Engineering People Lead - Fixed Term 12 Month Contract (Remote/Europe)

About Us

We are a globally distributed open source software consultancy, partnering with organisations to solve complex technical challenges through transparency, collaboration, and community-driven innovation. We are now looking for an exceptional People Lead to support and empower our engineering teams.

About the Role

As a People Leader, you will work with a globally dispersed workforce, creating a supportive, structured, and high-performance environment for our engineers. You will collaborate with individuals across the world, using your relationship-building skills and emotional intelligence to foster trust, drive accountability, and help our people thrive.

This role requires someone who is organised, proactive, confident in navigating sensitive situations, and motivated by helping others succeed—all within a fully remote, multicultural organisation.

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What You'll Do

Build strong, trusting relationships with engineers across multiple time zones and cultures

Lead effective one-on-one and team meetings, balancing facilitation with real-time note-taking and follow-up actions

Set and reinforce clear expectations of the engineering role, ensuring alignment, fairness, and transparency

Drive the full performance management cycle by guiding teams through development planning, tracking and discussing progress against objectives, on a timely and constructive manner.

Manage performance, monitor challenges and issues, provide support and conduct appraisals as per company’s guidelines

Support and encourage individual growth and performance

Navigate sensitive or challenging conversations with professionalism, emotional intelligence, and an open mind

Support engineers through conflict, blockers, and personal or professional challenges with empathy and discretion

Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to maintain strong communication channels and ensure alignment on organisational goals

Guide the team through organisational transitions, provide stability and maintain morale during periods of uncertainty

Maintain team engagement and productivity during change.

Help shape and champion a culture of openness, accountability, and respect

About You

A natural relationship-builder who thrives in a people-centric role

Excellent multitasker - able to run meetings while capturing insights and driving outcomes

Strong communicator with the confidence to have tough conversations when needed

Skilled listener- listen with attention, interest and empathy. Actively encourage and welcome diverse perspectives, new ideas and feedback

Highly organised and able to manage multiple work-streams in a fully remote environment

Experienced with performance management, coaching, and delivering actionable feedback

Comfortable working with a globally dispersed team across diverse cultures, communication styles, and time zones

Empathetic, open-minded, and committed to supporting people at all levels

Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to support changes and encourage learning

Experience in a tech or open source environment is a plus (but not required)

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