Head of People Technology

SENIOR MANAGER, PEOPLE OPERATIONS & HR COMPLIANCE Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation, and growth drives everything we do. Our People team are the architects of a great workplace where brilliant minds come together to do their best work. From discovering diverse talent and nurturing future leaders, to creating spaces that spark collaboration and crafting rewards that celebrate success - we're passionate about building a culture where everyone can thrive. We’re looking for a Senior Manager, People Operations & HR Compliance to join our London team. This is a hybrid role. In this role, you’ll help us define and lead our global HR compliance strategy across 30,000+ employees and 40+ countries—building a proactive, AI-enabled compliance function that is a trusted partner to the business and a clear enabler of how we grow. Get to know our People team — what drives us, how we work, and what you can expect. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING You’ll be joining the Global People Operations team. The Global HR Compliance team is a critical capability within Global People Operations, owning the strategy, governance, and execution of employment compliance across the DoorDash brand ecosystem. This is a high-impact team operating at the intersection of legal obligation and people strategy, partnering closely with Legal, People Business Partners, Compensation, People Services, and People Technology to ensure that how we operate as an employer reflects both our values and our obligations. You’ll lead and grow an existing team of experienced compliance professionals and report directly to the Sr. Director, Head of Global People Operations, serving also as a strategic partner and right hand on the highest-priority cross-functional people operations initiatives. Here’s what your day-to-day might look like: * Define and own the global HR compliance strategy establishing a clear vision, operating model, and multi-year roadmap that is well understood across the People team and actively aligned to business priorities across the brand ecosystem. * Lead, develop, and grow the global HR Compliance team, setting clear goals, creating mechanisms to communicate progress, and building a high-trust function that is known for proactive partnership rather than reactive oversight. * Drive the execution of a robust compliance program across core domains including SOX hire-to-retire controls, legislation management, mandated compliance reporting, employment handbook and policy governance, background checks, work authorisation, wage and hour, leave of absence, and employee data privacy ensuring consistent coverage across all geographies and brands. * Embed AI and automation into the core workflows of the compliance function using technology to enhance monitoring, streamline documentation, surface risk earlier, and scale the team’s capacity to operate proactively across a complex, global landscape. * Build and maintain strong cross-functional partnerships with Employment Legal, People Business Partners, Compensation, and People Technology creating clear engagement models so that the right stakeholders know when and how to activate the Global HR Compliance team. * Develop governance mechanisms and compliance reporting that provide transparency into program health, surface emerging risks, and demonstrate measurable impact across the compliance roadmap—creating clear visibility for People leadership and key cross-functional partners. * Serve as a strategic partner and right hand to the Sr. Director, Head of Global People Operations—driving operating rhythm, cross-functional prioritisation, and alignment across the Global People Operations leadership team on the highest-priority initiatives. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO THRIVE Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others: * Significant experience leading HR compliance or employment law programs in a high-growth, global technology company or similar fast-paced environment—with a strong track record of building and leading compliance functions at scale. * Deep expertise across core HR compliance domains including employment legislation management, SOX hire-to-retire controls, mandated reporting, policy governance, work authorisation, data privacy, and wage and hour—with the ability to navigate both UK/EMEA specifics and broader global complexity. * Proven ability as a strategic operator who can define a multi-year compliance vision and gain stakeholder buy-in, while also rolling up their sleeves to build process infrastructure, drive execution, and deliver against a roadmap with urgency and rigour. * Demonstrated experience embedding AI and automation into compliance or people operations workflows—with a clear point of view on how technology can be used to scale a proactive, intelligence-driven approach to employment compliance. * Strong leadership and cross-functional influence skills, with a history of building trusted partnerships with Legal, HR, Finance, and Technology teams—and a proven ability to create clarity and alignment in complex, matrixed, multinational organisations. WHY JOIN US? At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters, solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that’s constantly evolving. We’re food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to: 🔧 Make a visible impact every day Your work directly improves experiences for customers, partners and riders. 🌱 Learn fast in an entrepreneurial environment Work close to the market with autonomy, pace and real responsibility. 🧠 Build a career, not just a role Stretch yourself, develop new skills and grow as the business evolves. 🌎 Deliver together in an inclusive culture Collaborative, values-driven teams that support how you work best. We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shine—our interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Find more about how we hire here. OUR GLOBAL STRUCTURE Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition. Depending on your role, you may collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together, we’re unlocking new possibilities as one global team. DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, or belief. If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience. If you’re excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we’d love to hear from you!

WHO WE ARE Melotech is revolutionizing media and entertainment. We create art through technology for humans to enjoy. In just 24 months, our work has been heard, watched and loved for over 3 billion minutes worldwide. Founded by entrepreneur and investor Soheil Mirpour, we are backed by top VCs Cherry Ventures, Speedinvest and GFC, alongside world-class angels from firms such as Spotify, Blackstone and KKR.   What you will do Your role as Head of People is to build the recruiting engine that scales Melotech, personally hiring the 10 to 20 exceptional people who will shape our next chapter across product, engineering, go-to-market and creative, and then to build the people function beneath them. Working hand in hand with our founders, you own talent end to end.   On a typical day, your tasks may include: * Owning outbound recruiting from start to finish: sourcing, screening and running most of the interview loop yourself, across technical, commercial and creative roles * Building a scalable hiring machine with outbound at its core, extending over time into university hiring, hackathons and referral networks * Acting as the first filter: knowing what exceptional looks like and where it comes from, so only the top of the funnel ever reaches our founders * Building talent pipelines across both Europe and the US * Standing up the people function as we scale: contracts, levelling, performance reviews, compensation, bonuses and benefits * Designing the internal systems and workflows a fast-growing, globally distributed team needs   Who you are You're a talent professional who has personally scaled a high-growth company through its most exciting years, and you're hungry to do it again, hands on. You know what exceptional looks like, where to find it, and how to close it, and you bring both a network and a repeatable process. Typically, your profile will look like this: * 3+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition or Recruitment roles with demonstrated strategic impact; proven track record in high-growth or scale-up environments preferred * Recruiter or early people hire at a top-tier, high-growth consumer or AI startup, where you personally scaled the team through early growth * AI-native: you use AI in your own workflow and can credibly recruit for an AI-native company * Comfortable hiring across both Europe and the US, ideally from a remote or internationally distributed team * A real network and a systematic, repeatable process, not just a knack for people * Bonus: experience hiring creative talent too (video, visual, artists), not only engineers and commercial roles * Genuinely passionate about recruiting: it's the craft you want to keep doing * Colleagues would describe you as hard-working, ambitious and persistent   What makes this exciting You are one of the first employees of an ambitious team, changing the world of media and entertainment. As the person who hires everyone who comes after you, your fingerprints will be on the entire company. Being early means every decision you make shapes our trajectory. You're not a cog in the machine but the captain of your own ship, rewarded for performance and respected for leadership. Flat hierarchies mean that your voice matters, your ideas get implemented, and your impact is immediate. We pay competitive salaries and make you an owner of the business with equity. We work remotely to give you complete freedom over your life, while meeting regularly around the world for global offsites where we strategize, bond, and push boundaries together.   What the process will look like We hire on a rolling basis. Earliest starting date is always ASAP. Once you begin our process, you can progress from start to offer within a week, depending on how quickly you can move through each stage: 1. Initial interview: 30-minute introductory call - getting to know you 2. Founder interview: 60-minute interview with our CEO - going deep on all topics 3. Offer, contract signing and onboarding Note: As we are still in stealth, you will learn more about Melotech as you progress through the stages. By the end of the Founder interview, you will have a full grasp of our business and the details of your role.