As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will lead across Chief Operating Office, Technology and Operations.

You will play a vital part in supporting the leadership teams with their people agenda through transformation, change management, talent management and retention ensuring effective alignment of people resources. 

With a core focus on senior stakeholder management and collaborative working relationships with the business, you will be given the platform and opportunity to be a true partner to senior stakeholders, to identify current and future people related opportunities, challenges and risks that support the strategic business plan of the function.

The difference you’ll make.

• Managing the most senior stakeholder relationships within the Technology business area.

• Working in partnership with the leadership teams to deliver people change, transformation, people plans and HR improvement initiatives. 

• Reporting on People trends and insights (both internal and external) to help shape and influence decision making.

• Providing counsel, guidance, and challenge at ExCo and Director level to proactively address people related matters.

• Ensuring HR is solidly represented, and central HR tools help enable the business to perform effectively, and that People risks are raised and discussed appropriately and in good time.

• Analysing the internal and external landscape using experience and HR knowledge base to help leadership teams devise effective people plans and solutions.

What you’ll bring.

• Previous experience of working within a HR Business Partner role, within a large organization.

• A natural leader with the ability to influence and engage with a senior audience.

It would also be nice for you to have.

• Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to change and transformation.

• Previous experience of working within Technology would be desirable but not essential.

• People management experience would be desirable.

• Previous experience of implementing a shared service within HR would beneficial but not essential.

What else you need to know.

This is a permanent position.

You will be based on a hybrid working pattern between home and our Head Office based in Milton Keynes, however we offer a flexibility to days worked in the office.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.  

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus

• Pension with generous contributions of up to 12.5% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year

• £6,000 car allowance per year

• Company funded individual private medical insurance

• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments

• Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover

• Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans