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IQVIA

HR Director – UK & Ireland

IQVIA

. Lead, engage, coach and develop the UK&I HR team of approximately 25 professionals.

Posted 11/8/2026full-timeReading • United KingdomLeadWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive HR leadership experience in large, complex organizations, with a focus on Employee Relations, organizational design, and change management. Proven ability to build high-performing teams, influence senior stakeholders, and drive operational effectiveness through data-informed decision-making.

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HR Leadership ExperienceEmployee Relations ExpertiseOrganizational DesignStakeholder ManagementChange Management

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Hard Skills
Employee RelationsOrganizational DesignWorkforce PlanningData AnalysisHR Strategy Development
Soft Skills
CoachingInfluencingConflict ResolutionJudgementCommunication
Industry Keywords
M&A ExperienceGovernanceOperational EffectivenessTransformationComplex Organizations

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead, engage, coach and develop the UK&I HR team of approximately 25 professionals.
  • Create a strong sense of purpose, direction and collective accountability across the HR organization.
  • Translate business and HR priorities into a clear UK&I people agenda and mobilize HR around shared priorities.
  • Ensure consistent, high-quality and commercially relevant HR support across a diverse and complex organization.
  • Drive simplification, operational effectiveness and continuous improvement across HR processes and ways of working.
  • Align HR Business Partners, Centers of Excellence and global HR teams to deliver an integrated people agenda.
  • Provide senior leadership and sound judgement on complex and high-risk Employee Relations matters across UK&I.
  • Own and further develop the UK&I ER model, strengthening governance, capabilities and ways of working.
  • Lead and advise on restructurings, consultations, workforce changes and sensitive employee matters.
  • Lead organizational change, restructuring, workforce transformation and integration activities across UK&I.
  • Partner with leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, succession and leadership effectiveness.
  • Support M&A and integration activity and deliver people-related priorities.
  • Build trusted relationships with senior business and HR leaders and coach stakeholders through complex issues.
  • Communicate complex issues with clarity and provide evidence-based recommendations.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Significant HR leadership experience in a large, complex and highly matrixed organization.
  • Proven track record of building, engaging and developing sizeable, high-performing HR teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to set direction, create accountability, develop talent and mobilize teams through complexity and change.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to translate business priorities into pragmatic HR strategies and actions.
  • Strong Employee Relations leadership experience, including complex cases, restructurings, consultations, workforce change and high-risk employee matters.
  • Experience strengthening ER operating models, governance and capability, alongside hands-on credibility in complex ER situations.
  • Strong organizational effectiveness, organizational design, transformation and change experience.
  • Excellent senior stakeholder management, influencing, coaching and conflict resolution skills.
  • Sound judgement and confidence in making difficult people and organizational decisions.
  • Demonstrated ability to use data and insight to inform decisions and improve organizational outcomes.
  • Experience operating across local and global structures; M&A and/or significant integration experience would be valuable.