We’re Looking For Our New Head of People!

We’re looking for our next Head of People to help us develop and grow our talented, friendly, and high-performing teams.

This is an exciting and rare opportunity for a role you can make your own at a 2025 ‘Breakthrough Culture Award’ Winning SME.

This is far from a traditional HR role; it’s a strategic leadership role focusing on talent, retention and organisational effectiveness with real influence and requiring a high level of energy. We enjoy an exceptional employee retention rate, and we know our people stay with us because we’ve created an environment where they feel valued. We’re looking for someone who will always strive to make our workplace experience even better.

 

Who we are

Freetobook is a SaaS company based in Glasgow’s city centre. We offer hybrid flexible working, though this role is people-facing and we’d like you based nearby working mostly in the office for 3 to 5 days/week, but to suit your life.

We’re a family business and we have always put people and relationships at the heart of what we do. The environment is relaxed yet passionate – being great at what we do really does matter to us. It’s a close-knit team of 34 comprising mainly software developers and customer success with the remainder made up of key support roles. During a period of growth, the business has invested deeply in retention, leadership quality, and long-term performance, and is now focused on consolidating that.

 

What we’re looking for

If you’re passionate about developing people and nurturing a positive, small company culture, then this exciting vacancy is for you. This role is perfect for someone who’s built a flourishing People function and is comfortable being in the middle of it all.

Why this role stands out:

  • Strategic ownership of how talent and leadership evolve across the company
  • A rare opportunity to apply organisational psychology in a real business context
  • High level of influence without being boxed into traditional HR structures
  • Focus on long-term performance, not short-term fixes

If that sounds like your kind of thing, we’d love to hear from you.

 

The process

  • Read the full job description on indeed
  • Send your covering letter + CV to Kit Gambles, Head of People kit@freetobook.co.uk
  • Application deadline is 30 April 2026 (we advise early applications)
  • Interviews to be held on 6-7 May 2026 (or by arrangement)
  • Expected start date: 01/06/2026