
Tortus · London
ABOUT TORTUS AI At TORTUS we work with clinicians and hospitals to provide clinically safe and reliable AI. We use speech-to-text and LLM models to infer infor...
At TORTUS we work with clinicians and hospitals to provide clinically safe and reliable AI. We use speech-to-text and LLM models
to infer information about a patient visit and provide verified documentation and actions, eliminating the documentation burden
that costs clinicians hours every day.
We've recorded over 2 million consultations. Clients include London Ambulance Service and a large proportion of UK GP surgeries.
We are building a people function from the ground up. The foundations are in place; we have an HRiS, an ATS, a working employer
brand, values, processes, and most importantly a talented and engaged team, and now we need someone to own and accelerate it.
This is a standalone People Lead role reporting directly to the CEO. You will be the primary People Partner for the leadership
team, owning the full employee lifecycle from talent acquisition through to performance, development, and engagement.
This is a junior Head-of-level position: senior enough to set direction yet hands-on enough to do the work.
Over the past several months we've worked with a consultant to establish the core infrastructure: basic tooling, a talent
acquisition approach across our three hire types (AI/technical, clinical, and commercial), and early employer brand foundations.
We've run our first values workshop and are mid-way through defining the behaviours and embedding plan that will make our culture
explicit and durable.
What we need now is someone to take ownership of this, running the ongoing talent pipeline, deepening our people partnering
capability, and building the performance and development frameworks that will support us as we scale through Series A and beyond.
Talent & Acquisition
People Partnering
decisions
Performance & Development
Culture & Engagement
People Operations
In 12–18 months, TORTUS has a talent pipeline we're proud of, a performance culture that engineers and clinicians genuinely value,
and a set of values that are visible in how we hire, promote, and lead.
As TORTUS scales through Series A, this role grows with a team beneath it. The intersection of AI, clinical care, and fast growth
is one of the most interesting talent environments in tech right now, and your work here will shape the kind of company we become.
Equal opportunities
TORTUS is an equal opportunities employer. We're building a genuinely multi-disciplinary team, clinicians, engineers, and AI
scientists, and we know our best work comes from bringing different perspectives to the same problem. We welcome applications from
all qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or
maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Every application is reviewed by a member of our team, and hiring
decisions are made on merit, skills, and experience.
Right to work in the UK is a legal requirement for this role, separate from and not a measure of a candidate's suitability, see
above for more detail.
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🐦 About Birdie At Birdie, we’re reimagining care for older adults. We’re building the technology that powers the future of home healthcare, empowering care teams with tools to deliver better, more dignified care, and enabling older people to thrive in their own homes for longer. Our all-in-one solution powers millions of care visits every month, equipping care providers with the tools they need to deliver exceptional, efficient care. We’re not here to tinker at the edges. We’re here to radically transform a broken system. That’s why we’ve built an all-in-one platform that supported over 60 million care visits and enabled care for 116,000 individuals in 2025, and we continue to grow our impact. We’re scaling fast, but staying true to our purpose. That’s why we’re proud to be a B Corp, using business as a force for good. Founded in 2017, Birdie is backed by world-class investors like Index Ventures, Sofina and Omers. In 2023, we ranked #6 in the Deloitte Fast 50, making us one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK. You can check out more about our impact and recognition here. But speed isn’t the point. Impact is. ⚡️ Your mission As Head of People & Talent, your mission is to lead Birdie's People function into its next chapter as an AI-first organisation. You'll lead and grow a high-performing team, hold the bar on how we hire, grow and reward 130+ ambitious people, and work in close partnership with our COO, who holds the People seat on our executive team. You'll inherit mature operating systems and a People strategy already pointed at the right horizon. Your job is to deliver it, and take it further: raise the bar on hiring, deepen our performance discipline, and embed AI into the way the function works so the rest of the company has a blueprint to follow. 🦸♀️ How you will contribute * Lead and develop a lean and strong People & Talent team, with strong autonomy and clear quarterly rhythms already in place * Own and deliver Birdie's talent strategy end to end, from workforce planning through to a hiring bar that brings in people who raise the level of every team they join * Run the performance, calibration and compensation cycles that protect Birdie's standards, with the courage to keep iterating where the data points to a leaner or sharper approach * Deliver Birdie's AI-first workforce programme alongside our COO: build AI fluency across the company and redesign people processes with automation in mind * Act as a trusted advisor and challenger to leaders on team health, hard conversations and the calls that shape culture, bringing the People view into executive decisions * Build the rituals, data and feedback loops that hold our culture together operationally as we grow, without softening the bar * Be a key member of our Leadership team to deliver Birdie’s vision and strategy, collaborating with other exceptional leaders to drive and optimise our ways of working 🤩 You’ll thrive here if... * You've led People & Talent in a high-growth B2B SaaS environment, ideally Series B or later * You have real conviction that great hiring, candid feedback and high accountability are the most generous things a People leader can offer their team * You've built and rebuilt People systems with an eye on automation, and you use AI in your own work every day * You bring a clear point of view and the data to back it up, and you're just as comfortable listening hard and committing * You're hands-on as well as strategic, energised by doing the work, not only directing it * You hold a low ego, thrive in ambiguity across competing priorities, and have a strong sense of what to push and what to park 🧠 Imposter syndrome is real — and we don’t expect you to tick every box. If you're excited about our mission and think you could make a difference here, we want to hear from you. 🌈 What you’ll get from us We believe people do their best work when they’re supported, trusted and inspired. Here’s how we build a world-class employee experience: 💸 Compensation * Competitive base salary, reviewed against benchmarks annually * Generous stock options - because we’re building this together * Bi-annual performance cycles with individual compensation reviews 🧠 Learning & Growth * Annual personal learning budget and access to training, coaching and mentorship * Time and space for growth - you set your development goals, we back them 🏡 Flexible Working * Hybrid working - 2–3 days per week in our incredible London HQ * Budget to set up your home workspace * Regular in-person meetups, socials and offsites 🏖 Time Off * 33 days holiday (25 days + public holidays) * Extra day off on your birthday (use it whenever you like!) * Company shutdown between Christmas and New Year * 2 volunteering days each year to give back to causes that matter 👶 Family-first Policies * Industry leading paid primary and secondary caregiver leave * 5 paid days for fertility treatments for those who need it * Private health insurance with AXA * Wellbeing perks via Happl (gym discounts, mental health support, and more) 🚲 Other Perks * Cycle to work scheme * 4% employer pension contribution when you contribute 5% (UK) * A deeply human, radically transparent culture ❓Why Birdie? Because you want to do meaningful work that improves lives - and grow at speed while doing it. We’re building more than a product - we’re building a movement. A movement to show that tech, when built with empathy and integrity, can change lives. We’re a team of entrepreneurs, dreamers, and doers. Join us to shape the future of care, work alongside ambitious, kind people, and help reimagine how society cares for its older adults. We dream big, act fast, and work collaboratively with one goal in mind: to create a world where we all age with confidence. ⚖️ Equal Opportunities Statement We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture. That means creating a hiring process that gives everyone a fair chance regardless of background, identity or lived experience. Need adjustments or support during the application process? Let us know. We’re here to help. ✨ Ready to build the future of care? Apply now. Be part of something that matters.