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And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.\nBy combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.\nFrom prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.\n Shape the people agenda behind meaningful transformation - while staying close to the work.\nAs a Manager People Partnering, you will combine senior business partnering with leadership responsibility for part of our People Partner team. You will partner directly with executives and senior leaders, lead colleagues and priorities within the People Partner community, and personally deliver complex People initiatives across an international organisation.\nThe opportunity\nThis is a senior, hands-on role at the intersection of business, people and transformation. You will lead part of the People Partner team, coaching and supporting colleagues, coordinating priorities and helping ensure we provide consistent, commercially relevant and high-impact partnership to the business.\nAt the same time, you will be the dedicated People Partner for an assigned business group, working directly with executives and senior leadership teams. You will advise on organisation, talent and workforce decisions and personally lead complex People activities - from restructurings and employee relations cases to M&A integration and organisational change.\nThis is not a role where leadership means stepping away from delivery. You will be comfortable moving from an executive discussion into the practical detail required to make decisions happen.\nLead and contribute to the People Partner team\nLead, coach and develop part of the People Partner team, creating clarity around priorities and supporting high-quality delivery.\nCoordinate capacity, priorities and cross-functional activities within your area, working closely with other People Partner leaders and regional teams.\nAct as an escalation and sparring partner for complex People matters, helping colleagues navigate difficult business, employee and organisational situations.\nContribute to the continued development of the People Partner model, sharing practical tools, experience and best practice across the wider team.\nSupport the People Partner Learning Academy and help strengthen the capability and consistency of People Partners across the organisation.\nPartner with executives and senior leaders\nOwn the People agenda for an assigned business group, acting as a trusted adviser to executives, senior leaders and their leadership teams.\nBuild a strong understanding of the business, its commercial priorities and organisational challenges and translate these into practical People priorities.\nUse people data, business insight and judgement to advise on organisation design, workforce planning, talent, succession, performance, engagement and leadership capability.\nChallenge constructively when required and turn leadership decisions into clear actions and tangible outcomes.\nMove comfortably between strategic discussions and hands-on execution.\nLead complex change and M&A\nPersonally lead People workstreams for restructurings, reorganisations, workforce changes, acquisitions and post-merger integration.\nBring practical M&A experience across areas such as due diligence, employee transfer, consultation, people risk, organisation design, communications and integration planning.\nTranslate integration strategy into practical delivery. This might mean reviewing compensation and benefits across an acquired organisation and developing a benefits harmonisation approach, identifying employee and cost impacts, coordinating stakeholders and managing implementation.\nLead restructuring and redundancy programmes across multiple jurisdictions, working through impacted populations, local legal requirements, consultation processes, timelines, documentation, communications and manager preparation.\nCoordinate stakeholders across People, Legal, Finance, Reward, leadership teams and local experts, while remaining personally accountable for driving the work forward.\nEmployment law, employee relations and risk\nProvide pragmatic guidance and personally handle complex employee relations matters including performance, capability, disciplinary, grievance, absence, redundancy, consultation and senior employee exits.\nApply strong working knowledge of employment law and employee relations across multiple jurisdictions, partnering with Legal and local specialists where appropriate.\nWork effectively with employee representatives, works councils and unions where applicable, including complex consultations and negotiations.\nBalance business objectives, employee experience and legal risk and give leaders clear options and recommendations rather than purely procedural advice.\nOrganisation development and culture\nHelp leaders build organisations that are clear, capable and ready for what comes next.\nBring practical organisational development expertise to organisation design, organisational effectiveness, culture, leadership capability, engagement and change adoption.\nSupport leaders through organisation design and workforce decisions, including roles, structures, spans and layers, capabilities and talent implications.\nConnect People interventions to business outcomes and ensure agreed actions move from discussion into implementation.\nWhat you will bring\nSignificant experience as a Senior HR Business Partner, Senior People Partner or comparable role in a complex, international organisation, including experience partnering directly with executives and senior leadership teams.\nExperience leading, coaching or managing HR Business Partners or People Partners, combined with a strong desire to remain actively involved in day-to-day business partnering and delivery.\nA track record of personally leading M&A and integration activities, including practical experience with areas such as due diligence, benefits or policy harmonisation, employee transfer, consultation, organisation design, communications or post-merger integration.\nHands-on experience delivering restructures, redundancies or workforce transformation across multiple jurisdictions, including the practical implementation required to take a programme from decision through consultation to completion.\nStrong, practical knowledge of employment law and employee relations across more than one jurisdiction.\nExperience handling complex and sensitive senior employee matters with sound judgement and discretion.\nStrong capability in organisation development, organisation design, talent, change management and leadership development.\nThe credibility to influence executives combined with the willingness to stay close to the detail and personally solve problems when required.\nA commercially minded and data-informed approach, connecting People decisions to business outcomes and explaining clearly the rationale behind recommendations.\nExcellent judgement, emotional intelligence and communication skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities across distributed international teams.\nExcellent spoken and written English.\nA relevant degree, HR qualification or equivalent professional experience is preferred.\n Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:\nFinance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus; \nCareer Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;\nLearning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;\nWork-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;\nHealth: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;\n Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.\nAt Endava, we’re committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives-because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. 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