Lead People Partner

Annapurna; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Annapurna is seeking a senior HR business partner to lead people partnering across a large, fast-changing technology and financial services organisation. This 12-month fixed-term role focuses on partnering with senior leaders through complex change, integration and operating model redesign in a regulated context.

The successful candidate will translate strategy into practical activity, drive consistency in grading and reward, and balance strategic guidance with hands-on delivery in a

Qualifications

• Experience as a senior HR business partner or lead people partner in a complex organisation.
• Experience in technology, financial services or governance-heavy environments.
• Able to operate through ambiguity and translate strategy into practical action.

Responsibilities

• Partner senior leaders through organisational change, integration and operating model development.
• Support functions as structures, accountabilities and ways of working evolve.
• Help create consistency across grading, reward, job architecture, policy and people processes.
• Work through legacy structures and stakeholder resistance.
• Support leadership teams in regulated environments with governance requirements.
• Translate broader People strategy into practical activity.
• Contribute to improving the quality and consistency of People partnering.
• Provide constructive challenge to senior stakeholders while maintaining relationships.
• Balance strategic advice with hands-on delivery to drive progress.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Organisational design

People partnering

Strategic thinking

Commercial acumen

Governance & regulation

Job description

We are supporting a large, fast-changing organisation operating across the technology and financial services space. Following significant acquisition-led growth, the business is continuing to bring together different parts of the organisation under a more clearly defined group structure, creating greater consistency across its people practices while retaining appropriate flexibility within individual businesses.

As part of this ongoing transformation, they are looking to appoint an experienced Lead People Partner / Senior HR Business Partner on a 12-month fixed-term basis. This is a senior, commercially focused role partnering with leaders across the organisation during a period of significant change.

The environment is complex and still developing, so they need someone who is comfortable working through ambiguity, creating clarity and helping senior stakeholders navigate organisational and structural change.

• Partner senior leaders through organisational change, integration and operating model development
• Support functions as structures, accountabilities and ways of working continue to evolve
• Help create greater consistency across grading, reward, job architecture, policy and people processes
• Work through legacy structures, differing business practices and stakeholder resistance
• Support leadership teams operating within a regulated and governance-heavy environment
• Translate broader People strategy into practical, commercially relevant activity
• Contribute to improving the overall quality and consistency of People partnering across the organisation
• Provide constructive challenge to senior stakeholders while maintaining strong working relationships
• Balance strategic advice with hands-on delivery to ensure key initiatives continue to move forward

You will already have operated in a senior HR Business Partner, Lead People Partner or comparable role, partnering with senior leadership teams in a complex organisation. Experience within technology, financial services, another regulated sector or a similarly governance-heavy environment would be highly relevant, particularly where you have worked through acquisition, integration, restructuring, organisational design or operating model change.

You should be confident working with senior stakeholders, able to challenge constructively and have the judgement to adapt your approach depending on the situation. This role will suit someone who can create structure where it does not yet exist, operate effectively without every answer being defined in advance and remain close enough to the detail to drive delivery. A hands-on approach will be important; this is not a purely strategic advisory role.

This is an opportunity to take on a senior People partnering role during an important period of organisational development, with significant exposure to senior leadership and a varied change agenda. London-based hybrid working pattern of two days in the office and the opportunity to make a tangible impact over the 12-month assignment. Immediate or short-notice availability would be advantageous.