Senior Manager, HR Process Excellence

Who We Are Verve has created a more efficient and privacy-focused way to buy and monetize advertising. Verve is an ecosystem of demand and supply technologies fusing data, media, and technology together to deliver results and growth to both advertisers and publishers–no matter the screen or location, no matter who, what, or where a customer is. With offices across the globe and with an eye on servicing forward-thinking advertising customers, Verve’s solutions are trusted by more than 90 of the United States’ top 100 advertisers, 4,000 publishers globally, and the world’s top demand-side platforms. Learn more at verve.com . What we're looking for: We are seeking a commercially minded Senior Manager, HR Process Excellence to drive the design, optimisation and continuous improvement of HR processes across Verve Group. As the subject matter expert (SME) for HR process excellence, you will partner with HR leadership and leaders across the organisation. You will be identifying opportunities to improve the effectiveness of HR processes across the employee lifecycle. Key principles are simplicity and scalability as we embark on the next exciting stage of growth. This is a temp-to-perm role offering a hybrid working arrangement, with three days per week in our London office in Covent Garden. What you’ll be doing: HR Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement • Act as the organisation's subject matter expert for HR process excellence, providing specialist guidance and thought leadership across a broad range of HR initiatives. • Lead the end-to-end assessment, design, redesign and optimisation of HR processes across the employee lifecycle. • Identify opportunities to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce complexity, remove duplication and improve process effectiveness, quality and user experience. • Challenge legacy processes and existing ways of working, driving a culture of simplification and scalability. Delivery of HR Improvement Initiatives • Lead and support multiple process improvement initiatives across HR, working across a portfolio of priorities that may include recruitment, onboarding, employee lifecycle management, HR operations, performance management, talent, reward and employee offboarding. • Develop business cases, quantify benefits and define measurable success criteria for proposed improvements. • Oversee implementation of agreed process changes, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable and simple! Stakeholder Engagement & Business Partnering • Build strong relationships across the business. • Act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, providing expert recommendations on process design and improvement opportunities. • Balance commercial impact with legal risk and bring together internal stakeholders to align on a path forward. HR Technology, Data & Automation • Partner with HR Ops and Intelligence teams to identify opportunities for automation, workflow optimisation, self-service and improved use of HR systems. • Ensure process improvements are designed with technology enablement and automation at their core. • Promote data-driven decision-making and the use of digital solutions to improve HR service across the entire employee experience. Change Management & Capability Building • Support the adoption of redesigned processes through effective stakeholder engagement, communications, training and change management. • Equip HR teams and process owners with the tools, frameworks and knowledge required to sustain improvements independently. • Share best practices, lessons learned and reusable process improvement approaches across HR. • Champion a continuous improvement mindset, encouraging teams to challenge existing practices and take ownership of operational effectiveness. What you'll need: Ess