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Human Resources Business Partner - London, United Kingdom - Appian Corporation

Appian Corporation

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 month ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Here at Appian, our core values of Respect, Work to Impact, Ambition, and Constructive Dissent & Resolution define who we are.

In short, this means we constantly seek to understand the best for our customers, we go beyond completion in our work, we strive for excellence with intensity, and we embrace candid communication.

These values guide our actions and shape our culture every day. When you join Appian, you'll be part of a passionate team that's dedicated to accomplishing hard things.

Appian is seeking a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) who will deliver people and

organisational solutions within the EMEA region. This role offers the unique opportunity to help drive

the impact of the HRBP function in a growing organisation.

The HRBP will serve as a proactive consultant and adviser to business unit leaders in the effective

management of their workforce through performance management, employee engagement, talent

assessments, leadership development, succession planning and more. They will implement people

and organisational solutions across the client group they support. They will measure/monitor the

needs of employees and the leaders they support through effectively building and developing

relationships across all levels of the organisation. The HRBP will utilise diagnostics and tools to

address and understand organisational dynamics to align with the business environment, implement

and refine long and short term continuous improvement initiatives while managing the day-to-day

tactical issues and requirements. The HRBP will effectively interact with business leaders at all

levels, possess excellent communication skills, strong business acumen and work effectively across

multiple geographies.

This role will be based in one of our European offices with responsibility for all business groups and

employees within specific geographic locations. These could include the UK, Germany, Switzerland,

Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Italy or France.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Act as a strategic HR partner for your designated subregion
Build relationships with senior business leaders to offer thought leadership on

organisational and people-related strategy and execution.

Provide expertise and coaching in areas such as career planning, performance

management, coaching, employee relations, learning and development, recognition,

people integration strategies and strategic development.

Function as a consultant and counselor to key leaders and their respective

organisations; engage in strategic planning meetings to translate business needs into

People plans.

Resolve conflicts and mediate employee issues. Conduct effective, thorough and

objective investigations.

Maintain indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to daytoday management

of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with the

legal department and external employment counsel as needed/required.

Develop and drive strategies to develop, engage and retain strong and diverse talent.
Enable and effectively manage ongoing change.
Use and request data strategically. Identify and surface trends in both qualitative and

quantitative data to help improve organisational health, understand when data will

assist in making smart, informed decisions and to monitor the "pulse" of employees to

ensure a high level of employee engagement.

Identify and deploy impactful people strategies and policies that enable the

organisation to perform effectively and scale efficiently as it grows

Lead the facilitation and management of all People programs within the department

(performance reviews, employee surveys, development programs, etc.)

Partner with global HRBP organisation to ensure effective communications and delivery

of HR programs globally.

Partner with and support the US and EMEA HR Operations team to ensure that HR

operations are adapted where needed to ensure consistency with local practices across

the region.

Partner with other People Team groups as a crossfunctional team across Recruiting,

L&D, Compensation, Legal and Benefits on communications, projects and best

practices. Collaborate with these teams to ensure high-quality implementation of

critical operating rhythms such as performance management and compensation

planning, leveraging resources as appropriate.

This position currently has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but may serve as a

coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

Perform additional duties as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Human Resources, Business or another related field.
Established experience in Human Resource management and/or business partner functions

with particular experience in employee relations and leadership coaching