HR Business Partner

Foundation Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

ThoughtSpot is a Data & AI platform leader with offices in London and around the world. We are seeking a People Business Partner based in London to own the EMEA HRBP relationship while also serving as the global HRBP for Finance, Legal and HR.

This dual role requires regional depth and cross-functional partnership across three global teams. You will partner with local managers to translate business needs into people strategy, align headcount planning, and drive talent outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of HRBP or generalist HR experience with senior leaders
• Working knowledge of UK/EMEA employment law and HR compliance
• Understanding of US labour laws and ER issues
• Experience partnering with multiple stakeholder groups or functions
• Strong judgment in employee relations and proactive problem solving
• Able to operate with ambiguity and build processes where none exist

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary HRBP for all EMEA employees and managers, covering ER, performance, design and local policy across region
• Act as global HRBP for Finance, Legal, and HR functions, aligning headcount planning and talent strategy
• Advise managers on performance, promotions, and compensation decisions with clarity and speed
• Lead or support workforce planning, org design, and change management in EMEA and global functions
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on hiring plans for EMEA and global functions
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws across countries of operation
• Use people data to identify trends and insights for leadership, beyond reporting
• Champion a fair employee experience across regions and functions, adapting programs locally

Skills

6+ years HRBP

UK/EMEA employment law

US labour laws knowledge

stakeholder management

employee relations judgment

ambiguity tolerance

Job description

ThoughtSpot is a Data & AI platform that helps companies turn data into enterprise advantage. We're Gartner MQ leaders with more than 1,000 customers globally and offices in Mountain View, Chicago, London, Bangalore, Sydney, and Tokyo.

The Role

We're looking for a People Business Partner based in London to be the dedicated HRBP contact for our EMEA region, while also serving as the global HRBP for our Finance, Legal, and HR functions. This is a dual-scope role: regional depth on one side, functional partnership across three global teams on the other. You'll report to the VP People, Global Head of HRBPs.

You'll work closely with EMEA people managers on the ground while also embedding with Finance, Legal, and HR leadership worldwide understanding how those functions operate, what they need to hire and grow, and translating that into people strategy, not paperwork.

We believe empowerment plus accountability equals excellence: this role isn't about waiting for tickets to land in a queue, it's about knowing your business and functions well enough to see problems before they surface.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary HRBP for all EMEA-based employees and managers, covering employee relations, performance management, org design, and local policy/compliance across the region.
• Act as the global HRBP for the Finance, Legal, and HR functions, partnering with leaders in each to align headcount planning, talent strategy, and org structure with business goals.
• Advise managers on performance, promotion, and compensation decisions, and coach them through difficult employee relations conversations with clarity and speed.
• Lead or support workforce planning, org design, and change management initiatives within EMEA and within the three global functions.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on hiring plans and role scoping for EMEA and for Finance, Legal, and HR globally.
• Ensure EMEA employment practices remain compliant with local labor law across the countries where we operate, flagging risk early rather than after the fact.
• Use people data to identify trends, attrition, engagement, promotion velocity and bring insight to leadership, not just reporting.
• Champion a consistent, fair employee experience across regions and functions, adapting global people programs to local context where needed.

What You Bring

• 6+ years of HRBP or generalist HR experience, including direct partnership with senior leaders
• Working knowledge of UK and broader EMEA employment law and HR compliance
• Working knowledge of US labour laws and employee relations issues
• Experience supporting multiple stakeholder groups or functions simultaneously
• Strong judgment on employee relations matters, with a track record of resolving issue directly and early
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and building process where none exists yet

Preferred

• Experience partnering specifically with GTM teams (Sales, Customer Success, Solution Engineering, Marketing), Finance, Legal, or HR functions
• Experience in a high-growth or scaling company environment
• Familiarity with people analytics tools and translating data into recommendations

In-Office at ThoughtSpot

Spotters are expected in-office 3+ days per week to be part of the energy of their local team. Momentum compounds when we're in the room together with faster decisions, sharper problem-solving, and the kind of peer learning that doesn't happen over a screen. Being in-office is our default way of working, with flexibility available where it's genuinely needed.

About ThoughtSpot

The world’s most innovative companies turn to ThoughtSpot’s AI-Powered Analytics to put data in the hands of everyone, from the C-suite to the frontline. With simple, natural language search and AI, anyone can ask questions, discover insights, and act with confidence. Unlike legacy tools that sacrifice performance for complexity, ThoughtSpot is intuitively designed for every business user while being built to handle the most complex, large-scale data, wherever it resides. This unique combination of speed and simplicity is why enterprise leaders trust ThoughtSpot to transform decision-making into a truly data-driven culture.

At ThoughtSpot, we’re a curious, data-driven bunch. We believe the world works better when everyone has access to facts. That’s why we build products that make asking and answering data questions as natural as having a conversation.

Mandatory And Required Skills For All ThoughtSpot Roles

• Comfortably and confidently integrate artificial intelligence into their daily workflow to increase productivity and quality.
• Hands-on experience to leverage AI tools (industry-leading LLMs) to increase productivity, automate routine tasks, and improve work quality.
• Speak to the experience of using AI for research, content creation, and document summarization while maintaining ownership of judgment and final decisions.
• Write effective prompts to get the most accurate and creative results from AI tools.

Spotters are expected to exemplify these key traits and AI Mindset:

• Curiosity in exploring new AI tools
• Adaptability to quickly learn and implement new, emerging AI technologies
• Critical thinking to know when to identify when AI should be used versus when human judgement is necessary

This combination of curiosity, adaptability, and discernment defines the AI mindset, and it’s required for every role at ThoughtSpot.

AI Mindset for All Spotters

At ThoughtSpot, we believe AI is a necessary and essential part of how we work. Every role, across every team, is expected to be fluent and comfortable with using AI to do their best work.

All Spotters are expected to experiment with ThoughtSpot’s AI tools (like Spotter and SpotterViz) and leading industry LLMs to streamline workflows, enhance output, and uncover new insights. Whether drafting content, analyzing data, or summarizing documents, AI is a daily partner. We value curiosity, openness to learning, and thoughtful application of AI to create real value. Training and resources are provided so every Spotter can confidently create with AI.

ThoughtSpot for All

At ThoughtSpot, diverse teams build better products. Complex data problems need many perspectives, not just one. We welcome different backgrounds, identities, and experiences, and we work to create a place where everyone can be themselves and do their best work.

What Makes ThoughtSpot a Great Place to Work?

ThoughtSpot is the Agentic Analytics Platform that empowers every enterprise to transform insights into action, on a mission to make the world more fact driven. We hire people with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives - this balance-for-the-better philosophy is key to our success. When paired with our culture of Trust, Customer Obsession, Innovation and Intensity, ThoughtSpot cultivates a respectful culture that pushes norms to create world-class products.