Head of HR

TransUnion LLC; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Wellbeing days off

Pension scheme

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Private health care

Diversity forums

Job summary

TransUnion UK is seeking a Senior Manager, Human Resources to lead and coordinate HR activity across the UK and Europe, delivering consistent people strategies and partnering with business leaders.

You will oversee annual HR cycles, including performance, compensation, promotions, and talent processes, and manage immigration and regulatory matters while working with Centres of Excellence to support global programmes. This is a hybrid role requiring in-person work two days a week.

Qualifications

• Significant HR generalist experience in an international environment.
• Experience coordinating HR activity across multiple countries and stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, regulatory requirements and audits.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate HR activities across the UK and Europe.
• Oversee annual HR cycles including performance, compensation, promotions, talent and succession planning.
• Partner with business leaders on organisational design and workforce planning.
• Manage complex employee relations and regulatory matters.
• Coordinate immigration, right-to-work compliance, IR35 and contingent-worker governance.
• Collaborate with Centres of Excellence and shared-service teams to roll out enterprise programmes.

Skills

HR generalist

International HR

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

UK employment law

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

CIPD qualification (preferred)

Job description

TransUnion's Job Applicant Privacy Notice Team Overview

The UK & Europe HR team delivers coordinated HR support across the region, translating business and global HR priorities into clear regional plans. The multidisciplinary team covers HR Business Partnering, Employee Relations, Benefits, and Employee Experience, working closely with HR Centres of Excellence and shared-service teams to provide a high-quality colleague and manager experience. This role reports into the CHRO for UK & Europe. This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

Role Overview And Core Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate HR activities across the UK and Europe, ensuring that business and global HR priorities are delivered effectively and consistently. Lead the regional HR team across HR Business Partnering, Employee Relations, Benefits, and Employee Experience, establishing clear ownership, accountability, and alignment. Oversee annual HR cycles, including performance, compensation, promotions, talent, and succession-planning processes. Partner with business leaders on organisational design, workforce planning, organisational change, and people-related transformation and integration activities. Maintain oversight of complex employee relations matters, employment law developments, regulatory requirements, policy updates, audits, and wider people-related risks. Oversee immigration, work permits, right-to-work compliance, IR35, and contingent-worker governance. Coordinate regional benefits, recognition, wellbeing, and employee-experience programmes. Collaborate with the global HR Business Partner community, Centres of Excellence, and shared-service teams to implement enterprise programmes while meeting local legal, regulatory, and operational requirements. Maintain effective service relationships with People Services, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, and other HR delivery teams, using governance forums and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to monitor performance, escape issues, and support continuous improvement. Manage regional HR projects, budgets, risks, dependencies, and governance activities while acting as a trusted HR partner to leaders and supporting the CHRO’s strategic priorities.

Required Knowledge And Experiences

Significant HR generalist experience gained within an international environment, with the ability to coordinate HR activity across multiple countries and stakeholder groups. Broad HR expertise spanning business partnering, employee relations, talent management, benefits, organisational change, and employee experience. Experience managing complex employee relations, regulatory, audit, and people-risk matters. Experience working with HR Centres of Excellence, People Services, and shared-service delivery models. Strong stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing regional and global priorities.

Required Technical Skills

Knowledge of UK employment law and the legal, regulatory, and operational considerations affecting HR delivery. Experience overseeing immigration, work permits, right-to-work compliance, IR35, and contingent-worker governance. Strong programme and project-management capabilities, including managing budgets, risks, dependencies, governance, and multiple workstreams. Ability to support annual HR processes covering performance, compensation, promotions, talent, and succession planning. Ability to use governance forums and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to monitor service performance, escape issues, and drive continuous improvement.

Preferred Skills

Experience working in a matrixed and regulated organisation. Knowledge of or experience supporting employment matters across European jurisdictions. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) qualification or an equivalent professional qualification.

What’s in it for you?

At TransUnion you will be joining a friendly, forward thinking global business. As well as an excellent salary and bonus scheme or commission scheme (if joining our sales teams) our benefits package comes with:

• 26 days annual leave and bank holidays (increasing with service)


• Global paid wellness days off and a bonus day off to celebrate your birthday


• A generous contributory pension scheme and access to the TransUnion Employee Stock Purchase Plan


• Private health care


• A variety of physical, mental and financial fitness wellbeing programmes such as access to mindfulness tools


• Access to our diversity forums and communities so you can get involved in causes close to your heart

TransUnion – a place to grow

If there’s something on the list of essential or desirable skills that you can’t quite tick off, don’t let that stop you from applying. We are open to exploring training and development opportunities for the right candidate to ensure you are successful. We know imposter syndrome is real, lets confront it so we can continue to grow and thrive together.

Flexibility at TU

We recognise that our people need the freedom to balance their day-to-day lives with their work. This is why we’ve set out to create inclusive and flexible policies and practices for you to accommodate all your responsibilities and needs: children, family and beyond. If the role is advertised as full time, don’t let this stop you from applying. Let us know if you’re looking for a part time or flexible working arrangement and we can discuss this with you.

Additional support

At TransUnion, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all individual’s talents and perspectives are valued. When you apply for a position with us, you’re not just joining a team, you’re becoming part of a community that celebrates differences and embraces equality. We understand that everyone has different needs, which is why we offer a range of reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to help you through the application process or to attend an interview with us by contacting [e-mail].

Interview & Hiring Process

Most of our recruitment processes are virtual, so you’ll get to know our hiring managers and teams over the phone and through video. If we need you to attend a physical in person interview, your recruiter will inform you of this. We do not accept any unsolicited CV’s from recruitment agencies. If you are a recruitment agency on our PSL, our talent team will contact you directly should we require any assistance.

Life At TU UK

Find out more about Life At TU UK: https://twitter.com/TransUnionUK https://www.linkedin.com/company/transunion/life/

TransUnion Overview

At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver’s seat of their professional development – while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence. Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.

TransUnion Job Title

Sr Manager, Human Resources

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TransUnion is a global information and insights company with over 12,000 associates operating in more than 30 countries. We make trust possible by ensuring each person is reliably represented in the marketplace. We do this with a Tru picture of each person: an actionable view of consumers, stewarded with care. Through our acquisitions and technology investments we have developed innovative solutions that extend beyond our strong foundation in core credit into areas such as marketing, fraud, risk and advanced analytics. As a result, consumers and businesses can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good – and it leads to economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for millions of people around the world.