HR Manager

Overview

The Space Rangers team are recruiting a HR Manager to join a London based Game Studio!

Location: London (on-site)

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day HR delivery - Lead the delivery of core HR activity across the studio, including employee relations, performance management, onboarding and off-boarding, and development initiatives.
• Partner with studio leadership - Act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team, providing pragmatic advice and guidance on people decisions.
• Lead employee relations matters - Handle employee relations issues with sound judgement and empathy, escalating complex or high-risk cases where appropriate.
• Support and coach managers - Equip people leaders with the confidence and tools to manage their teams effectively, including feedback, performance conversations, and difficult situations.
• Deliver company-wide People processes - Support the delivery of key HR and reward processes, ensuring they are applied clearly, fairly, and consistently across the studio.
• Maintain compliance and sound practice - Ensure HR policies and processes remain aligned with UK employment law and good practice.
• Improve how we work - Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, documentation, and ways of working as the studio continues to evolve.
• Support studio culture and engagement - Help maintain a collaborative, supportive working environment where teams can do their best work.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 or 7 qualification, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong experience in a senior HR generalist role with responsibility across the employee lifecycle.
• Proven experience managing employee relations matters with sound judgement and a solid understanding of UK employment law.
• Experience advising and coaching managers on people management, performance, and difficult conversations.
• Experience supporting teams in a smaller, fast-moving, or project-driven environment where pragmatism and strong working relationships matter more than heavy processes.
• A practical, solutions-focused approach and the ability to build trust and credibility across different levels of the studio.

What we can offer

• Competitive Salary and Benefits Package: Your health and wellbeing is important to us, so we offer a variety of benefits including:
• Enhanced Private Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Group Life Assurance
• Competitive holiday + studio wide closures in summer and winter
• Free Eye Tests
• Free on-site parking
• Electric Car Scheme
• Season Ticket Loans

Note from the Recruitment Team

A FRIENDLY NOTE FROM THE RECRUITMENT TEAM: Let us do the work for you: Even if your profile isn't an exact match for all of the qualifications listed above, we still want you to apply. Our team members come from a variety of different industries, not all of which are immediately relevant to game or software development, and we welcome all candidates of similarly varied backgrounds, communities, and identities.