Regional People Partnerships Director (UK Remote)

TN United Kingdom; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Regional People Partnerships Director to join their Global People Team. This pivotal role focuses on enhancing employee relations and operational efficiency across EMEA. You will partner with leadership to drive strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with company values and fostering a collaborative work environment. The role offers a remote-centric culture that values accountability and purpose, with a comprehensive rewards package that prioritizes well-being. If you're passionate about making a difference in a diverse and innovative organization, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Health Care Coverage

Competitive Paid Time Off

Education Reimbursement

Paid Volunteer Time

Parental Leave

Retirement Plan with match/contribution

Monthly Wellness Reimbursement

Access to Mental Health Platform

4 Self-Care Days per year

Charitable Contribution Match

Qualifications

• 10+ years global HR experience managing multiple countries.
• Extensive employee relations experience across various countries.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities with a solutions-based mindset.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to operational partners.
• Support delivery of the People Strategy linked to business needs.
• Advise on effective organizational design and development.

Skills

Global HR Experience

Employee Relations

Problem Solving

Strategic Thinking

Communication Skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in Human Resources Management

SHRM / CIPD or equivalent membership

Tools

HRIS

ATS

Google Suite

BambooHR

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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08.05.2025

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22.06.2025

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Company Description

When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For over 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 21,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Feedback Studio, Originality, Gradescope, ExamSoft, Similarity, and iThenticate.

Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education.

Turnitin is a global organization with team members in over 35 countries including the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, and the Philippines.

Job Description

Turnitin is seeking to hire a Regional People Partnerships Director to join our Global People Team (must be located in EMEA - willing to work EMEA hours). The People Team enables Turnitin to unleash the full potential of ‘One Team’ and culture which, in turn, enables it to deliver its business strategy and purpose.

The People Team is split into four verticals:

• Global People Partners
• Centers of Excellence (COEs)
• People Services / HR Shared Services (PSS)
• People Strategy & Operations (PS&O)

This role will report to the Senior Director, Global People Partnerships and serve as the People Business Partner within our EMEA Operations and support globally as and when needed. The incumbent will primarily partner with frontline Leadership Team members and their employees and will interact with other teams across the company to provide tactical hands on support as well as strategic thought leadership related to the entire employee lifecycle with specific focus on employment law, employee relations, engagement, inclusion as well as operational efficiency and effectiveness aligned to Turnitin values. The incumbent will also have extensive knowledge and experience of UK and EMEA employment law across various countries. A depth of experience in employee relations, strong business acumen, the ability to handle ambiguity and problem solve with a solutions based, growth mindset focus.

Primarily, they will:

• Act as a trusted advisor to operational partners and an aligned business partner within the people team to ensure a true one team approach to any people or employee relations related items.
• Develop open and enduring stakeholder relationships with Turnitin people managers to support their people responsibilities as leaders.
• Support the delivery of the People Strategyand link it operationally to business needs, providing personal coaching and guidance/development for managers and their team.
• Support operational and people team transformational efforts aimed at improving overall efficiency and effectiveness of deliverables and impacted teams.
• Execute on annual and bi-annual plans/OKRs using COE support with the team to ensure continuous improvements are realized in relation to key metrics like Turnover, Retention, Diversity, etc.
• Advise Turnitin Leaders on effective organizational design and development to achieve overall Turnitin operational outcomes.
• Work closely with Stakeholders, the Talent Acquisition Team to forecast talent needs and to ensure that a pipeline of exceptionaltalent is flowing into the organization which meets forecasted needs.
• Be able to research best practices from the outside in to mature and sustain key people practices within Turnitin.
• Support and backup the entire GPP people team as and when needed.
• Be familiar with and highly capable at driving and sustaining change while ensuring processes are documented and automated as applicable while engaging COE and other key partners.
• Be able to translate information into data to support decision making.
• Be a proactive and personally accountable communicator ensuring transparent and open flow of information up, down and sideways.

Qualifications

Essential:

• 10+ years global HR experience in a multicultural environment managing multiple countries within the region, as well as remote workers, and a mix of experiences in HR COEs and generalist functions.
• Extensive employee relations experience across multiple countries.
• Experiencein a SaaS organization or other technology industry preferred.
• Ability to think strategically but act tactically.Be able and willing to action and own tactical people processes day to day in addition to strong strategic capability to drive the big picture to ground level outputs.
• Ability to flex hours to be part of the broader team as and when required and travel to various countries and locations within the client group, as well as broader travel for meetings and business purposes at the company’s discretion.
• Strong problem solving capabilities with the ability to approach issues with a solutions based mindset.
• Able to work independently and highly accountable to own results.
• Sound operational knowledge of relevant HR/employment law regulations plus all relevant regulatory requirements in the region and an ability to apply them to relevant activities on a daily basis.
• Technological savvy and experience working with HRIS, ATS and Employee Engagement platforms as well as Google suite and Apple products.
• Data literate with experience driving data decision making or a willingness to learn.
• Exceptional C-suite communications /presentations skills.
• Strong capability in the area of negotiations, project management, process improvement, conflict management and change management.
• Undergraduate degree in Human Resources Management or relevant experience.
• SHRM / CIPD or equivalent membership.

Not required but preferred experience:

• Previous experience of working with Google Suite, BambooHR
• Language skills
• Psychometrics qualification
• Masters in HRM / Ph.D. Industrial Organizational Psychology
• Enneagram/MBTI/Insights Practitioner

Additional Information

Total Rewards @ Turnitin
Turnitin maintains a Total Rewards package that is competitive within the local job market. People tend to think about their Total Rewards monetarily — solely as regular pay plus bonus or commission. This is what they earn in exchange for what they do. However, Turnitin delivers more than just these components. Beyond the intrinsic rewards of unleashing your potential to positively impact global education, and thriving in an organization that is free of politics and full of humble, inclusive and collaborative teammates, the extrinsic rewards at Turnitin include generous time off and health and wellness programs that offer choice and flexibility and provide a safety net for the challenges that life presents from time to time. Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being.

Our Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes.

Our Values underpin everything we do.

• Customer Centric - We realize our mission to ensure integrity and improve learning outcomes by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
• Passion for Learning - We seek out teammates that are constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables them to do so.
• Integrity - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin. It shapes our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors.
• Action & Ownership - We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.
• One Team - We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each other’s successes.
• Global Mindset - We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact on education.

Global Benefits

• Remote First Culture
• Health Care Coverage*
• Education Reimbursement*
• Competitive Paid Time Off
• 4 Self-Care Days per year
• National Holidays*
• 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed
• Paid Volunteer Time*
• Charitable contribution match*
• Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement/*
• Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
• Parental Leave*
• Retirement Plan with match/contribution*

* varies by country

Seeing Beyond the Job Ad
At Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and evolve alongside us, join our team!

Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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