utilise ongoing employee insights and feedback to guide the business, so any resulting actions lead to high levels of team engagement
Coach people managers through employee relation issues and making decisions around performance and dismissal in a people-centric way that’s also aligned with our values
Work with leadership team members to build a hiring strategy for scaling; whilst building a small team to support our hiring and people operations needs as the business scales
Act as a trusted advisor as part of the Leadership team for all people and culture related issues
Manage, coach and mentor the People team (currently x 1 People & Talent Partner) – supporting their individual work and development
Ensure Suverians have access to great growth and learning opportunities to enable high performance and to support them to achieve their goals
Work with leadership team members to continue the work tocraft and define progression paths for Suverians so that we can retain top talent and provide opportunities for our team to grow with us

Compensation and Benefits

Lead the evolution of our existing Compensation Philosophy, and any associated processes; and lead on the current compensation review cycles
Ensure our benefits offer remains attractive and is managed in a way that ensures we get the best value from our existing budgets

We’re looking for someone who:

Should have:

Been a People lead,Head of People role in a fast scaling tech business that’s seen growth fromabout 50 to 100/150+ people
Prior experience working in a start up / SMEtech company
Experience executing peoplestrategy across diverse teams from product, design, tech, to operations and business development.
A strong People generalist background with experience of the full employee lifecycle.
Confident in influencing and advising leadership and management on employment matters, as you have a sound working knowledge of UK employment legislation and its applicationincomplex ER issues
Experience in working with diverse groups of people and understand the importance of a DEI by default approach in all that you do
The ability tocoach leaders, managers and team membersthrough a range of challenging situations
You are approachable and empathic, with great oral and written communication skills

Nice to haves:

Prior experience working in a health tech company
Prior experience hiring or retaining clinical staff
You have a qualification in a relevant degree such as organisational psychology, human resources. CIPD qualifications are a bonus, but not essential if you have the relevant experience and can still demonstrate the above requirements.

Attributes:

You are an outstanding communicator (verbal and written) with excellent presentation skills
You have excellent problem solving skills and have a proactive can-do attitude, with the ability to maintain a positive approach to challenges and change
You enjoy working collaboratively
You’re curious and want to learn more and are keen to willingly share your knowledge with others
You are approachable and empathic
You are comfortable being getting your hands dirty whilst being strategic when required
You’re comfortable working under pressure in an ambiguous and rapidly changing, fast paced and ambiguous environment

For Suvera, company culture is not an afterthought – it is a priority. Our diverse team helps us ensure we consider everyone’s experience of accessing healthcare when building our product.

The wellbeing of our team is key, and our policies reflect it. We all have up to 40 days annual leave, and encourage and enable flexibility and autonomy over your work. We are non-hierarchical in our ideas, processes and decision-making – if you have an idea, we want to hear it. Always.

The way we work is remote-first. In practice, this means our whole company is set up around not requiring a meeting to make decisions. We have an asynchronous approach to work which encourages documentation and async comms.

Team

A team that is diverse by default, prioritises wellness and inclusion, and is not afraid to tackle meaty challenges together
Proactively organised community-building events and meetups on and offline (including our monthly team dinners)

Finance

We cover all necessary working expenses, e.g. software or equipment
Company expense cover for lunches/coffees and other work related expenses
We match your pension contributions
We provide access to free external mental health support and therapy sessions
£1000 annual budget for learning and wellbeing

Time

Up to 40 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays)
Remote work from anywhere in the UK
No internal meetings before 10am (unless urgent)
No internal meetings on Friday (unless urgent)

Department People and Culture Locations London Remote status Hybrid Remote Employment type Full-time Employment level Executive/Senior Level

People and Culture London Hybrid Remote

Head of People Lead on all things related to People, continuing to embed great practices aligned with Suvera’s values.

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