Workforce Business Partner (North East)

Job Title: Workforce Business Partner (North East)

Reports to: Team Lead, Workforce Partner

Job Purpose

The Workforce Business Partner (WBP) serves as a strategic partner to business leaders, driving the alignment of people strategy with business priorities. This role exists to ensure that every people-related initiative — from performance enablement and workforce planning to leadership effectiveness — is executed with precision, empathy, and measurable impact.

Beyond traditional HR delivery, the WBP acts as a trusted advisor, shaping organizational health and fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, and inclusion. The role bridges the gap between business needs and people solutions, ensuring that talent is positioned as a key enabler of growth and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

* Partner with business leaders to translate organizational goals into actionable people plans that drive capability, performance, and retention.
* Lead workforce planning and organizational design discussions to ensure the right structure, roles, and talent are in place to meet current and future needs.
* Coach and influence leaders on talent strategy, performance management, and Independent Contractor engagement to strengthen leadership effectiveness and team culture.
* Act as a trusted advisor on IC relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and business-aligned resolutions in collaboration with the Workforce Relations COE.
* Analyze people data and insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, presenting data-driven recommendations to business leaders.
* Champion change management and communication strategies that support transformation, adoption, and continuous improvement within business units.
* Ensure compliance with internal policies and local labor laws while promoting a positive, high-performance culture.

Qualifications

* 2–4 years of progressive HR experience, including at least 2 years in a Business Partnership or advisory capacity.
* Demonstrated experience working in fast-paced, matrixed, or multinational environments.
* Strong understanding of core HR functions — performance management, people relations, organizational design, and workforce planning.
* Proven ability to use HR data and analytics to inform decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience supporting technical or commercial business units in a fintech, banking, or tech environment.
* Demonstrated success influencing senior stakeholders and leading complex change initiatives.

About You

* You’re a strategic thinker who sees the big picture but executes with precision.
* You build trust quickly and communicate with empathy, clarity, and confidence.
* You thrive in ambiguity and can balance multiple stakeholders with ease.
* You’re data-driven — you make decisions grounded in insight, not intuition.
* You’re committed to continuous improvement, always seeking better ways to drive business impact through people.

What Success Looks Like

* You have established yourself as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, influencing key people and organizational decisions.
* Business units under your support demonstrate improved engagement, retention, and performance outcomes.
* You’ve delivered a measurable improvement in workforce planning accuracy and performance management effectiveness.
* Leaders actively seek your input on strategic and people-related matters, not just HR processes.
* You’ve successfully embedded at least one COE-led initiative (e.g., new policy, performance framework, or workforce process) within your business unit with strong adoption and feedback.

Why join us

* Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and impactful career growth opportunities.
* Fully remote/flexible work culture backed by continuous support for your learning and professional development.