The successful candidate must be based in either Ireland or the United Kingdom. Please note that this is a hybrid role, with an expectation of being office-based three days per week and working remotely two days per week.
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager HR Business Partner supporting multiple regions across EMEA, LATAM, APAC, and the Americas. As a Global and Strategic HR Business Partner, you will operate in a dynamic environment, navigating diverse cultural, legal, and organisational landscapes. You will work closely with senior leaders to shape people strategies that scale internationally, ensuring alignment across a complex multi‑country environment.
If you have experience as a HR Business Partner strategically supporting senior leaders managing large numbers of employees across multiple regions, we would love to hear from you!
While the role requires a UK or Ireland base, it carries global responsibility and will support operations across all regions worldwide.
Key responsibilities include:
- Being the primary HRBP for a large division, support Senior leadership and maintaining regular cadence of collaboration via regular 1-1s, leadership meetings and functional team meetings.
- Partnering with Business Leadership to drive change and deliver shared organizational objectives.
- Using Market Intelligence and industry knowledge develop and implement tailored ‘People Plans’ supporting business strategy goals around key areas such as Talent Development, Leadership, Performance & Reward, Retention, Organizational Design, Diversity & Inclusion, Workforce Planning, People Leader Capabilities
- Collaborating with HR Centers of Excellence to implement strategic people management programs and initiatives in alignment and support of company and organizational unit goals and objectives.
- Designing and implementing HR systems and processes that support strategic business aims.
- Providing coaching and consulting to organizational unit leadership team in order to support the company’s overall objectives and foster and promote the engagement of the company’s core values at all levels.
- Developing a strong foundation of training, development and succession planning to ensure key capabilities and leadership talent are maintained for organizational unit stability and employee growth opportunities.
Experience:
- Significant experience in a strategic HRBP role within a large and complex organisation across multiple countries or regions
Previous experience working within a Contract Research Organisation (CRO) environment is desirable, however, it is not essential. Candidates who can demonstrate relevant transferable experience and skills from related settings will also be considered.
- Exceptional ability to build trusted relationships with executive-level stakeholders, shape people strategies, and drive organisational performance.
- Excellent leadership skills, developed with a collaborative approach to driving performance and success in the global environment
- Proven experience in strategic HR programme delivery, strategic planning, risk management and change management
- Proficiency in using people analytics to influence business decisions.
- Ability to interpret workforce insights, trends, and metrics to drive strategy.
- Talent management strength, to manage global talent reviews
- The ability to evaluate complex situations accurately, identify creative solutions and make decisions that create successful outcomes for stakeholders.
- The ability to work in an agile, complex and ever evolving environment
What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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