HR Consultancy Team Lead

HR Consultancy Team Lead

Glasgow, UK (Hybrid 3 days a week in office)

Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

Permanent full time

We're looking for an experienced HR Consultant Team Lead to join our international HR Consulting function. This is a dual-purpose role combining people leadership with hands-on delivery of complex client work.

You will lead a team of international HR consultants while managing your own portfolio of senior client accounts. This role suits someone confident setting standards and acting as a trusted advisor to multinational organisations.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of international HR consultants, ensuring consistent, compliant, and timely delivery.
• Take ownership of service quality and client satisfaction, working within agreed frameworks, KPIs, and data protection standards.
• Personally manage complex client accounts, providing senior advisory support on employment law, compensation and benefits, immigration, and HR policy.
• Guide clients through high-impact situations, including restructures, M&A activity, terminations, and cross-border employee mobility.
• Oversee the preparation and quality of key client deliverables, such as employment contracts, handbooks, policies, and legislation summaries.
• Work closely with payroll operations and external partners to ensure aligned and seamless client delivery.
• Support account growth through opportunity identification, proposals, and client pitches.
• Stay up to date with international employment law changes, sharing knowledge across the team.
• Act as a senior point of escalation for complex client queries and complaints.
• Contribute to financial audits by providing records and documentation when required.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in international HR consulting or an HR advisory role, with strong knowledge of employment law and HR practices.
• A demonstrated track record of leading teams, with clear examples of coaching, development, and results.
• Hands-on experience advising clients on employment contracts, compensation and benefits, HR policy, immigration, and restructuring.
• Confidence managing complex client relationships where expectations, risk, and judgement are high.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent English is essential, with additional European languages a strong advantage.

Why Join Us?

• A senior role combining leadership and hands-on client impact.
• Exposure to complex international HR challenges across multiple jurisdictions.
• Real opportunity to shape standards and develop consulting talent.
• A collaborative, high-performing environment that values expertise and accountability.

Please note:

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.