HR Business Partner

Williams F1 Group; Wantage, Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading motorsport organization is seeking an HR Business Partner to act as a strategic advisor, driving the People Strategy and cultivating a high-performance culture. This role requires previous HRBP experience in a fast-paced environment and strong analytical skills. You will collaborate with managers to develop workforce strategies, enhance engagement, and ensure compliance with company values. A competitive benefits package, including holidays, fitness programs, and more, is offered.

Benefits

Generous holidays

Subsidised onsite restaurant

24/7 gym access

Free fitness classes

Free parking

Qualifications

• Previous HRBP experience in a technical/manufacturing organisation.
• Experience using analytics to drive people and business decisions.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving change.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted business partner to managers and leaders.
• Develop management capability using Williams Values & Behaviours.
• Advise and empower managers to drive employee engagement.

Skills

Strong coaching skills

Relationship-building skills

Analytical skills

Influence skills

Education

CIPD Level 5 (Or Equivalent)

Job description

Overview

The HR Business Partner is a strategic advisor to business-area leadership accountable for driving the Williams People Strategy and shaping an elite, high-performance culture aligned to our values & behaviours. Partnering closely with business-area leaders and the wider HR function, the HRBP translates business-area goals and challenges into customer-focused HR strategies and executable plans. The role works cross-functionally to deliver seamless execution of our People Plan and maximise impact in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted business partner to business-area managers and leaders, building effective partnerships to enable the successful delivery of the People Plan.
• Develop management capability using the Williams Values & Behaviours framework to further strengthen our high-performance culture at all levels of the organisation.
• Advise, coach, and empower managers and employees to drive employee engagement action plans and a high-performance culture.
• Work with business-area leadership to identify skills and capability gaps to develop future-focused workforce strategies; partner with the Finance department and Early Careers to create and implement effective workforce planning processes to address future capability needs.
• Support people planning and review processes, including talent review, capability development and succession planning, providing sufficient challenge to business-area leaders, and engaging with the Talent and Leadership function on training needs identification and solutions that improve talent development and retention.
• Use people analytics and an understanding of cost cap requirements to anticipate talent risks, identify cost optimisation opportunities and guide decision making on organisation design.
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition team and business-area leadership on talent mapping/resourcing to ensure a healthy pipeline of industry-appropriate talent aligned to the future workforce plan.
• Partner with managers to promote and facilitate effective delivery of key people processes; including End of Year Reviews, OKR creation and Salary Review to drive business performance.
• Use internal and external data and insights to support objective decision-making within client areas; work with the HR Service Centre team to optimise effective use of Workday data.
• Partner with the Employee Relations team to effectively support managers to resolve all types and levels of ER cases aligned to our guiding ER principles and People Strategy.
• Collaborate with Centres of Excellence to elevate the end-to-end employee experience and embed innovative, customer-focused, and future-ready solutions that drive a culture of sustainable high performance in our mission to win multiple world championships.

Key Accountabilities

Fulfil all organisational expectations, including but not limited to the following:

• Role model Williams Values & Behaviours, supporting and holding others accountable to do the same.
• Always ensure compliance with health and safety obligations, supporting managers to uphold expected standards.
• Ensure high standards of behaviour and conduct are upheld across the organisation, including the wellbeing of team members.
• Ensure understanding of cost cap requirements and identify opportunities to improve optimisation.

Company Description

For almost 50 years, Williams Racing has been at the forefront of one of the fastest sports on the planet, being one of the top three most successful teams in history competing in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. With an almost unrivalled heritage of engineering and racing F1 cars and unforgettable eras that demonstrate it is a force to be reckoned with, the British squad boasts 16 F1 World Championship titles to its name.

Since its foundation in 1977 by Sir Frank Williams and Sir Patrick Head, the team has won nine Constructors’ Championships, in association with Cosworth, Honda and Renault. Its roll call of drivers is legendary, with its seven Drivers’ Championship trophies being lifted by icons of the sport: Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve. The team has made history and aims to evolve and return to the front of the grid.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience Level:

• Previous HRBP experience, ideally in a high-performance technical/manufacturing organisation, with a proven track record of working with managers and team members to deliver HR initiatives and plans within a fast-paced multi-disciplinary environment.
• Demonstrated experience using analytics to drive people and business decisions.
• Strong coaching, influence, and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving organisational change.
• CIPD Level 5 (Or Equivalent)

Please note this role is onsite in our Grove HQ.

Additional Information

We fuel our team with a competitive benefits package, including generous holidays, vibrant staff events, a subsidised onsite restaurant, and a range of car schemes. Stay energised with 24/7 access to our gym and free fitness classes like outdoor boot camps, Pilates, and Yoga. With free parking and sprawling green spaces, you’ve got the perfect space to recharge and refocus.

Join a fast-paced, future-thinking team that’s driving innovation and pushing past engineering boundaries.

Atlassian Williams Racing is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.

Atlassian Williams F1 Team is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.