Co-Lead Partnership HR (full-time / 80%)

Simon-Kucher & Partners; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consultancy firm based in London is seeking a Co-Lead Partnership HR to manage Partner recruiting, onboarding, evaluations, and compensation. The ideal candidate will have significant HR Business Partner experience, strong collaboration skills, and a detailed-oriented approach. This role supports flexible hybrid work arrangements and provides an engaging corporate culture focused on professional development and well-being.

Benefits

Extensive training opportunities

Holistic feedback process

Focus on wellbeing

Qualifications

• Significant experience in an HR role within an international business.
• Extensive experience in HR processes including onboarding and evaluations.
• Experience in professional services within a global organization.

Responsibilities

• Support Partner recruiting processes working closely with countries.
• Manage onboarding processes and ensure smooth integration of new Partners.
• Oversee Partner separation processes ensuring compliance with policies.
• Manage Partner compensation and benefit structures.
• Maintain global Partner HR policies and manage requests from Partners.
• Oversee Partner evaluations and development frameworks.

Skills

HR Business Partner experience

Collaboration with senior stakeholders

HR execution across colleague lifecycle

Knowledge of HR systems

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Leadership skills

Problem-solving skills

Tools

SAP Success Factors

MS 365

Job description

Co-Lead Partnership HR (full-time / 80%)

In the United Kingdom - London

About Simon‑Kucher

Simon‑Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy - product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales - based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With nearly 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world's leading pricing and growth specialist.

Responsibilities

Partners, Division Leaders, CEOs, country HR, Legal, Finance and the Board Hiring: Support all Partner recruiting processes, working closely with countries, monitor progress vs. targets and manage external/internal relations to global executive search firms.

Onboarding: Manage and monitor the onboarding process of new Partners, ensuring their smooth integration into the partnership while maintaining proper documentation.

Exits & Offboarding: Manage Partner separations, ensuring compliance with policies and a structured offboarding process.

Compensation & Benefits: Manage Partner salaries, including bonus calculations and payroll communication with country HR and individuals.

Partner HR Policies: Manage and maintain global policies and process requests from Partners, working closely with the Board.

Evaluation & Development: Oversee and monitor the Partner evaluation processes, including development and maintenance of the Partner development framework, development of learning & development programs & offerings, and maintenance of performance improvement plans.

HR Data & Compliance: Maintain accurate and complete Partner HR data, ensuring employment records, contract changes, and compensation details are properly managed, in partnership with countries.

Reporting: Further develop our Partner HR dashboard and reporting for business leaders and the Board.

Team & Process Development: Co‑lead and further develop the global Partner HR team and develop/optimize Partner HR processes across the organization.

Your profile

• Significant experience as an HR Business Partner, or in a similar role, within an international business, demonstrating a strong track record of collaboration with senior stakeholders, including Partners.
• Extensive experience in HR execution across the full colleague lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, contracts, compensation, evaluations, HR legal matters and compliance matters.
• Experience in professional services (consulting, law, private equity, or similar) within a global matrix organisation.
• Strong knowledge of HR systems (SAP Success Factors or similar) and digital collaboration tools (e.g., MS 365); basic AI and advanced data analysis skills for data management are crucial.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with prior experience of building trust and credibility with Partners.
• Highly organised and detail‑oriented with a service‑oriented mindset: proactive, responsive, and solutions‑driven.
• Possess leadership skills that enable you to drive a high‑performing HR team by setting clear strategic direction, ensuring role clarity, and fostering a culture of accountability, excellence, and collaboration.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented with a service-oriented mindset: proactive, responsive, and solutions-driven.
• Adaptable and agile, comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Strongproblem-solving skills, capable of handling complex requests independently.

What we offer

• Work within a corporate culture defined by our entrepreneurial spirit, openness, and integrity.
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning opportunities.
• Push your development with support from our holistic feedback and development processes.
• Hybrid work, mixing your work location between our London office, and the option to remote work for an element of your time.
• Enjoy our range of benefits and our focus on your wellbeing.

Does this sound like you? Let’s connect. Simply press the ‘Apply now’ button. Your application should include a cover letter defining your fit with the role and your CV.