HR Business Partner, EMEA - STE Contract

Meta; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an HR Business Partner to support our tech and business organizations on a short-term contract basis. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution across EMEA, focusing on scaling, talent development, and employee engagement.

The ideal candidate will partner with Recruiting, L&D, Compensation, Legal, and HR Programs teams, driving data-driven decisions and change management to enable growth and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in an HR Business Partner or equivalent role.
• Experience helping global and/or highly matrixed organizations scale.
• Experience managing complex organisational changes at both a design and country execution level across EMEA.
• Demonstrated expertise and comfort working both strategically and operationally.
• Consulting, coaching (including leadership) and facilitation skills.
• Effective communication and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrates empathy and experience driving team engagement and collaboration initiatives.
• Demonstrates project management and change management experience.
• Experience using data to identify insights that drive action.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver targeted solutions with a high degree of focus on scale and growth, including strategic planning, visioning, talent assessment, change management and team building
• Provide strategic business partnership, thought partnership, and coaching to all levels of the organization
• Proactively assess team, manager, organizational development needs, make recommendations, and implement appropriate solutions
• Provide rigorous data analysis and reporting solutions based on business needs
• Drive talent management strategies to support a team’s growth and individual development plans
• Manage and facilitate the overall Performance Summary Cycle and employee engagement survey throughout the year
• Integrate and partner with HR colleagues in Recruiting, Learning & Development, Compensation, Legal, and HR Programs teams to implement solutions and help scale the business
• Partner closely with regional HR partners on global strategy and execution. Work closely with Employee Relations Partners, supporting employee relations issues as needed
• Design and facilitate team and offsite meetings as needed
• Participate and lead projects as an integral member of the extended HR community

Skills

HR Business Partner

Global scale experience

Matrix organizations

Strategic & operational

Risk assessment

Coaching & facilitation

Communication

Empathy & engagement

Project management

Change management

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking an HR Business Partner to support our tech and/or business organisations. The ideal candidate will contribute at both hands‑on and strategic levels to cultivate an innovative and collaborative environment on our teams. The ideal candidate will bring creative and effective ideas and solutions to a growing organization.This is a short term employment (STE) position.

Required Skills:

HR Business Partner, EMEA - STE Contract Responsibilities:

1. Design and deliver targeted solutions with a high degree of focus on scale and growth, including strategic planning, visioning, talent assessment, change management and team building
2. Provide strategic business partnership, thought partnership, and coaching to all levels of the organization
3. Proactively assess team, manager, organizational development needs, make recommendations, and implement appropriate solutions
4. Provide rigorous data analysis and reporting solutions based on business needs
5. Drive talent management strategies to support a team’s growth and individual development plans
6. Manage and facilitate the overall Performance Summary Cycle and employee engagement survey throughout the year
7. Integrate and partner with HR colleagues in the Recruiting, Learning & Development, Compensation, Legal, and HR Programs teams to implement solutions and help scale the business
8. Partner closely with regional HR partners on global strategy and execution. Work closely with our Employee Relations Partners, supporting employee relations issues as needed
9. Design and facilitate team and offsite meetings as needed
10. Participate and lead projects as an integral member of the extended HR community

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 8+ years experience in an HR Business Partner or equivalent role
2. Experience helping global and/or highly matrixed organizations scale
3. Experience managing complex organisational changes at both a design, and country execution level across EMEA
4. Demonstrated expertise and comfort working both strategically and operationally
5. Demonstrates solid judgment and experience assessing risk relative to the business
6. Consulting, coaching (including leadership) and facilitation skills
7. Effective communication and critical thinking skills
8. Demonstrates empathy and experience driving team engagement and collaboration initiatives
9. Demonstrates project management and change management experience
10. Experience using data to identify insights that drive action
11. Demonstrated experience learning and thriving in a constantly changing environment and to cultivate relationships across teams
12. Demonstrated experience in influencing, and strategically solving problems

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience partnering with Works Councils and/or Trade Unions
2. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
3. Experience working in Tech or matrixed multinational organization
4. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
5. BA/BS degree
6. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Industry:

Internet