Director Partner HR

Director Partner HR (part-time) In Spain - Barcelona | Madrid Our company’s success has its basis in our constantly growing partnership. To cope with rising demands and to ensure that our partner’s needs for HR support are met in the best possible way, we are looking for a Global Senior HR Business Partner to co‑lead our Global Partner HR team. This is a role for a detail‑oriented, highly organized HR professional who thrives in an international environment with 30+ countries and excels at providing high‑touch HR support to senior stakeholders. What makes us special: Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative, and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people. Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company that creates positive impact. We invest in your professional development every step of the way. Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work – whether it’s remotely or in the office. Prioritize your health and wellbeing. No matter where you live, we offer a competitive suite of health benefits to help keep you and your loved ones safe. Work in a values‑driven culture. At Simon‑Kucher, our vision is to become the world's leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for, influence our culture, and drive how and why we do things. How you will create an impact: Stakeholder Management: Manage stakeholders across functions and geographies related to all partner HR processes and matters, including Partners, Division Leaders, CEOs, local HR, Legal, Finance and the Board. Hiring: Support all partner recruiting processes, monitor progress vs. targets and manage external/internal relations to global executive search firms. Onboarding: Manage and monitor the onboarding process of new partners, ensuring their smooth integration into the partnership while maintaining proper documentation. Separations & Offboarding: Manage partner separations, ensuring compliance with policies and a structured offboarding process. Compensation & Benefits: Manage partner salaries, including bonus calculations and payroll communication. Partner HR Policies: Manage and maintain global policies and process requests for parental leave, sabbaticals, and part‑time work for Board approval. Shareholder Processes: Continuously improve and provide operational support for partner election, confirmation and exit processes. Evaluation & Development: Oversee and monitor partner evaluation processes, including development and maintenance of the partner development framework, development of learning & development programmes and offerings, and maintenance of performance improvement plans. HR Data & Compliance: Maintain accurate and complete partner HR data, ensuring employment records, contract changes and compensation details are properly managed. Reporting: Further develop partner HR dashboard and reports for the business leaders and the Board. Team & Process Development: Co‑lead and further develop the global partner HR team and develop/optimize partner HR processes across the organization. Your profile: Minimum of ten years of HRBP or HR operations experience in an international business environment, with responsibility for a target audience of senior stakeholders. Extensive experience in HR execution across the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding/offboarding, contracts, compensation, evaluations, HR legal matters and compliance. Experience in professional services (consulting, law, private equity, or similar) and with a global matrix organization. Strong knowledge of HR systems (SAP Success Factors or similar) and digital collaboration tools (e.g., MS 365); basic AI and advanced data analysis skills for data management are crucial. Ability to work confidently with senior executives, delivering high‑touch, professional HR support. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility with partners. Possess leadership skills that enable you to drive a high‑performing HR team by setting clear strategic direction, ensuring role clarity, and fostering a culture of accountability, excellence and collaboration. Highly organized and detail‑oriented with a service‑oriented mindset: proactive, responsive and solutions‑driven. Adaptable and agile, comfortable working in a fast‑paced, evolving environment. Strong problem‑solving skills, capable of handling complex requests independently. Fluent in English and another European language. If you’re interested, and if you’d like to offer your skills and commitment to our international team, then we would be pleased to receive your application. Hit the ‘Apply Now’ button to begin your application. About Simon‑Kucher Simon‑Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimising every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of experience in monetisation topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist. The company’s website is simon‑kucher.com. We believe in building a culture that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, remarkable things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued and create better outcomes for everyone – our people, our clients and, of course, our business. Your personal contact: Simon‑Kucher Recruitment Team‑kucher.com #J-18808-Ljbffr