Senior HR Business Partner

Michael Page; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to drive strategic HR initiatives within a rapidly growing technology firm. This role requires experience in high-growth environments and strong stakeholder management skills. The successful candidate will implement HR strategies and oversee talent management, ensuring alignment with business growth. Hybrid working is offered but frequent office presence is expected for the business unit supported.

Benefits

Strong base salary

Car allowance

Bonus

Private healthcare

Other benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a strategic HR role within a high growth technology or engineering environment.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders.
• Experience working across multiple countries, particularly the US.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with business goals.
• Provide guidance to senior leadership to enhance the People offering.
• Oversee talent management and workforce planning initiatives.

Skills

Strategic HR role experience

Understanding of employment laws

Stakeholder management

Organizational change leadership

Workforce planning

HR data analysis

Multi-country experience

Job description

Overview

The Senior HR Business Partner will play a pivotal role in driving strategic HR initiatives and providing expert guidance to stakeholders within this rapidly growing technology business. You'll be supporting the Technical & Design business unit, who are based on site 5 days per week (due to the nature of their work) and so site presence would be preferred as often as possible.

Client details: You'll be joining an exciting scale-up in the business of sustainability. This role will report into the UK Head of HR and partner with a C-Suite leader, supporting their senior leadership team during a very ambitious growth phase for this business. You'll support colleagues based at a state of the art research facility here in the UK and provide remote support to teams across the US.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with high-growth business goals.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to senior leadership to develop the People offering.
• Oversee workforce planning, talent management, and succession planning initiatives.
• Manage complex employee relations cases and offer solutions to prevent escalating (both on a case-by-case basis and wider picture).
• Collaborate with department heads to identify training and development needs.
• Lead change management processes to support organisational growth.
• Analyse HR metrics and provide actionable insights to drive performance improvement.
• Ensure the consistent application of HR policies and practices across the organisation.

Profile

• A successful Senior HR Business Partner should have proven experience in a strategic HR role within a high growth technology/ engineering/ research environment.
• A strong understanding of employment laws and HR best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence organisational change.
• Experience in workforce planning and talent management strategies.
• Proficiency in analysing HR data to inform decision-making.
• Experience working across multiple countries, particularly the US.

Job Offer

A very strong base salary, car allowance, bonus, private healthcare and other benefits.

Please note this business offers hybrid working, but the business unit you support is office-based 5 days per week and therefore frequent site presence would be preferred.