Senior HR Business Partner - Corporate Functions

Senior HR Business Partner – Corporate Functions 

Location: Wimbledon, UK working in a hybrid way ideally with office presence 2 days a week 

Contract: Permanent 

Salary: Competitive 

We're seeking an exceptional Senior HR Business Partner to join our Global People Team and partner with senior leaders across our Corporate Functions. They’ll have the opportunity to influence strategic business decisions, lead people initiatives that drive performance and engagement, and support transformation across a dynamic international organisation. 

If you're a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys building strong partnerships and creating practical people solutions that deliver real business impact, we'd love to hear from you. 

What you’ll be doing: 

• Partner with senior leaders across our Corporate Functions to shape and deliver people strategies that support business priorities and drive performance.  

• Provide expert guidance on organisational design, workforce planning, talent, engagement, performance and employee relations.  

• Lead and support organisational change initiatives, ensuring colleagues and leaders are equipped for successful transformation.  

• Use people data and insights to identify trends, inform decision making and drive continuous improvement.  

• Coach and develop leaders to strengthen capability, build high-performing teams and enhance the colleague experience.  

• Collaborate with specialist People teams, including Talent, Reward, Employee Relations and People Operations, to deliver effective and joined-up solutions.  

• Support key people processes such as performance and talent reviews, succession planning, reward cycles and engagement initiatives.  

• Ensure people decisions are fair, consistent and aligned with company policy, governance and employment legislation.  

• Contribute to People projects and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, simplify processes and strengthen leadership capability.  

• Bring a commercial mindset, using business and people insights to influence decision making and deliver positive organisational outcomes. 

What you’ll bring: 

• Proven experience in an HR Business Partner role, ideally supporting corporate, professional or enabling functions within a complex organisation. 

• A strong understanding of core HR disciplines, including employee relations, organisational design, workforce planning, talent management and performance. 

• Confident building relationships and influencing senior stakeholders, with the credibility to challenge constructively and drive positive outcomes. 

• Highly commercial and pragmatic, able to balance business priorities with colleague experience and risk management. 

• Strong coaching skills, with a passion for developing leaders and helping teams perform at their best. 

• Comfortable using people data and insights to identify trends, solve problems and inform decision making. 

• Able to operate with autonomy, sound judgement and discretion when managing sensitive and complex people matters. 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues and engage a wide range of stakeholders. 

• Good knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice. 

• CIPD qualified, or able to demonstrate equivalent professional HR experience. 

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:  

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave 

• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression 

• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more.  Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service 

• Attractive company pension scheme 

• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary 

• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services: 

• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll 

• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand-new vehicles 

• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets 

• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000 

• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes 

• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help. 

• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues 

• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends 

• Employee discounts – with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers 

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. 

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.