Interim People Partner
Location: Hybrid (3 days office-based)
Duration: Interim Contract 9 months
About the Role
We are partnering with a leading organisation undergoing significant transformation and growth who are seeking an experienced Interim People Partner to support key commercial business areas.
Working closely with senior leadership teams, you will play a critical role in aligning people strategy with business objectives, helping leaders navigate organisational change while driving high performance, engagement, and capability across their teams.
This is a highly visible role requiring a commercially focused HR professional who can build credibility quickly, influence senior stakeholders, and operate effectively within a complex matrix organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with senior commercial leaders to develop and deliver strategic people plans aligned to business objectives.
- Lead and support organisational change, transformation projects and workforce planning initiatives.
- Provide expert guidance on organisation design, talent management, succession planning and leadership capability.
- Use workforce data and insights to identify trends, diagnose challenges and recommend practical solutions.
- Coach and challenge senior stakeholders to ensure effective people decision-making.
- Support the delivery of a high-performance culture, driving employee engagement and business performance.
- Champion inclusion, diversity and employee experience initiatives.
- Collaborate with specialist HR teams and wider business stakeholders to deliver effective people solutions.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
- Proven experience as a People Partner or Senior HR Business Partner supporting commercial functions.
- Strong experience operating within a complex matrix environment.
- A track record of leading organisational change and transformation programmes.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge senior leaders.
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to align people initiatives with business priorities.
- Experience using people data and insights to inform decision-making.
- A collaborative and pragmatic approach with the ability to work at pace.
- Immediate availability or the ability to start at very short notice.
