!*HR Knowledge Management Specialist - Manchester - Top CDMO globally!*

Planet Pharma; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive referral scheme

Job summary

A global life sciences staffing agency is looking for an HR Knowledge Management Specialist in Manchester for a freelance position. This role is responsible for enhancing knowledge-sharing practices and engagement with HR content. Candidates need to have significant HR exposure, ideally in life sciences or regulated industries, with knowledge of AI being a plus. The position combines responsibilities in document governance and user-centric content development, ensuring consistency across global teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in life sciences or another highly regulated industry is preferred.
• Familiarity with AI solutions is a significant advantage.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain structured knowledge systems for HR information.
• Co-develop AI solutions within HR for improving management capabilities.
• Standardize and create documentation for HR processes globally.
• Develop user-centric communication strategies for HR information.
• Translate complex HR policies into understandable language.
• Review and manage HR documents in designated systems.

Skills

Strong HR exposure

AI knowledge or skills

HR systems

Tools

Document management systems

Job description

HR Knowledge Management Specialist - Manchester - Top CDMO globally!

Location: Manchester

Work Arrangement: Most likely onsite but may have WFH flex

Type of position: Freelance. Minimum 6 month contract with the view to extend

Job Description

Planet Pharma are working with a global leader in supporting the development and manufacture of medicines, working across biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and advanced therapies. It partners with companies of all sizes to help bring treatments from early research through to commercial production, offering expertise in biologics, cell and gene therapies, small molecules, and highly regulated manufacturing processes. Known for its strong focus on quality, innovation, and compliance, it provides end‑to‑end services that enable life‑changing therapies to reach patients safely and efficiently.

Description:

The global HR Knowledge Management Specialist plays a key role in strengthening knowledge‑sharing practices and increasing engagement with HR content across the organisation. The position focuses on building and maintaining a single, reliable source of HR information, ensuring consistency across global teams while developing strong partnerships with local content owners. This role requires a strong communicator who can make information accessible, clear, and user‑focused, while overseeing document governance processes and ensuring standardisation of HR procedures.

Reworded Responsibilities

• Knowledge Management: Design, implement, and maintain structured knowledge systems to ensure HR information is accurate, current, and easy for employees to access.
• AI Integration: Co‑develop AI solutions within HR, with a focus on improving ticket deflection and enhancing knowledge management capabilities.
• HR Support: Partner with HR teams worldwide to standardise, create, and maintain documentation for processes, policies, and data, ensuring global consistency.
• User‑Centric Content: Develop communication and content strategies that prioritise employee needs, ensuring HR information is clear, relevant, and actionable.
• Communication & Accessibility: Translate complex HR policies and procedures into simple, understandable language that improves employee experience and comprehension.
• Document Governance: Review, validate, and upload global and local HR documents into designated management systems, ensuring all required metadata is captured. Oversee the review and approval workflow, maintain timelines, and act as the gatekeeper for the organisation’s central HR document repositories.

Requirements

• Strong HR exposure ideally in life sciences or another highly regulated industry
• AI knowledge or skills is a big plus!

If this role isn’t suitable for you, please let us know if you can refer anyone – any recommendations are much appreciated! Planet Pharma offers a competitive referral scheme so you will be rewarded for your help!

About Planet Pharma

Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.

Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognized by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.

We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.