Description
We are seeking a Senior People Business Partner to join our team at Millennium, a global alternative investment firm. You will serve as a trusted HR partner to a dynamic EMEA client population, translating business priorities into practical people strategies that support performance, engagement, development, and retention.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a trusted HR partner to a dynamic EMEA client population, translating business priorities into practical people strategies that support performance, engagement, development, and retention.
- Lead a broad range of employee relations matters, including performance management, conduct, grievances, disciplinary matters, absence management, investigations, conflict resolution, and terminations.
- Partner closely with Employment Legal colleagues to assess and manage employment-related risk, balancing legal, commercial, and employee considerations.
- Advise leaders and managers on EMEA employment practices, policies, and procedures, and coach them to make fair, consistent, and effective people decisions.
- Drive performance-management activity, including performance improvement plans and performance exits, and support annual compensation and talent-review processes.
- Use employee data, engagement feedback, and workforce trends to identify risks and opportunities and implement actions that improve employee experience and organizational effectiveness.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, People Operations, Global Mobility, Compensation and Benefits, and other specialist teams to deliver integrated people solutions.
- Support change initiatives, restructurings, workforce planning, and HR process improvements; use AI and other tools to streamline processes while keeping the human element central to employee support.
Requirements:
- Significant experience, ideally 10+ years, in a senior HR Business Partner or broad HR generalist role within financial services or another fast-paced, high-performance environment.
- Demonstrated experience partnering with senior business leaders and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Proven ability to manage complex, sensitive, and high-risk employee relations matters with sound judgment, discretion, and integrity.
- Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and practical experience navigating employment-law considerations across EMEA jurisdictions.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution and operational delivery in an evolving environment.
- Commercial mindset and genuine interest in the business, its operating environment, and its people.
- Exceptional relationship-building, communication, and influencing skills, with the confidence to provide clear, constructive advice.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to interpret people data, manage competing priorities, and drive high-quality delivery.