People Partner - Engineering, Product, Design (EPD)

People Partner - Engineering, Product, Design

Lovable is a software creation platform that democratizes app development for everyone from individual makers to teams at companies like Adidas and Zendesk. Since launching in November 2024, the platform has powered the creation of over 60 million projects. Recognized as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies and featured on Forbes AI 50 and CNBC Disruptor 50, Lovable is one of Europe's fastest-growing AI companies, built on a culture of extreme ownership, high velocity, and low-ego collaboration. The company operates from Stockholm with expanding teams in London, Boston, New York, and San Francisco.

You'll join as a strategic Human Resources Business Partner embedded with the Engineering, Product, and Design leadership team. This full-time role, based in London, puts you at the center of critical people decisions as the company scales globally. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to senior technical leaders, balancing thoughtful coaching with pragmatic problem-solving across organizational design, talent strategy, and change management.

What you'll do

• Partner strategically with EPD leaders on team design, leadership effectiveness, talent density, retention, and people-driven business decisions
• Reimagine how work operates in an AI-native environment by designing and implementing AI-enabled workflows that enhance manager effectiveness, operational rhythms, and team velocity while keeping human judgment at the center
• Lead workforce planning efforts with Engineering leads, Finance, and Recruiting to drive clarity around reporting lines, role definition, organizational layers, contractor strategy, and future structure
• Facilitate and execute EPD's quarterly performance review cycle end-to-end, managing manager preparation, calibration sessions, risk identification, level adjustments, and follow-through
• Analyze people data and qualitative signals to surface retention risks, manager capability gaps, and team-level patterns, then translate findings into targeted interventions
• Navigate complex employee relations matters including performance management, investigations, probation situations, and departures in partnership with Legal and People Operations
• Coach technical leaders through difficult conversations, promotion decisions, organizational transitions, and moments requiring clarity and accountability
• Design and implement scalable people programs for EPD including manager development, career progression frameworks, compensation cycles, and organizational change management

What you'll bring

• 10+ years as an HR Business Partner or People Partner with substantial direct experience supporting Engineering, Product, Design, or similarly technical functions
• Proven track record at an AI-native, developer tools, product-led, or high-growth technology company
• Strong business acumen that connects people strategy to company priorities, product velocity, leadership effectiveness, and team performance
• Demonstrated judgment in sensitive employee relations situations, from performance management through resignations and terminations
• Ability to deliver candid feedback to senior technical leaders while maintaining strong working relationships and professional discretion
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and rapid change within a company actively building its systems and structures in real time

Nice to have

• Experience in companies scaling from early to mid-stage growth phases
• Familiarity with AI-enabled HR tools and workflows
• Background in technical or engineering-focused cultures

What they offer

• Full-time employment based in London
• Opportunity to shape people strategy at one of Europe's fastest-growing AI companies
• Collaborative environment with a small, talent-dense team moving at high velocity