Job Description

Global People Lead – Global Business Lines

Department: Enabling : People and Development

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK - London

We are looking for an experienced Global Business Partner to act as a trusted strategic partner to our global Business Lines. This role sits above country‑level support and focuses on enabling business performance at a global scale, partnering closely with senior leaders to translate strategy into people priorities, operating models and execution plans. This is a highly senior role, combining strategic advisory, hands‑on execution and change leadership in a complex, matrixed and fast‑growing environment. The successful candidate will bring strong commercial acumen, the ability to operate at pace, and the confidence to challenge and influence senior stakeholders globally.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Partnership: Act as the primary People & Talent partner for Global Business Lines, collaborating directly with Business Line Leads and senior leadership teams.
• Executive Counsel: Provide strategic guidance on global organizational design, workforce planning, capability building, and talent strategy.
• Strategy Execution: Translate overall business strategy into clear people priorities, structured roadmaps, and actionable plans.
• Stakeholder Influence: Challenge and influence senior leaders to guarantee sustainable, scalable, and performance-driven people decisions.
• Change Leadership: Support leadership teams through complex transformations, organizational growth, and change initiatives.

• Future-Proofing: Partner with leaders to forecast future capability and talent requirements aligned with global growth objectives.
• Talent Management: Lead or contribute to global workforce planning, succession planning, and talent reviews across Business Lines.
• Risk Mitigation: Identify risks within structures, capabilities, or operating models, and propose pragmatic, data-driven solutions.
• COE Collaboration: Work closely with Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, and Reward teams to deliver integrated, end-to-end people solutions.

• Model Embedding: Play a key role in defining and implementing global people operating models across Business Lines.
• Process Optimization: Support the design and rollout of global initiatives focused on ways of working, governance, automation, and standardization.
• Change Advocacy: Act as a change leader to ensure clarity, high adoption rates, and strong engagement across all regions and stakeholders.
• Operational Alignment: Balance strategic vision with operational reality to ensure initiatives are executed effectively on the ground.

• Data-Driven Insights: Utilize people and talent metrics to provide deep insights, challenge assumptions, and guide decision-making.
• Data Integrity: Partner with People Ops and Centers of Excellence (COEs) to maintain data quality and consistency across all systems.
• Executive Reporting: Translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives and actionable recommendations for senior leaders.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experience: Extensive experience in a senior HR Business Partner (HRBP) role within a global, matrix-structured organization.
• Stakeholder Management: A proven track record of successfully partnering with executive-level stakeholders and global leadership teams.
• Adaptability & Execution: Demonstrated ability to balance high-level strategy with hands-on execution within fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Change Management: Solid experience driving organizational transformations, operating model changes, or scaling up environments.
• Business Acumen: High level of commercial awareness and a deep understanding of business operations.
• Data Literacy: Fully comfortable leveraging data and analytics to influence business decisions.

• Strategic yet Hands-on: Ability to transition seamlessly between big-picture strategic thinking and granular operational details.
• Credibility & Influence: High professional credibility with the ability to influence and guide senior leadership.
• Results-Oriented: Pragmatic approach with a strong bias for action and a focus on delivering tangible results.
• Thrives in Ambiguity: Comfortable navigating ambiguity and fast-paced environments, with the skill to bring structure to complex situations.
• Collaborative & Global Mindset: Strong stakeholder management skills coupled with a global perspective and collaborative approach.
• Integrity & Judgment: Demonstrates the highest standards of integrity, sound judgment, and absolute discretion at all times.

Job Benefits

• Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company
• Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team
• Work solely on projects that have an impact on the sustainability and climate change goals/challenges for clients
• Opportunity to work with, collaborate with and learn from sustainability SME’s who are passionate about the work they do and the impact Anthesis can have
• Exposure to a wide range of clients and projects on a global basis
• Competitive salary in line with, experience and skills
• Competitive benefits including flexible working, 25 days holiday and two volunteering days off and the day off for your Birthday!
• An opportunity to participate in the Anthesis Employee Participation Plan (EPP), an industry-pioneering employee incentive plan that allows all employees to be rewarded for the growth in the equity value of Anthesis.
• Cooperative, supportive and open working atmosphere.