Location: UK - flexible
We’re looking for an experienced and commercially
minded Head of Strategic People Partnering to lead strategic HR
partnership across executive leadership populations and play a pivotal role in
shaping organisational capability, culture, workforce planning, and long-term
business performance.
This is a highly visible leadership role partnering with
senior executives and their leadership teams to drive enterprise-wide people
outcomes across a complex, international environment.
You will bring strategic insight, challenge and influence to
business decisions, ensuring people strategy enables growth, transformation and
organisational success.
About the role
As Head of Strategic People Partnering, you will lead
strategic people partnership for executive and senior leadership populations,
aligning workforce decisions with business priorities across multiple
geographies.
You’ll work at the intersection of strategy, organisation
design, leadership capability, succession planning and transformation—helping
leaders navigate change while building sustainable organisational performance.
This role requires someone who is equally comfortable
operating strategically at executive level and translating priorities into
practical, high-impact people outcomes.
What you’ll be responsible for
Acting
as the trusted strategic people partner to executive leadership teams and
their direct reports.
Shaping
and influencing organisational strategy through workforce and talent
planning.
Driving
organisation design decisions that strengthen capability, leadership
effectiveness and culture.
Leading
succession and talent planning across senior populations, ensuring strong
pipelines for critical roles.
Providing
strategic guidance during periods of change, including restructures,
transformation initiatives and business integration activity.
Partnering
with Centres of Excellence and People Operations teams to deliver aligned,
scalable people solutions.
Influencing
long-term workforce investment and people priorities across business
areas.
Supporting
annual people cycles and ensuring delivery against strategic objectives.
Managing
complex and high-impact people matters with sound judgement and commercial
awareness.
What we’re looking for
You’ll be a strategic HR leader with experience operating in
large, matrixed organisations and partnering with senior executives.
You’ll bring:
Significant
experience in strategic HR partnering at executive or enterprise level.
Proven
ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders with credibility
and impact.
Expertise
across organisational design, leadership effectiveness, workforce strategy
and change.
Experience
leading large-scale transformation, restructuring and/or M&A
integration activity.
Strong
commercial judgement and the ability to balance people outcomes with
business priorities.
Exceptional
stakeholder management and communication skills.
Degree-level
qualification (or equivalent experience) in HR, Business, Organisational
Development or a related discipline.
CIPD
qualification (or equivalent) desirable.
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to influence decisions at the highest
levels of the organisation and help define how people strategy enables
long-term business success.
You’ll join a collaborative leadership environment where
your expertise will directly shape capability, culture and future growth.