Role: Lead HR Business Partner – Europe Salary: c.£120,000 – £140,000 plus bonus Remit: Europe Manager: Group HR Director Location: London-based (2 days per week in office)

We are supporting a high growth international organisation through a period of significant growth and transformation, seeking to appoint a Lead HR Business Partner, Europe - based in London. This is a newly defined, senior position that will act as the primary strategic partner to the European leadership team, responsible for shaping and driving the People & Culture agenda across multiple markets. The role combines strategic influence with operational delivery and will suit a seasoned HR leader comfortable operating across complexity, pace, and change.

The Opportunity As the senior HR business partner for Europe, you will: Serve as a trusted advisor to the European leadership team, aligning people strategy with business goals and performance outcomes. Translate group priorities into actionable local plans, ensuring alignment across diverse jurisdictions. Lead all HR generalist activity across Europe, ensuring excellence in governance, compliance, and employee lifecycle management. Partner with HR Centres of Excellence (Talent, Reward, Employee Relations, and Operations) to drive consistency, quality, and integration. Build leadership capability, talent pipelines, and succession frameworks across key European markets. Champion a culture of engagement, inclusion, and high performance. Support people aspects of transformation, M&A, and market expansion.

About You We’re looking for a strategic, commercially minded HR leader who brings: Extensive HR business partnering experience across Europe, ideally in multi-entity or matrixed organisations. Deep understanding of European employment law and employee relations, particularly within Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Proven success advising and influencing senior leaders within complex, evolving businesses. Broad generalist expertise across the full HR spectrum — from talent and reward to organisational design and culture. Experience operating in regulated, PE-backed, or fast-growth environments. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, coupled with sound commercial judgement. Excellent interpersonal, coaching, and influencing skills, with a pragmatic and collaborative style. Fluency in English is essential, along with proficiency in at least one additional European language — ideally French, German, or Dutch.

The Person You will be: Pragmatic, credible, and culturally astute, with the confidence to operate at senior levels. Collaborative, focused on building capability and enabling performance. Resilient, hands-on, and adaptable, able to move fluidly between strategic thinking and operational delivery. Motivated by growth, transformation, and shaping a high-performing people function in an international context.

Confidential Enquiries This is a retained search appointment representing a dynamic, international organisation with ambitious growth plans and a progressive approach to People & Culture across Europe.

For an initial confidential conversation, please contact Jenna stocks via jenna.stocks@middlemore.co.uk , or apply directly via LinkedIn.