Human Resources Director

Role overview

HR strategy and talent

• Develop and implement HR strategy aligned with business objectives and growth plans; advise the CEO, executive team, and senior stakeholders.
• Lead organizational design, workforce planning, change management, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Oversee recruitment strategy, talent pipelines, workforce budgets, employer branding, and candidate experience.
• Lead performance management, talent reviews, career progression, leadership development, retention, and learning initiatives.

Rewards and HR operations

• Oversee compensation and benefits strategy, salary benchmarking, annual reviews, bonus planning, and incentives with Finance and business leaders.
• Oversee HR operations, employee relations, payroll coordination, benefits administration, and HR systems.
• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance and maintain governance, confidentiality, and risk management for sensitive employee information.

Culture and team leadership

• Develop engagement, retention, wellbeing, and culture initiatives; improve HR processes and employee experience.
• Escalate complex employee relations issues and support organizational change, employee communications, and restructuring.
• Use workforce data and people analytics to guide decisions; lead, develop, and set objectives for the HR team.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Relevant postgraduate qualification or professional HR certification is advantageous.
• Significant HR leadership experience, ideally as an HR Director, Head of HR, or equivalent.
• Experience in professional services, financial services, or a comparable high-performance, regulated environment.
• Experience partnering with C-suite leaders and leading change, performance management, and succession planning.

Knowledge and capabilities

• Strong knowledge of talent management, organizational development, compensation and benefits, workforce planning, and HR operations.
• Understanding of employment legislation and HR governance relevant to operating locations.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability, including using HR metrics to inform business decisions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills; able to balance strategy with complex hands-on HR matters.