Senior People Partner

Aim high, go beyond!

At Open Cosmos we are solving the world’s biggest challenges from space, providing businesses, governments and researchers access to more readily available information than ever before - ready for the challenge? Then read on…

Working in our People Team

The People Team is at the heart of life at Open Cosmos. Covering HR, Talent Acquisition, and Office Management, the team attracts great people, supports them through every stage of their journey, and creates a workplace where everyone can thrive.

What will you be doing?

As a Senior People Partner, you’ll work closely with leaders across the business to unlock the full potential of their teams, driving engagement, shaping workforce plans, and enabling high performance at scale.

You’ll play a key role in delivering strategic people initiatives that elevate the employee experience across the organisation, while also ensuring strong local compliance and pragmatic, business-focused people support.

This is a high-impact role combining strategy and hands-on delivery in a fast-scaling environment where you will be:

• Partnering with leaders to drive engagement, performance, and organisational effectiveness

• Leading people projects that improve the employee experience and business outcomes

• Supporting workforce planning, including capability development, succession planning, and risk mitigation

• Designing and delivering leadership development initiatives that strengthen management capability

• Using data and insights (e.g. engagement surveys) to shape targeted people strategies

• Acting as a trusted advisor on employee relations, ensuring fair, efficient, and compliant processes

• Ensuring local employment compliance and adapting global policies to regional requirements

• Supporting business growth activities

What You’ll bring

• Clear ability to partner with senior stakeholders in a fast-paced, scaling environment

• A strategic mindset with the ability to design and deliver impactful people initiatives

• Confidence handling complex employee relations matters with sound judgement

• A solid understanding of employment law, ideally across multiple regions

• Excellent communication skills — clear, credible, and able to influence at all levels

• Strong analytical thinking, using data to inform decisions and recommendations

• Commercial awareness and an understanding of how people strategy supports business performance

• The ability to navigate ambiguity, lead through change, and bring others with you

• A collaborative, proactive approach with a focus on continuous improvement

For this role you can be based in any of our locations.

To apply, you must have the legal right to work in your chosen location.

Please submit your application and CV in English

Why Open Cosmos?

• Work at the cutting edge of space technology with customers around the globe.

• A mission-driven company making space accessible to help solve real-world challenges.

• A diverse, ambitious, and supportive team.