Senior HR Business Partner

The PureGym Way

PureGym is the No.1 gym operator in the UK, and the 4th largest gym operator worldwide. With 700+ gyms and over 2 million members across the UK, Europe & the US, we are the gym where Everybody is Welcome. We champion diversity and are committed to providing a workplace where everyone feels free to be. We're proud to be recognised as a Top Institute Employer, reflecting our commitment to excellence in employee experience and workplace culture. See our careers page for full benefits.

We offer:

• Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1
• Hybrid working
• A truly flexible working culture
• Personal private healthcare, including digital GP
• Life insurance x4
• Company pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus 1 personal day
• Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 10 days)
• Great learning & development resources
• Enhanced maternity pay, paternity and adoption leave

The Role

Location: Hybrid-London

Type: Full Time

Contract type: 12Month FTC

Application: Closing date Monday16 March 2026

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Human Resource Business Partner (12Month FTC), to join our Central People team. The team drives consistent culture, people planning and employee experience across all employees in central teams across all our markets.

This role is integral in delivering our ambitious people plan for our Central Teams across the UK, Denmark, Switzerland and the US. This role acts as an important liaison between our HR agenda and the business by ensuring we are delivering against our broader business goals. The People activity is centered around our activity planner and cycle.

Key Duties will Include:

• Strategic HR planning and decision making against our People agenda working with key stakeholders and functions
• Business partnering and service delivery by having an in-depth understanding of the business challenges and opportunities that your stakeholders are facing
• Resource control management and support working closely with Function Leads and Managers in Central Functions
• Work closely with stakeholders to continually optimise team structures to ensure high performance and cost control
• Work closely with key stakeholders, the Central People Director and CPO to manage the Remuneration Committee (RemCo) process tightly and in accordance with the RemCo principles.
• Work closely with the Learning team to deliver the Central learning proposition across all our markets.
• Work closely with managers to ensure that resource is being managed appropriately and effectively
• Develop, coach and upskill managers in People centric skills, enabling managers to drive performance more effectively in their teams
• Identify trends using metrics and reporting to make recommendations to deliver positive improvement to meet business needs.
• Work seamlessly with the wider People team to build a team brand and service that is valued by the business
• Oversee the Employee Relations agenda for the areas you business partner; ensuring that all ER activity is dealt with,fairly and professionally
• Ensure a comprehensive employee life cycle from onboarding to an employee leaving the business
• Working closely with our Employee Communications Manager and Employee

Experience Manager to ensure we embed the best culture and environment for our people

• Responsibility for owning key strategic HR projects working in close collaboration with other areas of the business where required.

The Person

Skills required:

• Demonstrate strong leadership skills to build effective business partnering relationships
• Effective decision making skills taking in to consideration short-term and long-term impacts
• Strong technical generalist partnered with a natural ability to think commercially and see the bigger picture
• Experience of implementing HR practices and processes
• Lives and breathes our company values in everything they do
• High energy and thrives in moving at pace and going the extra mile
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Ability to build great relationships with a remote stakeholder group
• Comfortable operating in a high support, high challenge culture
• Strong communication and influencing skills, and an ability to adapt both style and approach
• Creative in their problem-solving style
• Ability to handle complex issues with great instincts for making the right decision in a time pressured situation
• Ability to use data and insight to influence HR policies and initiatives
• Hunger to grow their HR career and take every opportunity to develop themselves
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in an HR manager role

Our Values

• Make a difference. Excite and inspire others. 'Own it' and be the best we can be.
• Stand Shoulder to Shoulder. Collaborate and share with each other. Include everyone and embrace uniqueness.
• Focus on the detail. Care about the little things. Have determination and resilience to get the job done.
• Play to Win. Improve and innovate - never get complacent. Challenge ourselves and each other. Celebrate our success.

PureGym is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our company mantra is 'Everybody Welcome' and we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive place to work. From a hiring standpoint, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that our PureGym colleagues reflect the diversity of the nation as well as our millions of gym members we serve.

Join us on our mission is to bring high quality, affordable fitness to everyone, everywhere.

Please note: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the advert may be withdrawn at any time. Early application is encouraged.