Head of People - Northern Europe in London

The Head of People is the People Partner to the President of the Northern Europe business, working with them and their leadership teams to deliver comprehensive support whilst creating and leading projects and strategic transformation initiatives that produce maximum value and output from employees so that the business delivers what is required of them to achieve its overall targets and business plans.

The Head of People will be the coach, challenger, partner and trusted advisor to the President and Leadership Team. The incumbent will be an innovative thinker, focused on creating and delivering a People strategy that adds measurable value in key areas such as talent and development, learning and development, employee engagement, employer brand and People practices and policies, all of which focus on delivering exceptional customer outcomes.

In addition, the incumbent will lead the People stream in important areas including M&A integrations, new wins and transitions, restructure programmes, cultural and organisational development programmes. Effective delivery in the Head of People role requires the incumbent to interface with local/regional leaders and the local/central People Function.

The Head of People will work with the leadership team to embed a culture based on CBRE's RISE values which underpins high-performance, fairness, teamwork, growth and people development to achieve our vision and targets. The incumbent is a leader who understands the demands of driving a talent led business and therefore brings industry leading thinking across all areas of the People discipline to advance the People agenda and ultimately positions CBRE as a market-leading employer which provides a unique 'edge' when we are bidding for and retaining customers.

To be successful the Head of People will be a visible and vocal leader, not afraid to be innovative or disruptive to achieve the best outcomes. At all times the Head of People will act with the highest amounts of integrity and professional standards.

What You’ll Do

• Analytics/Ai: Use data and fact-based analysis to anticipate talent needs and provide insights to the business for competitive decision making.
• Change Management: Act as a change expert, making sure that employee engagement and communication is at the core of change programmes and supporting leaders in delivering change through people.
• Culture: Create and deliver initiatives that preserve and develop the organisational and regional culture.
• Employee Engagement and Experience: Lead the implementation and delivery of CBRE's employee engagement survey process and own the associated action plans following the survey.
• Internal Stakeholders: Contribute to the leadership team and act as a commercially astute business partner, coaching and challenging stakeholders where necessary.
• Leadership: Understand what is required in each area of the business and develop people plans that focus on the delivery of those outcomes.
• People Support: Deliver People support that effectively meets the day-to-day requirements of the business.
• People Team: Attract, recruit and retain members of the People Team and provide mentoring and career development.

Success in this role will be measured through defined targets as follows:

• Delivery of business revenue, profit targets, cashflow and other financial objectives as a key member of the leadership team.
• Alignment across the region to the Local Operating Model.
• Effective succession planning that develops and retains talent, measured through low attrition and high employee engagement scores.
• Talent development and retention targets.
• Achievement of the GWS Local NE business plan and People Team Roadmaps.

At CBRE, we are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels they belong. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, and we welcome all applications.