HR Business Partner

Diligent; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in governance, risk, and compliance is seeking an EMEA Human Resources Business Partner to tackle organizational challenges through innovative people solutions. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional experts, overseeing HR projects, and contributing to employee engagement and development, all within a hybrid work model in London.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Comprehensive health benefits

Generous time off policy

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in handling employee relation issues within EMEA.
• Ability to manage multiple, shifting priorities in a high-demand environment.
• Experience in creating departmental business plans.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with business leaders for organizational strategy.
• Use data to identify trends and improve organizational health.
• Drive cyclical HR processes maintaining global consistency.

Skills

Employee Relations

Data Analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in psychology, business administration, communications, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Diligent is the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions, faster.

At Diligent, we’re building the future with people who think boldly and move fast. Whether you’re an engineer working with large language models (LLMs), AI that can understand and generate human language or you are part of a business team reimagining workflows with generative AI, you’ll help us unlock new ways of working and thinking. We look for the curious, the ones who ask big questions, try new tools, and embrace change not as a challenge, but as an opportunity. The future belongs to those who keep learning, and we are building it together. At Diligent, you’re not just building the future—you’re an agent of positive change, joining a global community on a mission to make an impact.

The EMEA Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for solving organizational challenges through people-related solutions. You’ll partner with a cross-functional group of subject-matter experts to design and execute strategies for how we staff, onboard, develop, motivate, retain, and organize work. You'll also have the opportunity to collaborate internally on a variety of people-related areas. In this role, you will create and refine existing programs that support Diligent people managers and individual contributors. You will report to the VP, HR based in London.

Key Responsibilities

• Build relationships with business leaders to offer thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategy and execution.
• Use and request data strategically. Identify and surface trends in both qualitative and quantitative data to help improve organizational health, understand when data will assist in making smart, informed decisions, and interpret complex analyses and tie analyses back to business priorities.
• Solve problems and get to the root cause of any issue. Design and quickly implement solutions that cut across multiple disciplines, even those beyond people and organizational solutions.
• Provide expertise in the following areas: career planning, performance management, coaching, data analysis, compensation and rewards, employee relations, learning and development, recognition programs, and strategic development.
• Provide support in all areas of HR and to all levels of Diligent employees, ensuring white glove customer service.
• Drive all cyclical processes within your business area, maintaining global consistency with other regional business partners.
• Build knowledge of best practices and regulatory changes in HR and employment law for business area and jurisdiction.

Required Experience/Skills:

• Extensive experience in handling employee relation issues within EMEA, specifically United Kingdom
• Experience in owning, driving and executing HR projects and strategic initiatives
• Experience in creating departmental business plans and overseeing the success of them in partnership with the business.
• Able to interact effectively and professionally with all levels of personnel, including leadership.
• Ability to manage multiple, shifting priorities in a high-demand, fast-paced environment and prioritize, plan and execute on complicated assignments in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ability to function independently as well as work within a team.
• Ability to exercise appropriate judgment, confidentiality, and discretion.
• Excellent oral and written communication, presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Must be highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Enthusiastic, courteous, reliable, adaptable, and flexible.
• Self-directed and detail oriented, with strong analytical, problem solving and creative thinking skills.
• Experience in partnering with Product and Technology business areas
• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, business administration, communications, or related field.

What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people.Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programsto name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability –to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart, and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place.

Headquartered in New York, Diligent has offices in Washington D.C., London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, Singapore and Sydney. To foster strong collaboration and connection, this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations, you will be expected towork onsite at least 50% of the time.We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation, teamwork, and a strong sense of community.

We are a drug free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status, protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See alsoDiligent's EEO Policy and Know Your Rights .We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail] .

To all recruitment agencies: Diligent does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Diligent employees or any other organization location. Diligent is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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