Senior HR Business Partner & People Transformation Lead – Consulting

Senior HR Business Partner & People Transformation Lead – Consulting

Location: Birmingham or Manchester

Salary: £100k + Bonus + Benefits

Permanent, Full Time

We’re working with a global professional services firm at a genuinely interesting point in its growth. Their Consulting business is evolving, new priorities, new ways of working, and a sharper focus on how the people strategy enables that growth. As a result, they’re looking to bring in a senior HR Business Partner who can operate close to the business and help shape what comes next.

This role brings together two key elements: credible, senior-level business partnering and hands-on people transformation.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll work closely with senior Consulting leaders, acting as a trusted partner on the people agenda, while also helping to drive the change needed to support the business.

Day to day, that will include:

• Partnering with SLT stakeholders to shape and deliver the people strategy
• Building strong, trusted relationships and providing both support and challenge where needed
• Leading and contributing to people and organisational transformation initiatives
• Translating business priorities into clear, commercially focused people plans
• Navigating a matrix environment and bringing the right stakeholders together to get things done
• Working closely with specialist teams (Talent, Reward, Resourcing, Development) to deliver joined-up solutions
• Ensuring momentum, turning ideas into tangible outcomes, not just conversations

What they’re looking for

First and foremost, this is about finding a strong HR Business Partner. Someone who is comfortable operating at a senior level, influencing stakeholders, and genuinely embedding themselves in the business.

You’ll likely bring:

• Experience partnering with senior leadership teams in a complex or matrix environment
• A track record of shaping and delivering the people agenda within a business area
• Exposure to transformation or change initiatives, with the ability to stay close to delivery
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence
• A commercially minded approach, understanding how people decisions impact performance
• Experience within consulting or professional services is helpful, but not essential
• CIPD Level 7 (or equivalent) is required; Chartered status is desirable.

Why it’s worth considering

This is a role with real visibility and impact. You’ll be working directly with senior leaders, helping shape the direction of a key part of the business, and playing a hands-on role in delivering change.

It’s an opportunity to operate as a true partner to the business, while still being close enough to the detail to see things through.

Interested?

If you enjoy working closely with the business, building strong relationships and driving meaningful change, we’d love to hear from you.

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