At OQC, we aren’t just theorising about the future; we’re building it. Born from a philosophy of bold innovation, we’ve successfully transitioned quantum computing from an academic dream into a commercial reality. The most exciting thing is that we’re just getting started.

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you’ll play a critical role in helping OQC scale effectively by partnering with leaders across the business to strengthen leadership capability, organisational effectiveness, and team performance.

Working within a fast-paced, highly technical environment, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, using data, insight, and pragmatic judgement to drive impactful people outcomes and sustainable growth.

The Role

You’ll partner closely with leaders across assigned business areas to shape high-performing teams, influence organisational change, and elevate leadership capability.

This is a strategic partnering role with broad exposure across workforce planning, organisational design, employee relations, learning & development, and change management, while collaborating closely with the wider People team to deliver an exceptional employee experience.

What You'll Be Working On

Partnering with senior leaders to improve organisational effectiveness, workforce planning, leadership capability, and team performance
Coaching managers through performance management, employee relations, organisational change, and complex people challenges
Using people data and organisational insight to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, driving pragmatic and commercially balanced solutions
Leading strategic people initiatives, L&D and change programmes, ensuring strong stakeholder engagement and successful adoption
Supporting organisational design and team structure planning to enable sustainable scaling across technical and specialist teams
Influencing leadership teams to improve consistency, accountability, and maturity of people management practices across the organisation
Collaborating with HR Operations and People team colleagues to continuously improve processes, employee experience, and organisational capability

What We're Looking For

Significant experience in a strategic HR partnering role within a fast-paced, scaling, and highly technical environment
Experience working within technology, scientific, engineering, or R&D organisations
Proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders including Heads of Function, Directors, and VP-level leaders
Strong experience leading organisational change, workforce planning, and organisational effectiveness initiatives
Expertise in coaching leaders through complex employee relations, performance management, and organisational challenges
Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and leadership coaching capabilities
Data-driven approach to decision making with the ability to translate insight into practical business outcomes
Experience operating effectively in ambiguous, evolving, and high-growth environments
Strong understanding of employment law, organisational risk, and people policy application
Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and project management skills

The 'Nice-to-Haves'

Exposure to global or multi-jurisdiction employee populations
Experience supporting organisational design and team effectiveness initiatives
Familiarity with HR systems including HiBob, Workable, and Zinc
Knowledge of change leadership methodologies and leadership development practices
Experience mentoring team members, apprentices, or developing team capability
CIPD Level 5 or above

Why Join OQC

You will join a world-class team at the forefront of the next computational era. We offer a culture of bold innovation, the chance to work with unique lab infrastructure, and the opportunity to see your work redefine the limits of computation.

Learn more about our benefits and positive work culture here: https://oqc.tech/company/careers-at-oqc/

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