Founding HR BP (Post-M&A)

Dwelly is a UK-based, AI-enabled lettings and property management platform focused on acquiring estate agencies. They are seeking a Founding HR Business Partner to support post-acquisition integrations, ensuring smooth transitions and effective communication within acquired teams while building scalable integration processes.

Responsibilities:

• Support the people integration workstream across newly acquired businesses in close partnership with the Head of Integrations and Integration Managers
• Lead employee transition and onboarding activities, including communications, consultations, policy alignment, payroll coordination, and integration planning
• Partner with leadership teams to support employee engagement, retention, and smooth organisational transitions during integration periods
• Manage sensitive people matters with professionalism, empathy, and discretion while maintaining trust across acquired teams
• Track key people integration metrics and continuously improve integration processes and employee experience
• Partner closely with the Head of Integrations on people strategy, organisational planning, and team capability across acquisitions
• Participate in integration planning and due diligence discussions to identify organisational, cultural, and operational people considerations early in the process
• Support and coach Integration Managers on employee communication, stakeholder management, and change management best practices
• Help resolve people-related blockers that may impact integration timelines or operational execution
• Support organisational design and workforce planning across acquired businesses in collaboration with Operations and Finance teams
• Map organisational structures, identify capability gaps, and support internal mobility and career growth opportunities across the wider business
• Partner with the People team to ensure acquisitions integrate effectively into the broader Dwelly organisation and culture
• Support the rollout of performance and people frameworks across newly integrated teams
• Identify development opportunities and partner with leadership to strengthen team capability and employee experience
• Help embed Dwelly’s culture, operating principles, and ways of working across acquired businesses
• Conduct employee feedback initiatives and provide insights to leadership teams to support healthy and engaged organisations
• Help create scalable post-acquisition people integration playbooks, templates, processes, and operational frameworks
• Support the implementation of lightweight tools and systems to improve integration execution and employee experience
• Contribute to building and scaling the Integrations People function as acquisition activity grows