Senior HR Business Partner

Posted 23 hours ago by Jobtailor

Permanent
Not Specified
Other
Berkshire, Reading, United Kingdom, RG317
Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Partnering with senior leaders to improve organisational effectiveness, workforce planning, leadership capability, and team performance
  • Coaching managers through performance management, employee relations, organisational change, and complex people challenges
  • Using people data and organisational insight to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, driving pragmatic and commercially balanced solutions
  • Leading strategic people initiatives, L&D and change programmes, ensuring strong stakeholder engagement and successful adoption
  • Supporting organisational design and team structure planning to enable sustainable scaling across technical and specialist teams
  • Influencing leadership teams to improve consistency, accountability, and maturity of people management practices across the organisation
  • Collaborating with HR Operations and People team colleagues to continuously improve processes, employee experience, and organisational capability
Requirements
  • Significant experience in a strategic HR partnering role within a fast-paced, scaling, and highly technical environment
  • Experience working within technology, scientific, engineering, or R&D organisations
  • Proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders including Heads of Function, Directors, and VP-level leaders
  • Strong experience leading organisational change, workforce planning, and organisational effectiveness initiatives
  • Expertise in coaching leaders through complex employee relations, performance management, and organisational challenges
  • Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and leadership coaching capabilities
  • Data-driven approach to decision making with the ability to translate insight into practical business outcomes
  • Experience operating effectively in ambiguous, evolving, and high-growth environments
  • Strong understanding of employment law, organisational risk, and people policy application
  • Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and project management skills