Global Senior HR Business Partner in London

Overview

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. With 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world's leading pricing and growth specialist. 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.