Senior HR Business Partner

Michael Page (UK); South Oxfordshire; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to develop HR strategies aligned with business objectives and provide guidance to senior leaders. This role offers a strong base salary, car allowance, and hybrid working options, with a preference for frequent site presence. Ideal candidates will have strategic HR experience in a high-growth technology or engineering environment, along with outstanding communication skills.

Benefits

Car allowance

Bonus

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a strategic HR role within a high growth technology/engineering/research environment.
• Strong understanding of employment laws and HR best practices.
• Experience working across multiple countries, particularly the US.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with business goals.
• Manage complex employee relations cases.
• Collaborate with department heads to identify training needs.

Skills

Strategic HR expertise

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication skills

Organizational change leadership

HR best practices

Workforce planning

Analysing HR data

Job description

• Are you a proven HR leader?
• Used to working in high growth environments?

About Our Client

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.

Job Description

The Senior HR Business partner will:

• 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).
• 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.

The Successful Applicant

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

What’s on Offer

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

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