VP of People, Blink
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
Enterprise app that empowers frontline workers
Open for applications
Enterprise app that empowers frontline workers
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
Blink's mission is to empower frontline workers to maximise their impact.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for someone who is ambitious and wants to develop in a fast-growing company
- The successful candidate will be resourceful, inquisitive, a fast learner, with an ability to easily connect with a customer
- You’ll be able to pick up new concepts quickly and empathise with customer pain points
- Outstanding experience in Human Resources and Talent Acquisition, including building world class employer brands
- Strong people manager capabilities that inspire great work
- Experience providing constructive partnership and coaching to leaders of all levels, up to an including C-Suite
- Experience in building a high performing management culture through operations and enablement
- Experience in HR thought leadership, with excellent written and verbal presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability to set strategy, define programs and deliver content
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience scaling Tech companies from 100 to 300 employees within different geographies
- Tech-savvy and Data-driven you base your decision on analytics
- Creative and driven to implement new processes and initiatives
- An international mindset and understand the complexity of international talent markets
- Experience leading or sponsoring Diversity and Inclusion programs
- Experience consulting on people and engagement strategy would be an advantage
- Experience of HR leadership in a frontline industry would be an advantage
What the job involves
- The VP of People is a key member of Blink's leadership team, supporting our Executive and leadership teams in their decision making, with the aim to build the company any employee would dream to work for
- The role is based in our London office, and works on a hybrid pattern of 3 days per week in office
- Partner with the executive and leadership team to define and execute on near- and long-term talent strategy and goals necessary to attract, develop and retain world-class talent
- Build a global culture of learning and continuous feedback. Ensure that developmentally focused conversations are the oxygen flowing throughout the entire organization
- Lead, collaborate and support the People team to deliver programs, tools and experiences that engage and inspire our teams at all levels and that drive a culture of learning and accountability
- Oversee and develop all areas of People including people development, people operations, facilities and talent acquisition
- Design and implement scalable people frameworks and processes, during a period of high growth, across global teams
- Understand how to use data and technology to drive productivity and forecast workforce trends. Implement best practices in sourcing and recruiting along with other aspect of the people department
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Apps catering to frontline workers are seeing a surge of interest in the market these days, as businesses finally start to wake up to using tech to better connect with these employees, and investors eye up an interesting and new growth opportunity in enterprise IT.
Blink’s particular approach has been to try to create a user interface, and functionality, that caters both to asynchronous activities as well as real-time information, the idea being that front-line workers are most likely not going to be looking at the app continuously throughout the day, so the priority for making sure important things surface when they do is especially higher.
Blink was founded in London — where it has found strong traction with metropolitan bus networks and the NHS (where thousands of frontline workers in clinical and nonclinical roles are on Blink).
Now Blink is HQ’d in New York in an attempt to focus on the U.S. market. There are an estimated 2.7 billion people working on the front line according to the company, so there’s a fair amount of room for growth despite an increasingly competitive landscape with well-funded projects like Justworks, Workplace from Meta and When I Work.
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Employee endorsements
Growing fast
"This is what attracts me to SAAS based organisations early in their growth. There is a real opportunity to be part of the 'Blink Story' and my role..."
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$18.8m
SERIES A
May 2020
$10.8m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $30.2m
Company benefits
- Generous equity allocations with significant upside potential
- All the traditional benefits such as Health Insurance (AXA Health), Ride2Work and Pension schemes
- Ability to grow, learn and solve a variety of challenges, working in a supportive environment with smart, driven people
- Office fridge filled with snacks and drinks, regular team lunches and socials
- The opportunity to be part of something impactful, large-scale, meaningful & fulfilling
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
Company values
- Always aim to delight - Own the outcome and exceed expectations
- Move fast and think big - Be curious, inquisitive and set the agenda
- Be a positive catalyst - Inspire positive change with a helpful attitude
- Never stop learning - We thrive when sharing knowledge and supporting each other
Company HQ
Barbican, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Sean Nolan
(CEO)Previously worked as Network & Security Engineer at Morse for 2 years and co-founded Tomorrow Communications
Diversity & Inclusion at Blink
Blaise Daldin (Sourcing Lead)
- We know there’s much more to be done, and are actively invested in driving deep, meaningful change towards broader representation in our workforce. All leaders and employees involved in the hiring process will undergo inclusion and unconscious bias training, while looking to support and partner with diverse communities and networks at every opportunity.
- Diversity and inclusion remain our #1 priority as the team continues to grow. We’ve added new recruitment initiatives over the past six months to attract a wide range of applicants that generates a diverse shortlist for every new role. We’ve also reviewed our employer branding and advertising to ensure content and language are inclusive throughout. So far, this has improved our gender balance by 20%:
- Blink is committed to nurturing a culture of belonging that celebrates diversity in all its forms – and encourages employees to bring their whole selves to work.
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