Senior People Business Partner, EMEA

Confluent; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior People Business Partner to support multiple functions across the EMEA region. This role involves aligning business objectives with people strategies, enhancing organizational culture, and driving high-performance environments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in HR practices and a proven track record in fast-paced, international settings. This innovative firm promotes a remote-first culture, allowing flexibility while contributing to a dynamic team focused on growth and inclusion. If you are passionate about shaping organizational success and fostering a diverse workplace, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Business Partner experience supporting senior leaders.
• Experience in fast-paced, scale-up environments, ideally in tech.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to assess business goals and deploy talent strategies.
• Analyze data to inform talent strategies and advance business objectives.

Skills

Business Partnering

HR Practices

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Data Analysis

Employee Relations

Talent Management

Change Management

Education

BA/BS degree

Job description

With Confluent, organisations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day – we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organisation to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.

One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform.

Data Connects Us.

About the Role:

As a Senior People Business Partner (PBP) supporting multiple GTM functions across the EMEA region, you have the opportunity to align business objectives with people strategies, in partnership with leaders and managers. These initiatives will enable the company's overall business strategy, culture, and values, and will directly contribute to the scaling of an inclusive, results-oriented, and high-performance work environment. With past experience working in fast-paced companies, the ideal candidate will recall a history of successfully leveraging deep knowledge of HR practices to meet the goals of the organizations they support. Day to day will entail manager coaching, manager/team enablement, and organisational development initiatives to assist in enabling the business to meet mission-critical deliverables.

EMEA is growing at a fast pace and we’re present in more than 12 locations across the region. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of building a strong People Business Partner function in the region, and to be the voice of that region for the global People Team.

This position reports directly to the Senior Director, People Business Partnering in EMEA. While the role is based in London, UK, we are a remote first company and you will be able to work from home for most of the week should you wish to.

What You Will Do:

1. Partner with leaders and managers across EMEA to assess business goals, and deploy talent strategies that advance priorities and drive scale.
2. Analyze data to ascertain key insights that anchor and inform talent strategies to advance business objectives.
3. Support full-scale People programs and processes for client groups, including performance management, compensation program administration, talent management, workforce planning, talent & leadership development, employee engagement & retention, org culture, and diversity & inclusion.
4. Collaborate with team members across the people team, including compensation, recruiting, learning & development, benefits, and mobility, to help design and implement people programs and initiatives, which attract, develop retain, engage industry-leading talent.
5. Design and lead efforts to evolve and strengthen our culture, including openness and inclusion.
6. Guide managers and leaders on sensitive employee relations matters while partnering with employees as a trusted confidant and advocate.
7. Develop trusting, value-add, credible relationships with business leaders, HR, and stakeholders.
8. Act as a cultural steward to scale the Confluent culture as we grow our teams and locations.

What You Will Bring:

1. BA/BS degree or equivalent working experience.
2. A French speaker (business level fluency) will be a major plus for this role.
3. 6+ years of Business Partner experience with accountabilities that include direct support of senior leaders.
4. Experience working in scale-up growth environment, ideally in tech, and supporting multiple countries.
5. First-hand experience working within an international, fast-growing organization with progressive HR practices.
6. Demonstrable experience engaging managers on thoughtful deployment of compensation programs, such as bonus, stock, and merit to help retain, recognize, reward top talent.
7. Demonstrated competence in the various HR functional areas, especially career development, performance management, manager enablement, and change management.
8. Demonstrated competence in managing complex employee relations and in training managers on handling these sensitively.
9. A strong balance of IQ and EQ with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.

Come As You Are

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