Global Senior HR Business Partner

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30+ countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value.

We are now looking for a detail-oriented, highly organized HR professional who thrives in an international and high-performing environment, excelling in providing credible and effective HR support to senior stakeholders. This role is part of our Partner HR team.

How you will create impact

• Partner Hiring Strategy: In close collaboration with company leadership, develop and drive the global strategy for Partner hiring, ensuring a consistent, high-quality, and forward-looking approach.
• End-to-End Partner Hiring Management: Lead and streamline the full partner recruitment cycle, working alongside in-country contacts, including agency and headhunter management, process coordination, and reporting to company leadership.
• Stakeholder Management: Involve and align with stakeholders across functions and geographies related to all partner HR processes and matters, including Partners, Division Leaders, CEOs, in-country HR, Legal, Finance and the Board.
• Onboarding: Manage and monitor the onboarding process of new Partners, ensuring their smooth integration into the partnership.
• Separations & Offboarding: Manage Partner separations, ensuring compliance with policies and a structured offboarding process.
• Compensation & Benefits: Manage Partner salaries, including bonus calculations and communication.
• Shareholder Processes: Continuously improve and provide operational support for Partner election, confirmation and exit processes.
• Reporting: Further develop Partner HR dashboard and reports for the business leaders and the Board.
• Team & Process Development: Co-lead and further develop the global Partner HR team and develop/optimize Partner HR processes across the organization.

Your profile

• Significant experience as HR Business Partner, including Talent Acquisition and development in an international business environment.
• Experience gained in a leading professional service firm (consulting, executive search, law, private equity, or similar) and in a global matrix organization.
• Strong knowledge of HR systems (SAP Success Factors or similar) and digital collaboration tools; AI awareness and advanced data analysis skills for data management are crucial.
• Proven experience of working confidently with very senior executives, delivering professional HR support.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility with senior stakeholders.
• Leadership skills to enable development of a high-performing HR team through a clear strategic direction, ensuring role clarity, and fostering a culture of accountability, excellence, and collaboration.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with a service-oriented mindset: proactive, responsive, and solutions-driven.
• Adaptable and agile, comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving and hybrid/virtual environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills, capable of handling complex requests independently.

What we offer

• Work within a corporate culture defined by our entrepreneurial spirit, openness, and integrity.
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning opportunities.
• Push your development with support from our holistic feedback and development processes.
• Hybrid work, mixing your work location between our London office, client sites, and the option to remote work for an element of your time.
• Enjoy our range of benefits and our focus on your wellbeing.

Does this sound like you? Let’s connect. Simply press the 'Apply now' button. Your application should include a cover letter defining your fit with the role and your CV.