People and Culture Lead / HRBP

People & Culture Lead / HR Business Partner

Location: West London
Contract: 6 months – maternity cover
Working: Hybrid
Start: Ideally early September

The Opportunity

IB Talent Search is partnering with a leading global retail marketing business to recruit a senior People & Culture Lead / HR Business Partner for its London office.

This is a high-impact, hands-on role within an established international organisation. You will provide HR Business Partner support across the UK and North America, while acting as a strategic People & Culture advisor to a global Solutions division.

Working closely with senior leaders, you will balance day-to-day HR delivery with longer-term people strategy, helping the organisation develop its talent, capability and culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic, commercially focused HRBP support across the UK and North America.
• Lead and advise on complex Employee Relations matters including performance, disciplinary, grievance and absence cases.
• Ensure HR policies, processes and employment documentation comply with UK and relevant North American requirements.
• Coach and advise managers and senior leaders on performance, engagement, organisational and people issues.
• Partner with global leadership on organisation structure, capability, talent and workforce planning.
• Support performance management, succession planning and employee development.
• Provide HR input into organisational change, restructures and team effectiveness.
• Use people data and insight to support business decisions and future hiring requirements.
• Work closely with the wider global People & Culture team and external legal advisers where appropriate.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of HR processes, systems and reporting.

About You

We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner, HR Manager or People & Culture Lead who is comfortable operating at both strategic and operational level.

You should have:

• Proven experience in a senior HRBP / People & Culture role.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law.
• Experience supporting employees and managers across an international business.
• Experience working within a global or multi-region organisation.
• Strong Employee Relations, performance, talent, workforce planning and organisational change experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and coaching skills.
• The confidence to work independently, make sound judgements and operate at pace.
• A commercially focused and pragmatic approach to HR.

Desirable

• HiBob experience (or similar).
• Experience within technology, solutions, consulting or professional services.
• Previous experience covering a maternity or fixed-term senior HR position.

What's on Offer?

• Excellent salary.
• Highly attractive benefits package.
• Hybrid working.
• Flexible hours.
• Generous pension.
• International exposure and the opportunity to work with senior stakeholders across multiple regions.

Although this is initially a six-month maternity cover, the business is growing and dynamic, with the potential for further opportunities to arise.

Ideal start date: early September.

Interested?

For a confidential conversation or to apply, please click on the link below or contact Ian Gerstein at IB Talent Search via LinkedIn or email.