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Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Neko is redefining what prevention means, from treating illness when it arrives, to sustaining health before it's ever at risk. Our mission: make data-driven, preventative care accessible to more people, before symptoms appear.
In a single, non-invasive visit under an hour, proprietary technology and direct clinical care combine to deliver personalised, actionable insights. It's a team that thinks in 10x, not 10%. Every role here plays a part in building a world where prevention is the norm, and where your work genuinely helps people live longer, healthier lives.
Neko Health is a Swedish healthcare technology company founded in 2018 by Hjalmar Nilsonne and Daniel Ek. Our mission is to redesign healthcare by shifting the focus from reactive treatment to proactive and preventive care.
We are building a new kind of healthcare experience designed to help people stay ahead of their health. By combining medical expertise with breakthrough technology, we make it possible to quickly and non-invasively gather a broad picture of a person's health and deliver clear insights within minutes.
Headquartered in Stockholm and New York, Neko Health offers the Neko Body Scan experience across Europe and the US, supported by a growing team of people working to transform how healthcare is delivered.
Legal, Finance and People are what let Neko operate, hire and stay compliant as it scales, and Product & Technology is the largest, most complex function at HQ. These aren't the same kind of problem. Each function sits at a different stage of maturity, and this role isn't about pulling them into one shape. It's about moving fluidly between genuinely different disciplines, bringing the right kind of people practice to each, rather than defaulting to a single playbook.
This is one of the most senior People roles at HQ outside the Global People Lead itself. It suits a senior level HR operator who's genuinely comfortable holding several different kinds of problem at once, and who brings real depth in organisational design, workforce planning, strategy and culture, genuine command of each rather than surface-level familiarity.
What you'll do
Lead workforce planning and organisational design across Legal, Finance, People, (and support to parts of the Product & Technology teams) role clarity, resourcing decisions and structural recommendations tailored to each function's stage
Meet each function on its own terms, building where a function is still finding its shape, optimising where it's stable, rather than applying one approach everywhere
Build genuine partnership with the leaders who run each of these teams, calibrating the relationship to what each one needs
Serve as the primary strategic partner across Legal, Finance, People and some of the Product & Technology teams, translating business strategy into people priorities, programmes and operating plans for each function
Coach and challenge leaders on the decisions that shape the organisation they'll be running next year, thinking a step ahead of today's priorities
Bring sound judgement and discretion to the most sensitive people matters across all four functions
Partner with leaders across Legal, Finance, People and parts of the Product & Technology to embed Neko's cultural Vitals into how their teams actually operate, day to day
Help leaders translate the Vitals into practical behaviours and decisions across genuinely different functions
Build the rituals and feedback loops that keep culture genuinely lived as each function matures at its own pace
Working in partnership with the Growth & Engagement team to drive leadership development, performance and engagement for the leadership population across Legal, Finance, People and Product & Technology
Advise on compensation, mobility and promotions in partnership with Reward & Enablement, ensuring internal equity and market competitiveness across genuinely different functions
Lead and sponsor change initiatives that affect structure or operating model in any of these functions, owning scope, timeline, stakeholder engagement and change readiness from start to finish
Manage employee relations matters across Legal, Finance, People and Product & Technology, working directly with Legal colleagues and specialist counsel to resolve issues with discretion and confidentiality
Spot risk early, whether that's capacity strain in Legal or Finance, or Product & Technology's pace outstripping its structure
Use workforce and org data to shape decisions ahead of need
Deliver people analytics and actionable insights that turn data into clear, decision-ready recommendations
Put data and AI to work in how the people agenda runs day to day, sharper decisions, less manual effort
Recognise that Legal, Finance, People and Product & Technology each need different structures, rhythms and support, and build accordingly
Turn central People programmes into practice that fits each function's actual culture and maturity
Experience evaluating how AI informs talent decisions and org design, bringing the judgement to design with AI as a genuine participant in how roles and structures should look, actively shaping the work itself.
Deep, hands-on experience across organisational design, workforce planning, people strategy and culture, genuine depth in all four, built through direct ownership rather than generalist HRBP exposure
10+ years in senior HR Business Partner, People Partner, or People/HR leadership roles, including ownership of the people agenda across genuinely different functions at Director level or above
Experience owning leadership development and performance calibration outcomes for a senior leadership population
A track record of personally leading change initiatives end to end: scope, timeline, and stakeholder engagement
A genuine passion for culture and values, with experience helping leaders embed them into how their teams actually work
A track record of partnering with and influencing senior functional leaders on complex, high-stakes organisational decisions, operating with genuine autonomy as an independent decision-maker
Comfort holding functions at very different stages of maturity at once, adapting approach rather than applying one framework to all
Fluent with people data and actively using AI in your own work
Working knowledge of employment law relevant to Neko's HQ locations, with the judgement to know when to bring in specialist expertise
We use a simplified internal title framework that prioritises clarity over hierarchy, so internal titles may differ from market-facing role titles. Scope, impact and level of the role are fully aligned and will be clearly discussed throughout the process.
Candidates progress from application and structured screening through thoughtfully designed interviews, culminating in a formal offer and final pre-employment checks before joining the team.
Neko Health is committed to inclusive hiring and member-first care. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage you to request reasonable adjustments to support your application.
