HR Business Partner – Enabling Functions

Overview

As a strategic HR partner to senior leaders in Legal, Finance, and IT, you will align people strategy with business priorities to enable growth and organizational effectiveness. You’ll act as a trusted advisor on talent, leadership capability, culture, and change, using data and external insights to prove HR’s impact. You’ll shape organization design, workforce strategy, and leadership bench strength, while coordinating with HR Shared Services for scalable delivery. This on-site role, located in Marlborough, MA or Amersham, UK, emphasizes value creation and change leadership across complex, global contexts.

Pay / Benefits

• paid time off
• medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• bonus/incentive pay
• comprehensive benefits package

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy into an integrated people strategy to support growth and priorities
• Advise senior leaders on talent, culture, leadership capability, and change
• Leverage people data, metrics, technology, and external insights to inform decisions
• Shape organization design, workforce strategy, succession planning, and capability development
• Lead workforce planning and organizational effectiveness to address capability gaps and future needs
• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, COEs, People Partners, and HR Operations on complex people matters
• Lead and support complex change initiatives, identify risks, and guide adoption

Key requirements

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in HR
• Strategic HR business partnering and organizational effectiveness
• Experience designing and leading talent and leadership development (succession planning, bench assessment)
• Data fluency with digital/analytics/AI-enabled tools to inform recommendations
• Strong business and financial acumen; ability to prioritize investments for sustainable performance
• Continuous improvement mindset with lean principles in HR processes
• Proven ability to operate in complex, global, matrixed environments and influence without authority
• Willingness to travel 25–30%

• Trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Change leadership and adaptability
• Collaborative cross-functional collaboration
• Data analytics tools
• AI-enabled tools for HR decision making

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