Regional HR Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary daily contact for colleagues in the UK regarding personnel matters.

• Provide guidance and coaching to senior leaders in the UK on personnel issues and organizational changes.

• Ensure adherence to UK employment laws, regulations, and best practices.

• Oversee employee relations cases in the UK, including investigations, disciplinary actions, grievances, capability issues, redundancy, and settlement discussions.

• Keep comprehensive and current records in the Employee Relations Caseboard.

• Manage intricate cases of absence, return-to-work, and family leave, including reasonable adjustments.

• Collaborate with Occupational Health and the employee assistance program as necessary.

• Oversee UK benefits and related programs, maintaining relationships with UK providers.

• Direct UK change programs and associated consultations.

• Manage the UK pay review and promotions processes.

• Provide advice on cross-border employment issues and support multi-country change initiatives.

• Work alongside local general managers and the People Partnering Team.

• Own the monthly UK People Pack and offer recommendations based on headcount, attrition, absence, employee relations cases, and engagement metrics.

• Fill in for the Head of Employee Relations as required.

• Undertake agreed responsibilities within the team.

• Line-manage at least one team member, promoting their development and ensuring quality of work.

⛳️ Requirements

• Recent and relevant HR experience in the UK within a global organization of at least 200 employees, involving teams across regions and reporting lines.

• CIPD qualified or possess equivalent demonstrated experience.

• Up-to-date knowledge of HR practices.

• Comprehensive and current technical knowledge of UK employment law, particularly changes under the Employment Rights Act 2025.

• Experience in advising on cross-border employment matters or change projects spanning multiple countries would be advantageous.

• Background as an HR business partner or advisor to senior leaders or managers.

• Proficient in coaching and advising managers on performance management, employee relations, and organizational change.

• Proven experience managing and developing at least one direct report.

• Strong understanding of UK benefits and insurance, including collaboration with brokers.

• Experience applying HR policies and employee relations processes in accordance with UK law and the ACAS Code.

• Track record of managing complex and sensitive employee relations cases from initiation to resolution, including investigations.

• Capability to handle a high volume of cases with competing priorities.

• Strategic mindset combined with a practical approach.

• Proficiency in working with raw data and clearly articulating findings.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to interact effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization.

• Discretion and integrity in managing confidential and sensitive information.

• Sensitivity in working with individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds.

• Comfort with ambiguity, risk, trade-offs, and constructive challenges.

• Creativity and adaptability in response to changing priorities.

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, expanding technology environment.

• Experience in managing change, including redundancy consultations under UK law.

• Familiarity with mergers and acquisitions, including TUPE, would be beneficial.

🏝️ Benefits

• Very generous holiday (PTO) allowance.

• Flexible working hours.

• MacBook provided to all employees.

• Additional support for fully remote workers to establish home offices.

• 26 weeks of fully paid leave for birthing parents.

• 13 weeks of fully paid leave for non-birthing parents.

• Extended leave for adoption, IVF, surrogacy, elective egg freezing, menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, and PCOS.

• Remote-first working model.