Human Resources Business Partner

Aspire Software is seeking an experienced Human Resources Business Partner to join our growing team in the UK! Aspire Software acquires, builds, and scales vertical-market software businesses worldwide. We operate with a long-term mindset, empower local leadership, and hold ourselves to a high bar of operational and people excellence.

As a Human Resources Business Partner, you will serve as a trusted advisor to a portfolio of software companies across North America and Europe, partnering closely with Managing Directors and leadership teams to strengthen organisations, elevate leadership capability, and ensure strong, compliant, and scalable people practices. It is a hands-on, business-facing partnership role where success is defined by your ability to translate business strategy into people outcomes, operate comfortably in ambiguity, and bring structure, judgment, and momentum to complex environments. You will partner closely with Aspire’s HR team and business leaders to build strong teams, healthy cultures, and sustainable performance.

What success looks like in this role:

• Ensure the businesses in your portfolio operate with effective, compliant, and well-run people practices, providing leaders and employees with timely, high-quality HR support.
• Enable leaders and teams to adopt and consistently apply HR programs and initiatives that improve performance, engagement, and employee experience.
• Strengthen organisational effectiveness by maintaining clear, practical HR guidelines and continuously improving processes to meet evolving business needs.
• Drive higher employee engagement and retention by partnering with leaders to design and execute meaningful, locally relevant engagement strategies.
• Resolve complex employee relations matters with sound judgment, consistency, and compliance, protecting both the employee experience and the business.
• Improve individual and organisational performance by strengthening talent management, development, and performance management practices.
• Support business growth and efficiency by partnering on workforce planning and organisational design decisions.
• Position HR as a true business partner by contributing people insights and recommendations in operational and financial discussions.
• Lead the HR integration of newly acquired companies within your portfolio, ensuring a smooth transition from due diligence through onboarding, systems integration, and change management.
• Increase leadership effectiveness by coaching managers on employee management, performance, and difficult conversations.
• Ensure a professional, compliant employee lifecycle by issuing accurate employment offers, contracts, and employee movement documentation.
• Maintain reliable employee data and HR reporting to support decision-making and risk management.

About You:

• Proven experience supporting multiple companies across different European countries in a Human Resources Business Partner or similar HR role; experience in North America is a strong advantage.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, with deep exposure to employee relations, talent management, and leadership support.
• Strong HR and business acumen, with the ability to connect people decisions to operational and commercial outcomes.
• Broader knowledge of European employment legislation required, with US and Canadian exposure highly advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and conflicting perspectives, exercising sound judgment in fast-moving environments.
• Experience coaching senior leaders and managers, including on performance, employee relations, and difficult conversations.
• Self-directed and accountable, able to operate independently while collaborating effectively with business leaders and global HR teams.
• Clear, confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills, comfortable preparing high-quality materials and facilitating discussions.
• Strong project management capability, with a track record of driving initiatives from concept through execution and measurable impact.
• Analytical and data-informed, using metrics and insight to support recommendations and monitor outcomes.
• Exceptional listening and influencing skills, able to build trust and credibility at all levels of the organisation.
• Hands-on, pragmatic, and entrepreneurial in approach; comfortable setting pace and taking ownership.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal); additional European language(s) highly advantageous.
• Legally authorised to work in the UK.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.