People and Culture Partner

At Google DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Snapshot 

DeepMind has a remarkable track record of scientific breakthroughs. Such extraordinary work is a direct result of the brilliant and diverse people we bring together. Our People & Culture team work together to maintain, optimise, and nurture our culture to create the best environment in the world for advancing AI research. A place where everyone’s expertise is recognised and where everyone is continually learning and supported to be the best leaders, managers, and collaborators they can be.

About Us 

We’re a dedicated scientific community, committed to “solving intelligence” and ensuring our technology is used for widespread public benefit. We’ve built a supportive and inclusive environment where collaboration is encouraged and learning is shared freely. We don’t set limits based on what others think is possible or impossible. We drive ourselves and inspire each other to push boundaries and achieve ambitious goals.We constantly iterate on our workplace experience with the goal of ensuring it encourages a balanced life. From excellent office facilities through to extensive manager support, we strive to support our people and their needs as effectively as possible. Our list of benefits is extensive, and we’re happy to discuss this further throughout the interview process!

The role

Within our wider People & Culture team, we have a large, talented and supportive Partnering team, focused on continuous learning, sharing knowledge, insights, and best practices. 
Working in an organisation with a people-first approach, there is time and resources to build incredibly strong and impactful relationships with managers and leaders. The Partnering team provides strategic and thoughtful guidance, enabling managers and leaders to not only perform, but grow in their roles. In addition, partners contribute to and lead on projects that  build tools and programs which  support our culture and the wider organisation. 
You will spend the majority of your time working with managers and teams in GDM India in addition to contributing to projects to build tools and programs to support our culture. As a strategic people partner for GDM India, you will act as a strategic thought partner to business leaders, proactively partnering, influencing them and driving big picture thinking to enable high performance. You will serve as a Location manager for P&C, representing all CoEs and functions across the region. Working with local leadership you will support their talent plans and improve organizational health by monitoring trends and culture, identify talent gaps to execute business strategy.

Key responsibilities:

• Delivering high impact solutions to challenges including organisation design, career development and leadership capability
• Partnering and coaching managers to develop their skills and improve team performance
• Acting with confidence in an inspiring and fast paced environment, instilling trust in everyone you interact with, and delivering thoughtful and bespoke solutions.
• Being proactive and adaptable - if you don’t know the answer you are tenacious in finding it out.
• Utilising a data driven approach to partnering
• Focusing on continuous improvement (Kaizen approach)

About you

In order to set you up for success as a People & Culture Partner at DeepMind,  we look for the following skills and experience:

• You have substantial experience operating as an HR professional, preferably some of which was in a small but fast growing business, where you had to build innovative HR practices and frameworks yourself
• You enjoy a blend of partnering and project work and can seamlessly move from one to the other
• You possess an outstanding understanding of human behaviour including an understanding of self
• You are able to build solid relationships with people quickly and have a high sense of empathy; you put them at ease and create understanding.
• Being extremely organised, you are used to working at a very quick pace and balancing many different tasks. You are proactive and see what needs to be done.
• You can effectively navigate ambiguity and enjoy changeable environments where you can implement creative and innovative ideas.
• You enjoy variety and feel that no task is too big or too small.
• You are inventive and enjoy managing your own work and projects. You like operating independently but also love being part of a highly encouraging and collaborative team. You share information and support the growth and development of others in your team and understand that succeed or fail, we do so as a team.
• You are looking for a career defining role in a mission-driven and pioneering organisation. The chance to be a key part of something extraordinary! 

Competitive salary applies 

Opening date: Monday 2nd September

Closing date: Monday 9th September, 10am BST