HR Operations Partner

About the role

We are seeking an experienced HR professional who thrives at the centre of people operations, organisational change and employee relations. This highly visible position partners with HR Business Partners, managers and wider HR teams to ensure smooth, compliant employee‑lifecycle activities with a strong focus on employee experience. You will support everything from organisational restructures and workforce planning to compensation reviews, employee‑relations matters, policy implementation and complex off‑boarding.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with HR and business leaders to support organisational changes, restructures and workforce planning.
• Manage employee‑lifecycle processes, including promotions, transfers, compensation changes and off‑boarding.
• Provide guidance on employee‑relations matters, performance issues, disciplinary cases and employment legislation.
• Support managers and HR stakeholders on compensation decisions, benchmarking and offer approvals.
• Ensure employee and organisational data is accurately maintained within HR systems.
• Drive consistency across HR processes and policies.
• Support the implementation of new HR initiatives and programmes.
• Produce workforce reports, analyse trends and make recommendations.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Compensation & Benefits, Payroll, Legal and HR Business Partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, enhance efficiency and strengthen the employee experience.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in HR Operations, Employee Relations, HR Shared Services or a generalist HR environment.
• Strong understanding of employee‑lifecycle processes and HR best practice.
• Experience advising managers on employee‑relations and employment‑law matters.
• Exposure to organisational change, restructures or workforce planning activities.
• Experience supporting compensation reviews, salary benchmarking or reward programmes (advantageous).
• Confidence working with HR systems, ideally SuccessFactors or similar HRIS platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, international environment.
• Experience within pharmaceuticals, life sciences, healthcare, medical devices or another regulated industry (beneficial).

What we offer

• Broad HR role with exposure across the full employee lifecycle.
• Opportunity to work in a global and highly collaborative environment.
• Significant interaction with senior stakeholders.
• Involvement in organisational change and strategic HR initiatives.
• Excellent opportunity for an HR professional looking to step into a wider, more influential role.