HR Business Partner

Company: Vodafone
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As an HR Business Partner for VOIS in Western Europe, you translate business priorities into a cohesive people agenda. You partner with senior leaders across VOIS Technology Onshore, OPC and VCI to shape organisation design, workforce planning and talent strategies. You’ll drive AI and automation-related people decisions, design capability plans and support large-scale transformation with data-informed governance. This role blends strategic influence with hands-on delivery to build high-performing, autonomous teams in a global setting.

Pay / Benefits

  • hybrid working
  • international exposure
  • senior stakeholder engagement
  • large-scale transformation experience

Responsibilities

  • Align people priorities with business and commercial aims across VOIS Technology Onshore, OPC and VCI.
  • Develop multi-year people and capability plans with governance and measurable outcomes.
  • Coach leaders on workforce, organisation, and transformation decisions, ensuring practical, evidence-based guidance.
  • Lead workforce planning, budgets, and location strategy including right-shoring and efficiency initiatives.
  • Drive AI and automation workforce strategies, including reskilling and responsible implementation.
  • Identify critical capabilities and build/buy/borrow redeployment plans to close gaps.
  • Enhance leadership effectiveness and increase business self-sufficiency through people-management capability.
  • Utilise workforce analytics and market insights to inform interventions on attrition, engagement, and costs.
  • Lead organisation design and transformation activities, including operating models and role clarity.
  • Assess change impacts, manage risks, ensure legal/compliance requirements, and coordinate change communications.
  • Strengthen succession planning and talent pipelines for senior roles.
  • Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on strategic hiring and diversity outcomes.
  • Facilitate performance and talent calibration, promoting fair decision-making.
  • Coach leaders on performance, development, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Analyze engagement data to identify root causes and drive actions.
  • Promote inclusive leadership and equitable development opportunities.
  • Partner with specialist teams on complex employee matters with governance and confidentiality.
  • Lead or contribute to cross-functional and cross-country people programs with timely delivery.

Key requirements

  • Significant HRBP experience in a large, international organisation.
  • Proven ability to operate with senior leaders and deliver practical business outcomes.
  • Experience supporting Technology, Operations or capability-led functions across multiple countries.
  • Expertise in workforce planning, organisation design, transformation, talent management, succession planning and employee relations.
  • Ability to translate business strategies into workforce and talent solutions.
  • Strong understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion with data-driven representation improvement experience.
  • Commercially minded with strong analytical skills and ability to convert data into insights.
  • Stakeholder engagement, influencing, coaching, facilitation and matrix environment navigation.
  • Good judgement, integrity and discretion with sensitive situations.
  • Ability to prioritise across multiple priorities and time zones.
  • Fluency in English (written and spoken).
  • Graduate-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
  • Recognised HR qualification or professional accreditation is desirable.
  • stakeholder management
  • influencing
  • coaching
  • workforce analytics
  • data-driven decision-making
  • change management

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Posted: October 22nd, 2026