Global HR Business Partner – Product / Product Engineering

Company: Thomson Reuters
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this HR Business Partner role, you will support leaders across Product and Product Engineering within a global HRBP team, balancing partner work with programme, project and analytics support. You’ll coach leaders, challenge organizational issues, and drive belonging and inclusion across HR levers to foster a top-tier culture. You will help the team operate more efficiently by anticipating needs, simplifying processes, and translating people data into practical insights. This role combines strategic partnership with hands-on project execution in a fast-paced environment.

Pay / Benefits

  • Hybrid work model
  • Flexible work arrangements and personal responsibility policies
  • Career development and Grow My Way programming
  • Industry competitive benefits (mental health days, Headspace, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement)
  • Volunteer days and ESG initiatives
  • Flexible vacation

Responsibilities

  • Build trusted relationships with leaders and gain deep understanding of business priorities
  • Provide strategic thought partnership, coaching, and constructive challenge during organizational change
  • Support workforce planning, talent, compensation, performance management and other cyclical HR processes
  • Drive belonging and inclusion across HR levers to foster a world-class culture of talent
  • Partner with Regional HR and Employee Relations to advise on policies and complex people issues
  • Collaborate with Centres of Excellence to design and deliver talent programmes
  • Manage strategic projects and coordinate activities across the HRBP team
  • Identify opportunities to simplify and centralise processes
  • Analyse people data (Workday, Excel, AI-enabled analytics) and translate into practical recommendations
  • Help anticipate deadlines, requirements, and emerging priorities
  • Lead or support M&A due diligence and integration when required
  • Balance day-to-day partnering with broader programme responsibilities

Key requirements

  • Broad HR experience with a solid track record in HR business partnering at management level
  • Experience in a large, complex or matrixed organisation
  • Strong relationship-building, coaching and stakeholder-management skills
  • Judgement and blend of business and people acumen
  • Working knowledge of employee relations and policy advisory
  • Experience delivering HR projects or programmes alongside business partnering
  • Experience improving processes and ways of working
  • Strong data and analytical skills with Workday, Excel, PowerPoint; interest in AI tools
  • Strong organisation and prioritisation abilities
  • Clear written and verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Ownership, urgency, proactive and collaborative mindset
  • Comfort with fast-paced, changing priorities and ambiguity
  • Interest in Product and Product Engineering functions
  • Relationship-building
  • Coaching
  • Stakeholder-management
  • Workday
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint

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Posted: October 18th, 2026