Senior HR Business Partner

Job Title: Senior HR Business Partner /Senior HRBP

Salary: £60,000 + Benefits, fully remote

Location: Wallingford, Oxford, Reading, Didcot, Abingdon, Newbury, Swindon, Bicester, Banbury, Henley-on-Thames, Thame, Wantage, Witney, High Wycombe

Evolve Recruitment is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, managers and employees across the UK and Europe, providing commercially focused people solutions that support business performance, organisational growth and employee engagement. Reporting to the HR Manager, the successful candidate will lead strategic business partnering activity across multiple software businesses, supporting leaders with organisational design, workforce planning, employee relations, change management and talent initiatives. This role combines strategic HR leadership with operational oversight and requires an individual who can influence senior stakeholders, navigate complex people challenges and drive practical solutions in a fast-paced, acquisitive environment.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Partnering

• Partner with business leaders to develop and implement people strategies aligned to commercial objectives and growth plans.
• Provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice on organisational design, workforce planning, succession planning and leadership effectiveness.
• Build strong relationships with leaders across multiple businesses, acting as a trusted advisor on people-related matters.

Employee Relations and Employment Law

• Lead complex employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, performance management, redundancy and organisational change processes.
• Provide balanced, risk-aware advice that supports business objectives whilst maintaining compliance with employment legislation and company policy.
• Partner with leaders to proactively address employee relations risks and foster a positive employee experience.
• Support consultation processes involving employee representatives, works councils and trade unions where applicable.
• Ensure HR policies and practices remain compliant with relevant UK and European employment legislation.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Integration

• Lead the people aspects of acquisition due diligence activity across the UK and Europe.
• Assess organisational structures, employment risks, contractual obligations and people-related liabilities during acquisition reviews.
• Develop and deliver people integration plans covering organisational structures, policies, systems, communications, talent and culture.
• Partner closely with Finance, Legal and IT stakeholders throughout acquisition and integration activity.
• Support change management initiatives to enable smooth transitions and successful integration outcomes.

HR Operations and Governance

• Provide oversight of HR operational activity across the portfolio, ensuring effective and compliant people processes.
• Partner with HR administration and shared service teams to ensure accurate employee data, reporting and documentation.
• Act as an escalation point for complex HR operational matters.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to streamline processes and improve the employee and manager experience.
• Champion effective use of HR systems and technology, including Workday and related platforms.

Talent, Performance and Culture

• Support the delivery of talent management, succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
• Drive effective performance and development processes that support high-performing teams.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, and Reward teams to deliver aligned people solutions across the portfolio.
• Support employee engagement initiatives and action planning to enhance retention and organisational performance.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Significant experience as an HR Business Partner or Senior HR Business Partner within a multinational environment.
• Proven experience supporting multiple business units, ideally across the UK and Europe.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex employee relations matters and organisational change initiatives.
• Experience operating within a fast-paced, commercially focused environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and experience supporting leaders across European jurisdictions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility at all levels of an organisation.
• Excellent communication, coaching and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience using HR systems and reporting tools, ideally including Workday or an equivalent HRIS platform.

Personal attributes:

• Commercially minded and solution focused.
• Confident operating independently and managing ambiguity.
• Collaborative and relationship driven.
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail.
• Adaptable, resilient and comfortable working within a changing environment.
• Culturally aware and experienced in working across diverse international teams.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• CIPD qualification at Level 5 or above, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience within software, technology or acquisitive organisations.
• Exposure to cross-border employment matters and European HR operations.
• Fluency in an additional European language an advantage.

You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience required for this role, then please apply to Evolve Recruitment, Kingston upon Thames for more information. Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.