Talent and People Development Manager

Ideal Medical Solutions (IMS) is entering an exciting phase of growth, and we're looking for an ambitious Talent & People Development Manager to help shape our future. This is not a traditional HR role. We already partner with specialist HR and employment law advisers. Instead, we're seeking a commercially minded, hands-on professional who can attract exceptional talent, develop our people, and strengthen the culture that has been central to our success. What You'll Do ✅ Build a direct recruitment strategy that reduces agency dependency through sourcing, talent pipelines, headhunting, referrals and employer branding. ✅ Create and launch the IMS Academy, providing structured onboarding, skills development, leadership programmes, competency frameworks and career pathways. ✅ Partner with managers to improve recruitment, onboarding, performance conversations and succession planning. ✅ Embed our culture across the employee lifecycle, ensuring we continue to recruit, develop and promote people who strengthen IMS. What We're Looking For We're looking for someone who has: Essential

• Proven talent acquisition and direct sourcing experience
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence senior leaders
• A practical, commercially focused approach
• A self starter - a proactive, “can do” mentality
• A passion for building high-performing teams and cultures Desirable
• A track record of reducing agency reliance without compromising quality
• Experience in learning & development, onboarding and talent programmes
• Working in a standalone recruitment/people-focussed role where there's been little HR infrastructure, systems and processes in place – you will be the only employed HR/talent professional.
• ·Healthcare, medical device, life sciences or field sales experience. If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us. We're less interested in ticking every box and more interested in finding someone who can make a meaningful impact. Why Join IMS? This role reports directly to the CEO because talent, culture and leadership development are strategic priorities for our business. You'll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact by helping us:
• Find great people
• Develop future leaders
• Create outstanding employee experiences
• Protect and strengthen our culture as we grow You'll receive a competitive salary, a performance based bonus and a benefits package including private healthcare, 25 days holiday, an annual overseas employee conference, an annual family day and the opportunity to take one day out of work each year to support a charity of your choice. Our working hours are 9-5.30 Monday to Thursday, with a 4pm finish on Fridays. We're ideally looking for someone who will work from the Leatherhead office full time but can offer a degree of flexibility for the right person. Keywords: Talent Acquisition, Recruitment, Learning & Development, Leadership Development, Organisational Development, People Development, Workforce Planning, Employee Engagement, Culture, Succession Planning, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Life Sciences.