Global Group HR Lead

Accenture UK & Ireland; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Global Group HR Lead to drive HR strategies and initiatives. This role involves leading HR teams, managing metrics, and collaborating with business leaders to enhance employee engagement and talent management. The ideal candidate should possess extensive HR experience, strong leadership skills, and a bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• Extensive HR experience with proven leadership roles.
• Ability to develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of HR Partners to align with business needs.
• Manage HR metrics and deliver insights on talent-related metrics.
• Collaborate with business leaders on talent strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Analytical Skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in human resources

Bachelor’s degree in business administration

Bachelor’s degree in psychology

Job description

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Being part of Human Resources at Accenture offers an opportunity to become an HR Practitioner, at the frontlines of our talent strategy, helping accelerate our ability to create high-touch and personalized experiences for our people.

If you love solving complex challenges at the intersection of our business and our people, then Human Resources at Accenture is the right place for you. You’ll join a diverse group of individuals with unique experiences, backgrounds, and ideas. Together, we’ll bring both our hearts and our minds to work each day to help our people be their best and deliver human-centered insights and solutions at speed and scale for our business.

Becoming an HR practitioner doesn’t happen by chance. We invest heavily in capability development, aiming to develop and grow world-class, future-ready HR professionals who are compassionate, innovative, agile, and continuous learners.

HR Partner Leads partner with and are the single point of contact for business leaders. They connect with business leaders to understand the business/practice strategy and partner on all strategic HR leadership matters. They also play a key role in managing HR people metrics for their area, collaborating with other Corporate Function leads as necessary, and supporting key escalations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead a team of HR Partners and provide guidance to ensure the team aligns with business needs and talent strategies.
2. Provide coaching, learning, and career guidance to ensure the HR Partner team is aligned with business needs and talent strategies.
3. Support key escalations across the HR Partner team working with executive stakeholders.
4. Connect with Practice Leaders to understand the business/practice strategy and use that knowledge to coach our people, while also coaching Practice Leaders based on knowledge of our people.
5. Be responsible and accountable for HR metrics, including sharing targets (e.g., Attrition, Inclusion & Diversity) with business leads, and using data and storytelling to deliver insights around key talent-related metrics.
6. Provide leadership coaching and guidance.
7. Manage critical path, process dependencies, and milestone compliance.
8. Partner with Leadership to drive commitment and focus on Inclusion & Diversity and wellbeing across the organization.
9. Maintain a strong pulse on employee engagement and the employee experience, leveraging listening strategies and action plans to support engagement and strategic people programs.
10. Work closely with the Talent Strategist and Business Leadership on developing talent strategies for the area.
11. Collaborate with WF Planning Lead to drive talent plan delivery, monitor recruiting plans, exits, pyramids, etc., aligned with strategy and demand.
12. Share talent priorities and understand impacts on supply-demand balance, attrition, and provide insights on impacts to chargeability.
13. Manage and lead key HR processes for a practice, such as performance management.
14. Coordinate with other HR teams to understand talent priorities and develop strategies around inclusion & diversity, employee experience, and learning/upskilling.
15. Assist in managing complex work efforts, including employee relations matters, providing coaching and advice to leaders.

Job Requirements

1. A bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, psychology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
2. Extensive HR experience, with proven leadership roles.
3. Experience in strategic HR management and business partnering.
4. Deep understanding of HR best practices, employment laws, and regulations.
5. Strong leadership, team management, and coaching skills.
6. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
7. Ability to develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives.
8. Strong analytical skills to assess metrics and drive data-informed decisions.
9. Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with business leaders and stakeholders.
10. Familiarity with talent management, organizational development, and change management.
11. Ability to take initiative and drive HR projects forward.
12. Flexibility to adapt to changing business needs and environments.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Director
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Human Resources
• Industries: Human Resources