My client, a leading global technology business, is looking to appoint a Head of People to have responsibility for the Human Resources activity for the UK+Irish region. The Head of People is responsible for driving the people management strategy and managing the local HR team, procedures, and processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Driving the HR agenda in partnership with Business Unit / Functional leaders with the aim of developing a high-performing workforce, an engaging employee experience and enabling Business Units / Functions to achieve business objectives
• Working in partnership with Business Unit / Functional leaders to develop an employee-oriented culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, and high performance
• Developing high-performing HR teams
• Key member of the UK+I Leadership Team, working in partnership with the CoE's and HR Services to action UK+I strategy effectively
• Identifying new opportunities and trends to share across UK+I HR and continuously improve the HR impact
• Organisation Design & Development
• Resource and Talent Planning
• Learning & Development
• Employee Relations
• Performance & Reward
• Employee Engagement

Key Skills Required:

• Extensive experience in a generalist HR management/senior HR role as well as ability to influence and work with senior leaders
• Qualified CIPD member or equivalent professional qualification / Degree in HR or related discipline or deep generalist knowledge across key technical HR areas
• Ability to influence at all levels
• Strong track-record in HR generalist and change management roles
• Commercial acumen and credibility
• Extensive experience of managing a team
• Faultless communication and interpersonal skills
• Thorough working knowledge of market employment legislation
• Ability to develop solid action plans and follow through
• Ability to operate in a matrix and global organisation, working across cultures
• Leadership capabilities in line with Leadership standards
• Ability to make quality decisions in the face of ambiguity
• Ability to adapt and learn, as well as drive change

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Adam Purchase

Annapurna Recruitment