People Director (FTC)

Who are we? Influencer is a global creator marketing agency on a mission to shape the future of marketing by humanizing brands. By placing creators at the center, the agency delivers creator-first solutions across creative, media, and commerce that connect brands with audiences through insight-driven creator campaigns built to stop the scroll and drive measurable impact. Founded in 2015 by YouTuber-turned-entrepreneur Caspar Lee and entrepreneur Ben Jeffries, Influencer is the world’s largest independent creator marketing agency - powered by a unique ecosystem of proprietary technology, platform partnerships, and longstanding talent relationships. As an Official Global Marketing Partner of TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Snap, Meta, and Twitch, Influencer delivers bespoke, enterprise-level solutions powered by Waves, its AI-driven operating system. From concept to conversion, the agency blends human instinct with platform intelligence to drive measurable outcomes across the full funnel - from brand perception to performance and sales. With 200+ team members speaking 30 languages across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, Influencer has delivered 6,000+ campaigns for leading brands including Spotify, SharkNinja, Google, Nike, Disney, and Coca-Cola. Job title- People Director Reporting of the role- Reporting to the global CFO, this role works closely with their US counterpart, People Operations Director, Chief Revenue Office, and regional leadership across Europe and MENA. Overview of the job As People Director, Europe & MENA, you'll play a key role in delivering Influencer's people agenda across both Europe and MENA regions, ensuring a consistent, high-quality employee experience while balancing global alignment with local market needs and priorities. As Influencer continues to evolve its operating model and global footprint, you'll be responsible for driving the execution of our people roadmap, embedding scalable practices, and helping build a high-performing, engaged workforce. Working closely with the wider People team, you'll strengthen our culture, values, systems and processes so they support sustainable growth and remain inclusive by design. You'll champion a global mindset, helping shape Influencer as a great place to work across all regions. This is a pivotal opportunity for a modern, commercially-minded people leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments. You'll bring strategic focus, deep empathy, and a proven track record of leading and scaling people initiatives within a global organisation. 3 best things about the job ● Direct ELT Impact - Report directly to the global CFO and shape the strategic people vision for one of the world's largest independent creator marketing agencies during a pivotal growth phase ● Build at Scale - Lead regional people function across 130+ team members in UK, Germany, Saudi Arabia and other remote markets, with full ownership of culture, talent, systems, and the employee experience from day one ● Modern People Leadership - Champion a progressive, commercially-minded approach to people strategy in a fast-paced, creative environment where you'll have genuine autonomy to innovate and drive change Measures of success – in the first few months, you would have: ● Established strong relationships with the Europe and MENA Leadership teams, and key stakeholders, positioning yourself as a trusted advisor on all people matters ● Built a strong understanding of current people processes, systems, employee feedback and existing strategic priorities, identifying opportunities to further enhance and optimise the people experience ● Taken ownership of the existing people roadmap, refining and evolving priorities where appropriate, while ensuring delivery remains aligned to Influencer's growth plans and business objectives ● Built rapport with your direct reports (Europe and MENA BPs and Talent Acquisition Director) and assessed team capabilities and development needs ● Implemented at