Job Title: Senior Business Partner - People & Leadership
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Hours: 32 hours per week
Contract: Until 31 December 2025 (with potential extension)
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Business Partner to act as a strategic liaison to board members and senior leadership teams. In this role, you will co-develop and implement people strategies that align with business goals, support workforce planning, and lead initiatives to develop leadership capabilities across the organisation. You will provide strategic guidance, data-driven insights, and coaching to senior leaders, while also supporting key people-related transformations.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a business partner for board members and senior leadership teams on strategic people topics.
- Co-develop and implement workforce planning and succession strategies.
- Translate business plans and external developments into actionable workforce scenarios.
- Identify skill gaps, development needs, and retention priorities; drive initiatives to address them.
- Lead or contribute to people-related transformations and change initiatives.
- Monitor performance and provide recommendations to improve leadership effectiveness and talent management.
- Provide coaching and development support to senior leaders.
- Support operational HR matters where needed, such as performance or absenteeism cases.
- Promote a positive organisational culture and act as a role model for change leadership.
Qualifications and Experience
- HBO degree or equivalent; relevant academic or professional background.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in strategic HR, organisational development, or business partnering at senior levels.
- Strong experience working with executive teams or boards.
- Proven ability to translate business strategy into people strategy.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and coaching skills.
- Comfortable managing ambiguity and driving change in a dynamic environment.
- Fluency in English; Dutch is an advantage.
Additional Information
- Candidates must reside within approximately one hour of the Utrecht office.
- Pre-employment screening will be required.