Senior HR Business Partner

Summary

Join Prolific, a leading AI company, as a Senior HR Business Partner, where you will play a crucial role in supporting business leaders and their teams, aligning HR strategy with key business objectives, and driving performance, leadership development, and cultural alignment. You will report directly to the Head of HR and collaborate with leaders across the business to ensure HR strategies are effectively embedded in day-to-day operations. This role involves managing complex employee relations cases, leading change management initiatives, and driving performance management efforts, providing high-level HR consultancy while ensuring compliance with employment law and company policies.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in HR business partnering with technology teams
• Proven track record in leading strategic HR initiatives, including change management and leadership development programs
• Highly motivated, with a positive, pragmatic, roll-your-sleeves-up mentality
• A desire to work hard and make deliver impactful People solutions
• A collaborative working style with the ability to build trust and strong partnerships with stakeholders
• Strong employee relations experience, capable of managing complex cases
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders
• Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to influence and drive decision-making
• Resilience and adaptability in leading leaders and teams through periods of growth, change, or uncertainty, with a proactive approach to solving challenges and ensuring business continuity
• Strong change management skills, with the ability to lead cultural transformation and implement company changes while maintaining a positive and engaging work environment
• Demonstrated experience with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, ensuring HR policies and practices create an inclusive and fair workplace culture

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact for your business area(s) and collaborate with Prolific leaders to align HR strategies with business goals, driving people initiatives that improve performance  and create a performing culture
• You will role-model value-driven business partnerships
• Supporting the continuous improvement of Prolific’s culture, promoting adaptability and growth at every level
• Manage large-scale change initiatives, including organisational design, team restructures, and leadership transitions, ensuring minimal disruption and strong communication across teams
• Manage complex and high-impact employee relations issues, offering guidance on disciplinary actions, grievances, and performance improvement plans
• Act as a mentor and coach to leadership, supporting leadership development initiatives, and driving succession planning and performance
• Analyse HR metrics, such as turnover, engagement, and performance, to identify trends and provide data-driven recommendations to leadership, and mitigate any risks to Prolific’s success
• You will be responsible for bringing Prolific’s people strategy to life, through your interactions, and actionable HR policies and procedures
• This includes ensuring that legal requirements are met and that Prolific has fair and equitable policies in place
• You’ll support Prolific’s expanding global footprint; navigating employment regulations in new markets, ensuring international employees have a seamless experience, and building localised people strategies that align with the core of Prolfiic’s culture
• You’ll contribute to, and ensure the coaching and development of Prolific’s current and future leaders is executed seamlessly, helping to create pathways for team career development that align with the company’s evolving business needs
• You will elevate our talent selection process and be a rigorous bar raiser, ensuring we only attract and hire the most exceptional talent
• By closely collaborating with leaders and teams, you will challenge existing hiring practices, implementing innovative approaches and assessments that identify not just technical skills, but also cultural fit and potential for future growth

Benefits

• Be at the forefront of AI innovation, working on projects that will shape the future of the field
• Access to Prolific's unique human data platform, providing unparalleled opportunities for AI research and development
• Collaborate with a diverse team of experts in AI, psychology, and behavioral science
• Contribute to the development of ethical, human-centered AI solutions that have the potential to make a real-world impact
• Opportunity to collaborate with both foundational model creators and the open-source community, bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and practical applications
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Flexible working arrangements and a supportive, mission-driven culture