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Human Resources Director

FanDuel


Job Location:

Edinburgh - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 21 August 2026 (14 days ago)
Application Deadline: 18 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

THE POSITION

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FanDuel is seeking a Director HR Business Partner to join our HRBP team. This role will partner with senior leaders to shape and deliver people strategies that drive business performance strengthen organizational effectiveness and support teams through ongoing change.

FanDuel is a fast-moving business and change will be constant. We are looking for someone who is energized by that environment someone who can bring clarity to ambiguity help leaders make better decisions andoperateas a proactive advisor rather than a reactive HR partner.

Theprimaryclient group for thisrole isTechnologyUK Sports & FlutterHubandrolewillalso support other business leaders who have populations in the ideal candidate will have experience supportingdifferent typesof functions populations and leadership styles. Success willrequirestrong business acumen organizational design experience change management capability sound judgment and the confidence to challenge and influence senior leaders.

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above employees maybe requiredto perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

WhatYoullDo:

In this role you will play a key role driving and/or supportingpeopleinitiatives for assigned departments within the Technology organization to support their departmental goals.

  • Partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities intopeoplestrategies that improve performance engagement and organizational effectiveness.
  • Operate as the conduit between client group(s) and People Team COEs toensurefirstclassstrategic business solutioning and responsive quality support addressing the needs of employees andleaders.
  • Advise and partner across COEs to ensure people policies and practicesare relevant applicable andconsistent with UK practice
  • Lead of team of HRBPs
  • Adviseonorganizational design including structure roleclarity capability needs decision rights spans and layers and ways of working.
  • Support leaders and teams through change by driving alignment clear communication adoption and accountability.
  • Diagnose complex people and organizational issuesidentifyroot causes evaluate trade-offs and recommend practical solutions.
  • Use data insights and judgment to influence decisions and measure the impact ofpeoplestrategies.
  • Partner across the People Team including Talent Acquisition People Operations Total Rewards Legal Employee Relations and People Analytics to deliver integrated solutions.
  • Lead core HRBP work with excellence including talent planning performance management employee relations workforce planning succession engagement and organizational change.
  • Help evolve the HRBP function by modeling proactive business-firstpartnershipand contributing to stronger tools standards and ways of working.

What Director-Level Partnership Means:

This role requires more than strong HR experience. A Director-level HRBP at FanDuel must be able tooperatewith senior-leader credibility enterprise judgment and comfort in complexity.

In practice this means you can:

  • Challenge assumptions directly and constructively whilemaintainingtrust.
  • Diagnose before solving looking beyond the immediate request to understand the real issue.
  • Connectpeopledecisions to business strategy performance risk and long-term organizational health.
  • Bring structure to ambiguous or evolving situations without slowing the business down.
  • Make clear recommendations when there is no perfect answer.
  • Influence through judgment data business context and relationships not authority alone.
  • Balance strategic thinking with strong execution and follow-through.
  • Help build the future state of the HRBP function while delivering high-qualitypartnershiptoday.

What Success Looks Like

  • Leaders view you as a credible strategic advisor.
  • You proactively shape decisions rather than only responding to requests.
  • You help leaders navigate change with clarity alignment and accountability.
  • You improve the quality of people and organizational decisions.
  • You manage risk thoughtfully while enabling the business to move forward.
  • You deliver core HRBP work with consistency quality and follow-through.
  • You raise the bar for what strong HRBP partnership looks like at FanDuel.

THE STATS

Whatwerelooking for in our next teammate

  • Minimum of8years of HR Business Partner experience including direct partnership with senior leaders.
  • Knowledge of UK employment lawand practice includingexperience running disciplinary processes collective consultations and organizational re-design
  • Strong organizational design experience including structure operating model role clarity capability needs and organizational effectiveness.
  • Change management experience including stakeholder alignment communication resistance management and adoption.
  • Ability to influence coach and challenge senior leaders with confidence and sound judgment.
  • Ability to diagnose complex issues evaluate trade-offs and make clear recommendations.
  • Comfort using data insights and judgment to guide decisions.
  • Strong HR functional depth across talent management performance management employee relations workforce planning engagement culture leadership effectiveness and risk.
  • Experience managing and/or mentoring others.

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

  • Interesting work- Working in a fast-paced and ever-changing industrynew problemsand exciting solutions are never too far away. There are always opportunities to learn new skills and broaden your horizons.
  • A sense of achievement- Our teams own the outcome. When that awesome new feature ships to users and the positive feedback starts rolling in you can feelreally proudof what you and your team created.
  • Personal development We strive to create clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level and give our employees the tools they need to learn develop and become leaders.
  • Belonging- Everyone at FanDuel supports one another: we win together make mistakes together to learn from them and to focus on the future and have lots of fun doing it.
  • Trust -A trusting work environment where productivity is valuedabove all else giving you autonomy and ownership of your time and work.
  • Great financial package- Including salary bonus pension private healthcare share save scheme flexible working & holiday policy along witha number ofother benefits.

FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products that deliver sports bettinggamingand entertainment to millions of US sports fans every easy task andwouldntbe possible without a fantastic team who have helped us pioneer new products and innovative features that make us a leader in the industry.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles Atlanta and Jersey City as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The companys affiliates have offices worldwide including in Ireland Portugal Romania and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment the worlds largest sportsbettingand gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognizedbrands andtraded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

Diversity Equity and Inclusion

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We dont tolerate bias judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.

FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please email.

The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines not hard and fast rules. You dont have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable and you are in the ballpark experience-wise wed love to speak to you!


Required Experience:

Director