Strategic HR People Partner

About the role

The Strategic HR People Partner plays a critical role in collaborating with ExCom and Senior Leaders to translate the strategic vision of the business into a People Strategy which drives tangible commercial business outcomes. You'll be a trusted and experienced HR advisor who provides expert consultancy and deep specialist knowledge. You'll be responsible for the creation and implementation of business strategic people plans at a functional level. Delivering people initiatives which foster a culture of growth, drive employee engagement, and grow our business.

As a Strategic HR People Partner, you'll partner with the business to drive the people agenda – talent, capability, leadership, structure and be able to demonstrate commercial thinking and outcomes in your past experience. Using your expertise as an HR expert, you'll coach and challenge leaders in their thinking and way of working.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home at your local office.

What you'll be doing:

• Work with ExCom and Senior leaders to understand business goals and translate them into actionable People Strategies.


• Understand and influence the business strategy and identify opportunities to increase alignment with the strategy, by helping business leaders identify, prioritize and build organizational knowledge skills and behaviours.


• Act as the UK Lead for broad People topics across AXA UK. Ensure progress is tracked and reported, and stakeholders are kept engaged and up to date at a UK transversal level. Build close and effective relationships with the COEs to secure their expertise to deliver on the People Strategy.


• Design and deliver organisation development interventions to increase organisational efficiency and embed the desired culture and behaviour changes.


• Lead organisation design projects to develop operating models that deliver desired business outcomes within your function.


• Diagnose gaps between current and desired organization performance and deploy actions to resolve gaps, including organization redesign, process change, coaching and training.


• Work with the COE's to deploy appropriate talent solutions to fill identified skill gaps.


• Act as the advocate for leading the talent management and development plans for the business unit with a focus on building the capability of leaders, building skills and capabilities of the workforce, and ensuring succession plans are in place.


• Identify culture gaps that are a risk to delivery of the business strategy, and ensure a plan is in place to address the gaps. Lead on any Culture change required to address the culture gaps identified.

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.

About you

What we’re looking for:

• A trusted advisor with a deep technical knowledge and relevant HR qualifications.


• Strong communication, relationship management, stakeholder engagement, influencing and coaching.


• Ability to challenge key stakeholders and operate within a matrix environment.


• Operate at a strategic level with the ability to navigate complexity. Possesses strong strategic vision with the ability to drive strategic alignment.


• Strong financial understanding. Ability to analyse financial performance and identify people initiatives which drive commercial value to the business.


• Ability to interrogate and analyse multiple data sources.


• Organisational and industry awareness with passion for bringing external thinking to the table.


• Ability to operate effectively in a complex and ambiguous environment.


• Working collaboratively with Trades Union colleagues (AXA Insurance) and employee representative groups (AXA Health) influencing as appropriate.


• Ability to effectively operate in complex, ambiguous context. Able to manage differing needs of multiple stakeholders (e.g. Matrix org).

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in the United Kingdom.

What we offer

At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us, and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary £65,000- £90,000 dependent on experience


• Annual company & performance-based bonus


• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)


• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)


• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays


• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave


• AXA employee discounts


• Gym benefits

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About AXA

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA’s three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you’ve got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you’re just starting out, we’ll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.