Senior People Manager - Project 007

IO Interactive is seeking a talented and experienced individual to join our team in a Senior People Manager role, specifically supporting Project 007, our highly anticipated James Bond video game featuring an entirely original Bond story. This senior role will be instrumental in shaping the careers of IOI employees across all studios and projects, with a focus on providing leadership and guidance for the teams working on Project 007.

In this position, you will work in close partnership with the Project 007 leadership, aligning team development strategies with the project’s objectives. The role requires strong collaborative skills to contribute to the project’s goals while leveraging the capabilities of the people you manage. Your primary clients will be the producers, leaders and managers within Project 007, in addition to working closely with other functional leaders across IO Interactive.

The role contributes to building a competitive and sustainable organization, strengthening the company culture and staff engagement, supporting change/transformation in the business, performance management, and contributing to the People Manager Team efficiency and evolution.

What you will do:

Strategic Influence & Leadership

• Play a key role in building an organization that supports IOI’s ambitious growth plans and sets the industry standard for employee care.
• Influence key people-related decisions, ensuring alignment with the overall people strategy.
• Establish trusted partnerships with business leaders, providing coaching and guidance on talent management and employee relations.

Employee Development & Career Management

• Guide the career development of functional leaders, producers including project transitions, promotions, skill training, and salary adjustments.
• Stay closely connected with employees to identify their strengths, potential areas for growth, and address any challenges.
• Manage the tech team’s salary budget and oversee the evaluation, classification, and calibration of seniority levels and job roles.

Recruitment & Onboarding

• Participate in recruitment by helping define role profiles, assessing candidates for skills and cultural fit, and contributing to the onboarding of new hires.

HR Processes & Performance Management

• Implement and improve HR processes such as feedback, salary discussions, career development, and cross-functional development, ensuring alignment with the company’s people strategy.
• Support managers in driving the people strategy, including performance management, talent management, succession planning, and workforce planning.

Challenging Staffing Duties

• Handle challenging staffing duties, including dispute resolution, disciplinary actions, and layoffs.

Who you are:

• Proven experience in a people management, organizational development or HR leadership role, preferably in the gaming, tech, or creative industries.
• Strong expertise in HR processes such as recruitment, onboarding, feedback systems, salary reviews, and employee relations.
• Experience working closely with leadership teams to drive strategic people initiatives and align with business goals.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills, with experience handling complex employee relations issues.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English.
• Ideally you have training in coaching, mediation and conflict resolution.

Who we are:

IO Interactive is an independent videogame development and publishing company with studios in Copenhagen, Malmö, Barcelona, Istanbul and Brighton. As the creative force behind some of the most talked-about multiplatform video games in the last decade, we are committed to creating unforgettable characters and experiences – all powered by our award-winning, proprietary Glacier technology.

We know that to achieve those goals, we need courage, talented people and a great working environment – and we do our utmost to have all of that. Across our multiple studios, we’re working on several projects. Crucially though, we’re all one team. We value the work and impact that each person brings to the table and we actively encourage new ideas, whilst listening to your insights along the way.

We have a dedicated team of People Managers, who look after you as an individual and as an employee. With more than 40 nationalities, we know that everyone is different and we are proud to have a reputation for being a friendly workplace with highly-talent people.