People Business Partner

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking business on a mission to simplify how we work, elevate the employee and customer experience, modernise our platforms, and make a real impact on society. Now, we’re looking for a Senior People Business Partner to play a key leadership role in a major business transformation across one of our core business areas. As a Strategic HR Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our talent strategies, fostering a high-performance culture, and mitigating talent risks across the organisation. Please note this is a hybrid role with our Birmingham Head Office and you will be required to be based from this office 2‑3 days per week.

What You Will Do

• Strategic Workforce Planning: Identify current and future skills needs, guide recruitment and upskilling strategies, and use workforce insights to shape long‑term plans.
• Talent & Performance Leadership: Lead succession planning, talent reviews, and development strategies. Champion performance management, coaching, and leadership transitions to build a high‑performing, future‑ready team.
• Skills Transformation: Act as a subject matter expert on our journey to a skills‑based organisation—revamping job architecture, conducting skills gap analyses, and embedding a future‑focused framework.
• Employee Engagement & Development: Foster a culture of continuous learning and engagement, using data‑driven insights to build a positive, high‑impact employee experience.
• Change & Transformation: Partner with leaders to drive people aspects of change initiatives, ensuring cultural alignment, smooth transitions, and sustainable ways of working.
• Data‑Driven Decision Making: Use people analytics and talent metrics to influence strategy, monitor progress, and continuously improve performance across the function.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other People Partners, Finance, and Centres of Excellence to deliver an integrated people strategy aligned with broader business goals.

What You Will Have

• Proven Experience: A strong track record as a People Business Partner in a complex fast‑paced environment.
• Trusted Executive Coach & Advisor: Confident in challenging, coaching and influencing senior leaders, while maintaining trust, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Strategic & Commercial Mindset: Commercially astute, with a clear understanding of how people strategies drive business outcomes and customer success.
• Data‑Driven Decision Making: Analytical and outcomes‑focused – able to translate data into actionable insights that inform strategy and measure impact.
• Organisational Change Leadership: Skilled in organisational change and transformation, including M&A, restructures, and cultural change.
• Clear Communicator: Able to simplify the complex, engage stakeholders across levels and geographies, and align teams around a shared vision.
• Global Perspective: Comfortable working across regions and cultures, with an understanding of local sensitivities and time zone coordination.
• Execution Excellence: Detail‑oriented, structured, and solutions‑focused with the ability to move from strategy to execution seamlessly.

What We Do For You

Wellbeing that means something

• 26 days’ holiday + bank holidays (and the option to buy more) plus 1 paid volunteering day every year
• Exceptional family leave, 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave
• Robust sick pay up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support
• Private medical insurance for everyone, no medical‑history exclusions

Financial Benefits That Have Your Back

• Performance‑based rewards tailored to your role, from company‑wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures
• Income protection: up to 75% salary for 5 years if you ever need it

Grow your career with us

• SkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future‑manager training, and a huge online library
• Access to external training and apprenticeships

Making a Difference

• MatchIt! Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding
• Pennies from Heaven donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger

Plus plenty other flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle on our RewardHub, including:

• ULEV car scheme with 1,000+ models
• Dental insurance, Health Cash Plan, Critical Illness Cover, Partner Life Cover

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