Strategic HR Business Partner

Wood Mackenzie is the global leader in analytics insights and proprietary data across the entire energy and natural resources landscape.

For over 50 years our work has guided the decisions of the worlds most influential energy producers utilities companies financial institutions and governments.

Now with the worlds energy system more complex and interconnected than ever before sector-specific views are no longer enough. Thats why weve redefined whats possible with Intelligence Connected.

By fusing our unparalleled proprietary data with the sharpest analytical minds all supercharged by Synoptic AI we deliver a clear interconnected view of the entire value chain. Our trusted team of 2700 experts across 30 countries breaks siloes and connects industries markets and regions across the globe.

This empowers our customers to identify risk sooner spot opportunities faster and recalibrate strategy with confidence whether planning days weeks months or decades ahead.

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• Future Focused we accelerate change
• Curious we turn knowledge into action

The Strategic HR Business Partner is a senior advisor to leaders at Wood Mackenzie responsible for shaping and delivering people strategies that enable commercial success transformation and sustainable growth.

SBPs work closely with ExCo and GLT collaborating with Extended Leadership (ELT) senior leaders Corporate Enablement and HR centres of excellence (CoEs) to strengthen performance reinforce culture and build longterm capability.

This role blends strategic influence with operational partnership. SBPs ensure that people culture and capability considerations are integral to major business decisions supporting leaders enabling organizational growth and shaping both the employee experience and the broader company culture.

This role connects enterprise people priorities with segment/ functionlevel action ensuring business strategy and value creation translate into effective workforce leadership and cultural outcomes.

As the primary link between HR and the business the Strategic Business Partner (SBP) ensures people priorities are fully aligned with organisational objectives.

The remit spans both People Solutions (projects change and organisational design) and People Advisory (employee relations policy guidance and leadership support).

Core Responsibilities

People Solutions (Strategic & Initiative Focused)

• Deliver people and culture cyclical and one-time initiatives aligned to business goals across the employee life-cycle (e.g. workforce planning performance cycles and compensation)
• Collaborate with CoEs (Reward Talent ER etc.) to:
  • develop and implement simple and effective solutions to address capability/ skills gaps engagement challenges and workforce needs
  • link initiatives to business performance growth and competitive outcomes
  • embed policy updates new frameworks and capability-building initiatives
• Advise lead and support change programmes restructures and organisation design activity using evidence-based insights and strong business acumen

• Facilitate the identification of emerging talent and future leaders early to build strong pipelines and succession strength
• Use employee relations headcount movement engagement exit interviews and Glassdoor insights data and leader feedback to strengthen employee experience performance and retention (Employee Value Proposition)

• Facilitate workforce skills and capability planning to support Wood Mackenzies strategic and profitability goals balancing investment productivity and capacity across regions and roles.
• Contribute to risk management through proactive mitigation planning and data-led insights

Operational & Advisory

• Act as a trusted adviser to leaders across multiple sites ensuring consistent application of people policies and best practice
• Attend leadership and operational meetings providing informed challenge strategic insight and clear guidance
• Work closely with FP&A to align headcount plans cost forecasts and workforce decisions providing insight and challenge to support informed resourcing decisions
• Manage escalated and complex employee relations cases in collaboration with ER CoE and the Colleague Experience team
• Coach leaders to build capability and confidence in leading their teams
• Enable fair courageous decisions on performance potential and succession
• Support employee experience talent succession and retention initiatives

HR Team Collaboration & Leadership

• Collaborate across HR functions (Reward Talent ER etc.) to deliver integrated simple and effective people solutions
• Align business priorities with key HR processes including workforce planning performance cycles and compensation
• Lead delegate mentor and coach across the function and support and champion internal initiatives as required

What Good Looks Like

• You build trusted relationships and act as a thought partner to leaders
• You simplify complexity and bring clarity to decisions
• You influence using insight and data
• You connect the right people across HR to solve problems quickly
• You stay connected to both the functions you partner with and the wider Wood Mackenzie environment
• You help create an environment where people feel supported accountable and able to grow
• You manage your stakeholders effectively including appropriate delegation and case management

Skills & Qualities Needed

• Strong communicator who can coach challenge and influence at senior levels
• Ability to understand business strategy and translate it into people implications
• Analytical thinker confident using data and evidence
• Skilled in relationship building collaboration and navigating complex environments building collaboration and navigating complex environmentsbuilding collaboration and navigating complex environments
• Strong commercial acumen and awareness of industry trends and best practice
• Comfort working across multiple priorities with a calm solutions focused mindset focused mindsetfocused mindset

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