Job Description

Title:

HR Director - Technology and Group Functions

Location:

London, Farringdon - hybrid working with 3 days in office

Contract:

12 month FTC

Reporting to:

HR Director, Strategic Business Partnering

About the Role

Royal Mail Group is undergoing one of the most significant organisational transformations in its history. To support this evolution, we are seeking a highly strategic, commercially minded

HR Director

to lead the people agenda across our

Corporate Centre Technology & International Distribution Services (IDS) Group Functions

.


This is a pivotal leadership role, partnering directly with the

CIO, Group Leaders and their senior teams

to shape and deliver a people strategy that builds the organisational capabilities required for long?term success. You will ensure that people strategy is fully aligned with business strategy, while driving the execution and ongoing development of a

Strategic People Plan

for these critical functions.


As a senior member of the HR Leadership Team, you will work closely with our Centres of Expertise (CoEs), Shared Services and wider HR community to shape RMG?wide people strategy, strengthen HR operational delivery, and lead the transformation of head office functions. You will also act as the day?to?day HR lead for our union relationship, ensuring constructive, progressive and future?focused industrial relations.

Key Responsibilities

Own and lead the end?to?end HR strategy

for Technology & Group Functions, ensuring alignment with business priorities and long?term organisational goals.

Shape and deploy the transformation agenda

, focusing on workforce design, future skills, organisational efficiency and opportunities for growth

Partner the CIO, Group Leaders and their senior teams

to co?create a people strategy that enables sustained business performance

Lead the deployment of the people strategy

, ensuring it is embedded across central functions and supports the achievement of business outcomes

Act as strategic HR consultant and coach

to senior leaders, enhancing leadership capability and strengthening leadership team effectiveness

Manage employee and industrial relations

, both operationally and strategically, ensuring alignment with RMG's ambition for constructive, progressive industrial relations

Oversee senior talent activity

, including senior hires, promotions, talent moves, capability development and exits

Support RMG?wide talent initiatives

, contributing to talent processes and developing individuals within the talent pipeline

Create the conditions for HR Business Partnering teams to succeed

, ensuring clarity, alignment and strong collaboration

Work collaboratively with CoEs and Shared Services

, providing strategic input into key HR processes that drive performance and engagement (e.g. performance management, talent forums, succession planning)

Build strategic external relationships

to ensure our people approaches remain current, competitive and effective in specialist and niche areas

Skills & Capabilities

Strong business acumen

, with the ability to articulate the link between business strategy, people strategy and organisational performance

Commercially astute

, with a track record of making decisions based on clear cost?benefit analysis and delivering measurable returns

Exceptional execution capability

, able to translate strategy into action and manage multiple priorities effectively

Politically aware

, with the ability to navigate complex organisational dynamics and diverse internal/external cultures

Outstanding communication, negotiation, consultancy and influencing skills

, with the ability to build trust at all levels

Deep understanding of UK employment law

, emerging people trends and best practice in HR

Expert knowledge of UK trade union legislation

and experience working in highly unionised environments

Resilient, flexible and collaborative

, with the ability to drive business change through people

Experience Required

Significant experience leading HR in both

generalist and specialist

capacities

Corporate Functions/Technology

experience Proven expertise in

complex organisational design, development and change

, ideally within a dynamic, challenging environment

Target Operating Model

experience Demonstrated success in designing and improving organisational infrastructures to deliver measurable business outcomes Extensive experience operating in a

FTSE 100 matrix organisation

with

strong union representation

Strong track record of delivering

strategic HR services

in large, complex organisations Exceptional

stakeholder management skills

, with the ability to understand underlying needs and align them with organisational direction Experience managing interfaces between

business units, CoEs, strategic HR and shared services

to deliver a seamless HR experience

Qualifications

Degree?level education or extensive equivalent experience Relevant

CIPD accreditation

or equivalent professional qualification

Why Join RMG?

This is a rare opportunity to influence the future of one of the UK's most iconic organisations at a time of significant transformation. You will shape the people strategy for functions at the heart of RMG's modernisation, working with senior leaders to build the workforce, capabilities and culture needed for long?term success.


For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/