Global people director

Oakleaf Partnership; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Oakleaf Partnership is seeking a Global Director of People Partnering & Change Delivery in London. This pivotal senior leadership role will shape enterprise-wide people strategy and lead transformation initiatives across a complex, international organisation.

You will partner with the executive team, drive a strategic workforce plan, and build an internal consultancy to support major transformation programmes, ensuring effective delivery and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in strategic HR partnering at Director level.
• Proven track record partnering with Executive and senior leadership teams.
• Experience in large, complex international or globally matrixed organisations.
• Strong commercial and organisational acumen translating strategy into practical HR priorities.
• Significant experience with organisational transformation and complex change.
• Demonstrated capability in strategic workforce planning and talent management.
• Ability to develop and deliver prioritised, commercially focused workforce plans.
• Experience across multiple HR disciplines and internal consultancy models.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic People Partnering agenda with senior leaders to translate priorities into enterprise-wide people interventions.
• Shape and evolve the organisation's People Strategy to reflect current priorities and future workforce needs.
• Lead global People Partnering and Change Delivery teams, setting direction for strategic partnering and business-facing support.
• Translate strategy into integrated people plans spanning workforce, leadership, talent, capability, culture and performance.
• Establish and lead an internal people consultancy capability to support strategic initiatives and complex change.
• Ensure transformation implications are identified early and managed, including workforce impacts and stakeholder engagement.
• Prioritise demand for people interventions and allocate resources accordingly across organisational value.
• Collaborate across specialist People functions to provide joined-up solutions for senior stakeholders.
• Use workforce data and external trends to influence strategic decision-making and planning.
• Build leadership capability and accountability for people leadership and delivery of change.

Skills

Strategic HR partnering

Executive stakeholder management

Transformation leadership

Workforce analytics

Talent management

Strategic workforce planning

HR consultancy leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

MBA / MSc in HR or Organisational Psychology (advantageous)

Job description

Global Director, People Partnering & Change Delivery

• c£100,000
• Permanent
• Hybrid - 3 days per week on site
• London

We are partnering with a complex, international organisation to appoint a Global Director of People Partnering & Change Delivery into a pivotal senior leadership role.

Operating at enterprise level, this role will lead the organisation's strategic People Partnering and Change Delivery agenda, working closely with the senior leadership team to ensure business priorities, workforce requirements and organisational challenges are translated into a clear and commercially focused people strategy.

Joining at a significant point of organisational transformation, you will play a central role in shaping how the People function supports the organisation as it evolves. This includes driving a more strategic and integrated approach to people partnering, building organisational capability and ensuring the people implications of major transformation programmes are effectively understood and delivered.

This is a broad, highly influential role for an established HR leader who can operate strategically while ensuring plans translate into tangible organisational outcomes.

The Role

As Global Director of People Partnering & Change Delivery, you will:

• Lead the strategic People Partnering agenda, working directly with senior leaders to translate organisational priorities into enterprise-wide people and workforce interventions.
• Shape and continually evolve the organisation's People Strategy, ensuring it reflects both current priorities and future workforce requirements.
• Lead global People Partnering and Change Delivery teams, setting the direction and standards for strategic partnering and business-facing people support.
• Translate organisational strategy into integrated people plans spanning workforce, leadership, talent, capability, culture and organisational performance.
• Establish and lead an internal people consultancy capability, providing specialist expertise to support strategic initiatives and complex organisational change.
• Ensure the people implications of transformation are identified early and effectively managed, including workforce impacts, leadership capability, stakeholder engagement, change adoption and organisational readiness.
• Shape and prioritise demand for people interventions, ensuring resources and expertise are deployed against the areas of greatest organisational value.
• Work across specialist People functions to provide senior stakeholders with coherent, joined-up solutions rather than operating through individual HR disciplines.
• Use workforce data, organisational insight and external trends to influence strategic decision-making and workforce planning.
• Build leadership capability and accountability for people leadership, organisational performance and the successful delivery of change.

About You

We are looking for an established HR Director / People Director / senior strategic HR Business Partner with significant experience operating within complex organisations.

You will bring:

• 10+ years' experience within strategic HR partnering, including significant experience operating at Director level.
• A strong track record of partnering with Executive and senior leadership teams.
• Experience working within a large, complex and ideally international or globally matrixed organisation.
• Strong commercial and organisational acumen, with the ability to understand business performance and translate strategy into practical people priorities.
• Significant experience of organisational transformation and complex change.
• Demonstrable experience of strategic workforce planning and talent management.
• The ability to develop and deliver prioritised, commercially focused workforce and people plans.
• Experience working across multiple HR disciplines and bringing specialist expertise together to solve complex organisational challenges.
• Strong analytical capability, with confidence using workforce data and insight to influence senior-level decision-making.
• Experience of building or leading an internal consultancy model, including managing and prioritising demand across competing organisational priorities.

You will be an influential and credible senior HR leader, comfortable challenging thinking at the highest levels while building trusted relationships across a complex stakeholder environment.

You will combine strategic thinking with strong execution, bringing the ability to move between enterprise-level organisational challenges and the practical delivery required to make change successful.

A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience is required, alongside a senior-level professional HR qualification or equivalent experience. A postgraduate qualification such as an MBA, MSc in Human Resources or Organisational Psychology would be advantageous.