Who Are We
Cognism is the leading provider of European B2B data and sales intelligence. Ambitious businesses of every size use our platform to discover, connect, and engage with qualified decision-makers faster and close more deals. Headquartered in London with global offices, Cognism’s contact data and contextual signals are trusted by thousands of revenue teams to eliminate the guesswork from prospecting.
OUR WORK MODEL
Hybrid: This is a hybrid role, requiring 3 days per week in the London office, with flexibility to work remotely on other days.
YOUR ROLE
As the
People Partner – R&D , you will act as a strategic HR Business Partner to Engineering, Product, Data, and Information Security leadership. This role is pivotal in aligning people strategy with the R&D roadmap, organisational design, and delivery priorities.
Operating at the intersection of business performance, talent density, and organisational effectiveness, you will partner directly with the CTO, CPO, and CISO to ensure the organisation is appropriately structured, skilled, and enabled to deliver against product, technology, and security objectives.
You will act as a trusted advisor to senior technical leaders, driving a high-performance culture, supporting scalable growth, and leading complex change initiatives across organisational design, capability uplift, and workforce planning.
YOUR CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
- Strategic Partnership – Build trusted relationships with Engineering, Product, Data, and Security leaders, developing a deep understanding of organisational needs, team dynamics, and delivery priorities to provide proactive, commercially grounded people guidance.
- Organisational Design & Workforce Planning – Partner with R&D leadership to design and implement structures, workforce plans, and people initiatives aligned to business strategy, technical objectives, and long-term roadmap requirements.