Senior People Business Partner

Role Summary

Senior People Business Partner – the senior strategic partner to the FGFS Executive and Senior Leadership Team. The role will provide expert people insight, employment law guidance, and organisational design capability that supports the commercial strategy. Acting as deputy to the People & Culture Director, the incumbent will lead complex OD programmes, drive a data‑led people strategy, and deliver legally robust people solutions within a regulated financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the FGFS People strategy in partnership with the People & Culture Director, providing a credible deputy function across all executive and board‑level forums.
• Lead organisational design and restructure programmes with technical precision, commercial alignment and regulatory compliance.
• Provide specialist employment law advice and manage complex, high‑risk ER casework to protect the business and the Frasers Group brands.
• Drive data‑led people insight, owning the people metrics framework, workforce analytics and reporting that informs executive decision‑making.
• Strategically partner FGFS business areas, building trusted relationships with senior leaders to proactively deliver people solutions that enable performance and growth.
• Line manage a Junior People Business Partner.

Qualifications & Experience

• Significant experience operating at senior HRBP / People Lead level, ideally within a regulated environment.
• Strong organisational design and change management expertise.
• In‑depth employment law knowledge with the ability to operate autonomously.
• Experience using people data and analytics to drive decision‑making.
• Confidence and credibility working with Executive and Board stakeholders.
• Commercial mindset, linking people strategy to business performance.
• Experience of TUPE, M&A and transformation environments.
• Strong coaching and leadership capability.

Background Checks

In a regulated environment, any offer is subject to satisfactory background checks, including a criminal record check, credit check and employment references.

Benefits

• Frasers Champion – peer‑nominated recognition with double pay for a month.
• Retail Reconnect – opportunity to spend one to two days in a store or warehouse to gain insight into front‑line operations.
• Fearless 1200 – performance‑linked reward programme for employees who live the company values.
• Frasers Fit – free gym classes, discounted club memberships and a wellbeing app that offers training, nutrition and lifestyle advice.
• Retail Trust – free access to a wellbeing helpline, counselling, and financial/legal support.

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