Global People & Culture Director

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 1) 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. 2) 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. 3) 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. 4) 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 wit