Global People & Culture Director

Cambridgeconsultantslimited•HR & People

DeutschlandFull-timeOn site3 days ago

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Strategic Mandate

The Global People Director will be a key architect of Cambridge Consultants’ transformation to inspire and lead a new era of deep tech innovation.

They will be the strategic bridge between Capgemini (our parent company) and CC.

They will steer the cultural, talent, and organisational transformations to enable the company to:

Build an entrepreneurial, innovation‑driven culture where teams embrace calculated risk, experimentation, and rapid learning.

Shape an AI‑native organisation, equipping all employees with the mindset and fluency to leverage the latest AI tools.

Create a diverse leadership pipeline and talent engine that strengthens innovation, client partnership, and global reach.

Operationalise the cultural and behavioural expectations of our strategy through hiring, development, reward, leadership capabilities, and organisational design.

About the Role

You will act as a strategic partner to the executive team and senior leadership, linking the people agenda to our strategy. Driving transformational change in our People & Culture, to build a diverse talent engine tuned to innovation & partnership.

At the core of this role is shaping an entrepreneurial culture where people run toward bold innovation challenges - and build a diverse, high-performing talent engine that enables it.

You’ll lead the Global People function, set direction for HR Business Partnering, Talent, L&D, EDI, and People Operations, and ensure integrated delivery across the employee lifecycle.

You’ll be a critical partner to the executive, offering courageous challenge and clear thinking to align decisions with company goals.

Work pattern: Hybrid – role holder expected in office frequently & some international travel

Reports to: CHRO, Capgemini Invent with dotted line to Cambridge Consultants CEO

Direct Reports: 4 – HR Business Partnering, HR Ops, L&D, Recruitment

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Partnership & Organisational Leadership

Lead the Global People Team, managing the Heads of Functions to deliver the Global People Strategy

Partner with the executive team and senior leaders to translate business strategy into clear, outcome-based people plans that accelerate growth and innovation.

Shape the Executive Leadership Team as a cohesive team - improving decision quality, collaboration, and strategic alignment.

Lead org design and workforce planning (structure, capability, location strategy) for present and future needs in a global matrixed environment.

Culture, Engagement & Internal Communications

Champion a more entrepreneurial, experimentation-driven culture; reinforce psychological safety, ownership, and speed of learning.

Build and sustain high employee engagement; craft compelling narratives and communications that bring strategy to life.

Embed established feedback loops (listening strategy, pulse surveys) and turn insights into visible action.

Champion organisational simplification to improve pace, autonomy, and agility.

Talent Strategy & Leadership Development

Lead the development of a future skills blueprint, incl. deep tech, commercial partnering, and AI-native capabilities.

Build a diverse talent engine across succession and mobility; ensure equitable access to opportunities globally.

Lead performance and career development frameworks that enable growth, accountability, and retention.

Oversee design of leadership development pathways and manager capability uplift to scale consistent, inclusive leadership behaviours across regions.

EDI / Inclusive Futures

Own the EDI strategy (policy, governance, targets and reporting) aligned to local regulations and global best practice, to increase representation of diverse talent at senior and technical leadership levels with measurable targets.

Embed inclusive hiring and progression

Change & Transformation

Lead end-to-end change and transformation programs (org design, process reengineering) to become an AI-native, innovation-centric, client partnership organisation, whilst ensuring business continuity and employee experience.

Establish change methodologies, leader readiness, and change success metrics; coach leaders to role model change.

Continuous improvement of the Global People Team and strategy – building capabilities and optimising process

Employer Brand & Marketing Partnership

Strengthen our Employer Value Proposition (EVP) to position CC as the global destination for exceptional deep tech and innovation talent and ensure its authentically reflected in the employee experience.

Partner with Marketing to elevate employer branding

People Analytics & Decision Support

Leverage HR analytics to diagnose business health (engagement, attrition, performance, diversity), forecast workforce needs, and inform decisions.

Build a data-driven culture within HR; improving people systems and data capture

HR Solutions Delivery & Governance

Ensure integrated delivery across Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partnering, People Operations, L&D, Reward, and EDI.

Maintain high standards of compliance (employment law, data privacy), operational excellence, and scalable HR processes suitable for global growth.

🎯Requirements

& Qualifications

Experience

Substantial HR leadership experience with a proven track record operating at Director level (or equivalent) in a global, matrixed organisation.

Demonstrated success in strategic people leadership, culture building, and enterprise-level transformation.

Experience leading cultural transformation in a technology, innovation, or consulting environment.

Prior success in building AInative or data-driven organisations is strongly preferred.

Proven delivery across talent management, performance, engagement, org design, and EDI.

Skills & Capabilities

Strategic operator who links people plans to business outcomes

Change leadership: design and deliver change; coach leaders through ambiguity

Understand innovation culture, and high-performance technical teams

Influence & challenge: a critical partner driving alignment of senior leaders; courageous, commercially grounded, and solutions oriented.

EVP: partner with Marketing to position Cambridge Consultants as a destination for diverse, innovative talent

Inspirational people leader who unites and elevates a people function

Deep commitment to inclusion, equity, and belonging; credible on modern EDI practices and reporting.

By submitting an application to Cambridge Consultants, you confirm that the information provided in this application, together with any supporting documentation, is true, complete, and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. You understand that any false statement, misleading information, or material omission may render you liable to disqualification from the recruitment process, withdrawal of any offer of employment, or dismissal without notice if discovered following appointment. You acknowledge that the organisation reserves the right to verify the information supplied.

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